Image adapted from the film LE CHANT DES CHEVAUX (2021) written by Julien Henry and directed by François Kah.
The 2024 Film and Video Poetry Symposium will take place in Los Angeles, California, at Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. The event begins on November 7 and concludes on November 27, 2024. This symposium not only represents the postponed 2021 event, but also honors the artists, family members, poets, and filmmakers who helped revive our platform and relaunch with this powerful program.
FVPSociety will present 16 film blocks starting on November 7, 2024. Our platform will also feature 10 media installations, open to the public at Los Angeles Center for Digital Art from Wednesday through Sunday, 12 pm - 5 pm, between November 7 and November 27. FVPSociety also will launch a 24/7 online streaming network: FVPSociety.com/live-stream, available from November 4 to December 4, 2024. This "public access channel" allows viewers from around the world to experience a curated selection of films from the symposium!
All screenings, online programming, and the media gallery are free and open to the public.
FVPS PREVIEW NIGHT · FILM BLOCK 1 · THE SHADOW BLOCKS
Thursday, November 7, 2024. Our program begins at 800pm.
THAT IF WE GO INTO THE DESERT (poet and director. Katia Sophia Ditzler, Germany, 2020)
3 MINUTES AND 48 SECONDS on 2ND APRIL 2020 (poet & filmmaker. Takayuki Fukata, Japan, 2021)
PÀI-LAK Ē-POO (poet and filmmaker. Erica Sheu, Taiwan, 2020)
LEARNING TO SING (poet and director. Carolina Meza Torres, Mexico, 2021)
I DON’T WANT TO MAKE ART ABOUT YOU ANYMORE (filmmaker. Dexter Marsh-Taylor, US, 2020)
MEDITATION ON DARKNESS (by filmmaker. Jørgen Johansen, Haiti, 2015)
CLADOGRAM (poet. Haley Larson, directors. Haley Larson and Timothy David Orme, US, 2019)
GOOD MORNING (poet and director. Cassaundra Sampson, US, 2020)
DITCHES (poet and director. Michelle Elrick, US, 2020)
This program is approximately 50 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the digital art piece titled COS ENDINS (2019) by digital artist Gianluca Abbate and poet Eduard Escoffet. Poem read by Eduard Escoffet and Lello Voce.
FVPS MEDIA GALLERY PREMIERE · UNDERCURRENT
Undercurrents is the FVPS 2024 principle exhibition and opens on November 7, 2024. This exhibition is comprised of short films, digital and video art inspired by poetry, poetry films, live poetry readings, and media installations, all commenting on the convergence of transgressive and popular modes of poetry media making. The goal of this exhibit is to not only present both poetry and media accomplished through exceptional artistry and perspective, but to also bring the poets, filmmakers, video artists, and new media makers into a public dialogue focused on the dynamic mergence within these practices.
Gallery Premiere Thursday, November 7, 2024
10 important artist working in the realm of poetry, filmmaking, animation, video and digital art, will be on display.
Eta Dahlia | Gianluca Abbate | Moritz Liewerscheidt
Maia Iotzova | Lina Ramona Vitkauskas | Helen Wells
Sarah Choo Jing | Diego Argote | Santiago Echeverry | Kuang-Yu Tsui
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
600am - 1000pm
Thursday, November 7, 2024 is opening night for this exhibition. Light snacks and beverages will be served. Undercurrent runs from November 7, 2024 thru November 27, 2024. Usual gallery hours are Wednesday thru Saturday 12noon - 500pm. Closed on holidays.
There is no cost for admission.
Image from the film STOLEN (2021) written and animated by poet Christina Giordano.
FILM BLOCK 2 · NON-FILMS
Programmed by Brian Ratigan, an award-winning director and curator. He brings his expertise to FVPSociety once again with the execution of a diverse selection of animated films. As the founder of Non Films, a label known for ephemeral animation and experimental cinema, he runs a bi-monthly short film screening series in New York called DarkRoom. Ratigan’s work as programmer and juror extends to the Slamdance Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, and many more. His work has been featured in the New York Times and his passion for animation is endless. This program offers a very broad spectrum of animation, from outsider art and primal animated expressions, to intuitive pieces, and commercially established works. This program challenges traditional perceptions of “animation”, prompting reflection on the true nature and possibilities of the medium.
