~ September 2010 ~

Beware of Dog by Tom Konyves

On 6 September, 2010 by Dave Bonta with 2 Comments - Author-made videopoems
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Video by Tom and Alex Konyves with editing by Scott Douglas and voice by Piper McKinnon. Tom interprets his videopoem for us in the YouTube notes:

This videopoem imagines a conversation, an internal dialogue between the poet and his “spirit-guide”, revealed as words typed on the horizontal rails of a fence, accompanied by a Latin club beat (Los Chicarones), and punctuated with a well-situated growl or bark.

The image of the fence suggests “the other side”; on the other side of the fence there is no dialogue, no visual text, no colour, no music — only the singular voice (Piper McKinnon) of the instinctive impulse, in black and white, in slow motion.

My Friend, The Parking Lot Attendant by Charles Bukowski

On 3 September, 2010 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Videopoems
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English film student Tom Ralph notes,

The piece is meant to be shown on two screens facing each other, one for each character in the film. This gives the impression of a conversation in which the audience can place themselves where they please. For the purpose of viewing now, both characters appear on one film. Filmed on a Kodak Zi6 and edited on Final Cut Pro. Thanks to Dennis Thompson and Roy Winspear.

On Writing Hat Poems by Marvin Kimbrough

On 2 September, 2010 by Dave Bonta with 3 Comments - Animation
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An animation by Francesca Talenti. I wasn’t able to locate a website for the poet.

UPDATE (9/7/10): After posting this, I got a note from Austin-based poet Scott Wiggerman on Facebook saying that Dr. Marvin Kimbrough had been active in the Austin poetry scene and was “a very warm, wonderful person,” though now she was in the hospital with terminal cancer. Yesterday, he sent a follow-up note saying she’d died that morning. Rest in peace, Dr. Kimbrough.

How to be Alone by Tanya Davis

On 1 September, 2010 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments - Animation, Performance Poetry
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Another videopoem gone viral, with well over a million views at time of posting. It’s not high art, but I guess like a lot of people I love the message here, and I thought the film was charming, too. Andrea Dorfman is the filmmaker. Tanya Davis is the actor/performer as well as the author, justifying this video’s inclusion in my Spoken Word category.