~ February 2010 ~

“Look at her face…” Ghazal by Jalal ad-Din Rumi

On 4 February, 2010 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Videopoems
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This film-student production by Mark Pariselli features a simple yet ingenious solution to the problem of how to depict mystical consciousness. (Also, it includes footage of mating snails — always a plus in my book.) Read the ghazal here.

To Make a Dadaist Poem by Tristan Tzara

On 3 February, 2010 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Videopoems
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A literal illustration of Tristan Tzara’s technique by Yeju Choi. An alternate translation of the 1920 text appears on Red Studio’s page for an online equivalent of this technique. I love the closing lines:

The poem will resemble you.
And there you are—an infinitely original author of charming sensibility, even though unappreciated by the vulgar herd.

me’s-an-abyme by Michelle Lovegrove Thomson

On 2 February, 2010 by Dave Bonta with 2 Comments - Author-made videopoems
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http://www.vimeo.com/9115622

A collage of images and voices of women poets that succeeds brilliantly, both as a tribute to the women whose words are borrowed and as an original videopoem. Michelle Lovegrave Thomson is the editor, cinematographer and hand-processor of the Super8mm film.

Night Flight Turbulence by Franz Wright

On 1 February, 2010 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Musical settings, Videopoems
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Pete Shanel is the videographer for this track, released as a promo for the CD Readings From Wheeling Motel, a collaboration between Franz Wright and the folk-pop group Ill Lit.