Friday, November 8, 2024. Our program begins at 400pm.
TETHERED (poet. James Morehead, animator. Gaia Alari, US, 2021)
FOR WHILE (poet and animator. Jess Irish, US, 2019)
HORSE POWER (dir. Christine Veras, animators. Elham Doust-Haghighi, Gina Rattanakone, Emily Banditrat, Sara McClanaham, Austin Sewell, Naznin Sultana, Mayson Bray, Zack Nguyen, Martin Cho, Jacob Reeder, Philip Martin, Kirstin Stevens Schmidt, US, 2021)
I AM SOIL BREAKING OFF (poet. Paloma Sierra, animation. Andrew Edwards, Puerto Rico, 2021)
OTONASHI (animation. Martin Gerigk, colloge art. Nikola Gocić, Germany, 2021)
YESTERDAY’S WARDROBE (poet and director. Colm Scully, Ireland, 2021)
STOLEN (poet and animator. Christina Giordano, US, 2021)
WHISPER, RUSTLE (animation. Maureen Zent, US, 2021)
THE ANIMAL (poem by Erin Carlyle, animator. Nora 6592, US, 2020)
THE COMBINE (poet. Bill Ratner, animator. Micah Chambers-Goldberg, US, 2021)
BROOKLYN STRONG (poet. Latasha Drax, animation. Arlys Lopez, US, 2021)
A HAND TO HOLD (based on a poem by Stacey Davis, dirs. Ali Clark and Stacey Davis, US, 2021)
OSCAR SAID A DIRTY WORD (poet and animator. Myron Pulier, US, 2015)
This program is approximately 50 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film THE PARKING LOT OF DREAMS (2021) written and directed by filmmaker Alexis Krasilovsky.
FVPS OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION · FILM BLOCK 3 · THE POETRY FILMS OF ALEXIS KRASILOVSKY
Alexis Krasilovsky is a pioneering poet and filmmaker in the genre of poetry films, blending the rhythmic beauty of poetic language with the visual dynamism of cinema. Her work in poetry film spans over 5 decades and explores themes of politics, identity, consciousness, and the human condition. Krasilovsky’s films are notable for their often transgressive visuals and topics, her gifted ability for shifting lyrical interplay between image, sound, and text, and creating a unique sensory experience that evokes both imaginal depth and intellectual reflection.
From extremely intimate reflections on personal experience such as INSIDE STORY where Alexis conducts and creates the world’s first boroscoped art video, incorporating footage of her cervix. To broader social commentaries such as WHAT MEMPHIS NEEDS, a 16mm filmpoem that provides an eviscerating cross-examination of Memphis history and society. Her works transcend linguistic and cultural barriers, uniting audiences through the universal language of cinema.
Saturday, November 9, 2024. Our program begins at 800pm.
WHAT MEMPHIS NEEDS (poet and director. Alexis Krasilovsky, US, 1991)
VALIUM BLUES (poet and director. Alexis Krasilovsky, US, 1983)
COMMISERATION MOON (poet and director. Alexis Krasilovsky, US, 1976)
PASTRIOLOGY (poet and director. Alexis Krasilovsky, US, 2015)
CAMP TEREZIN (poet and director. Alexis Krasilovsky, US, 1999)
THE EARTHQUAKE HAGGADAH (poet and direction, Alexis Krasilovsky. Voice performance, Wanda Coleman. US, 1995)
INSIDE STORY (director. Alexis Krasilovsky, US, 1983)
THE PARKING LOT OF DREAMS (poet and director. Alexis Krasilovsky, US, 2021)
POSITIVE THINKING (poet and director. Alexis Krasilovsky, US, 2023)
This program is approximately 50 minutes. A public conversation with filmmaker Alexis Krasilovsky will follow.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film HAUNTED AFTER FEAR (2018) written, directed, and performed by Sylvia Toy St. Louis.
FILM BLOCK 4 · HAUNTED AFTER FEAR
Sunday, November 10, 2024. This program begins at 200pm.
Haunted After Fear is a thought-provoking film by performing artist and experimental filmmaker Sylvia Toy St. Louis. This important work delves into the complexities of the human psyche through a surrealistic lens. A nonlinear narrative, interweaving elements of spoken word poetry, horror, dreams, and a fragmented romance, by employing a extraordinarily intuitive cinematic style. Toy St. Louis creates a rich tapestry of visual imagery that evokes a sense of unease and introspection.
The film explores the concept of "fugaz," a term that signifies fleeting moments of anxiety and existential contemplation. The protagonist navigates a reality that feels increasingly haunted, grappling with past experiences that resurface continuously. This film exemplifies Toy St. Louis's innovative approach to storytelling, merging performance art with primeval cinematic techniques to create an immersive experience.
Haunted After Fear will be preceded by a screening of THE TELLS, written and directed by San Franscico based filmmaker and poet Scott Stark.
THE TELLS (poet and filmmaker. Scott Stark, US, 2002)
HAUNTED BY FEAR (directed and performance by. Sylvia Toy St. Louis, US, 2019)
This program is approximately 60 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film THE COMPLETE WORKS (2015) directed by Justin Stephenson.
FILM BLOCK 5 · THE COMPLETE WORKS
Sunday, November 10, 2024. This program begins at 300pm.
Fifteen years in the making, The Complete Works is a visual tour de force that adapts the work of internationally acclaimed avant-garde poet bpNichol to the screen. The title of the film alludes to a work in which Nichol typed out on a page all the letters and signs as they appear on the keys of the typewriter with the footnote “any and all permutations of the above listed elements.” Complete works anthologies presume to collect the life’s work of an author. Justin Stephenson’s documentary
THE COMPLETE WORKS (Directed by Justin Stephenson, Canada, 2015)
This program is approximately 40 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film THE FIRST LINE OF CHINA (2015) directerd by Hanwen Zhang.
FILM BLOCK 6 · THE FIRST LINE OF CHINA
Selected for featured viewing by artist and architect Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong, The First Line of China is an memoir written in first-person narrative, which presents and examines the current status of filmmaker Hanwen Zhang’s birthplace, an isolated industrial town in Northeast China, as well as his personal relationship with it. The town was constructed by a local state-owned cement factory to feed and host the workers and the families who migrated here. Hanwen Zhang’s film examines this factory-town model as a combining result of the urban planning scheme and the radical industrialization of China in the 1980s, while the communal living experience serves as a bearer of a collective memory.
Sunday, November 10, 2024. This program begins at 400pm.
THE FIRST LINE OF CHINA (written and directed. Hanwen Zhang, China, 2015)
This program is approximately 45 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film TSVETAEVA.OPEN (2015) directed by Elena Korzhaeva.
FILM BLOCK 7 · TSVETAEVA.OPEN
Sunday, November 10, 2024. This program begins at 500pm.
Alla Damsker’s Tsvetaeva.Open engages with the critical scrutiny directed at Russian poet Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva, renowned for her reflections on the Russian Revolution of 1917, the subsequent Moscow famine, and the untimely death of her daughter. Utilizing newly discovered letters, diaries, and archival documents, the film meticulously chronicles Tsvetaeva's life from 1917 to 1922. Alla Damsker collaborates with award-winning actor and producer Anatoly Bely, alongside literature specialists and archivists, to provide a fresh examination of Tsvetaeva’s complex narrative, offering insights into her artistic legacy and the turbulent historical context in which she lived.
TSVETAEVA.OPEN (Filmmaker. Alla Damsker, Russia, 2015)
This program is approximately 70 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film NOTHING COMES CLOSE (2020) written by poet Hannah Karpinski, directed by Tamar Tabori, and choreographed by Alan McTavish.
FILM BLOCK 8 · CORPUS CHRONOS
Thursday, November 14, 2024. Our program begins at 700pm.
MOVING BARCELONA (director and poet. Jevan Chowdhury, choreographer. Laura Obiols, UK, 2021)
NOTHING COMES CLOSE (poet. Hannah Karpinski, dir. Tamar Tabori, choreographer. Alan McTavish, Canada, 2020)
ALL AROUND JUNIOR MALE (filmmaker. Lindsay McIntyre, Canada, 2011)
CONTACT (poet and filmmaker. Hanna Ojala, Finland, 2020)
A PLACE TO TRAIN (filmmaker. Jessica Gomula-Kruzic, US, 2020)
LANDSLIDES (filmmaker. Caroline Déodat, performance and choreography. Jean-Renat Anamah, France, 2020)
This program is approximately 45 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film BLIND BOONE’S BLESSINGS written by poet Tyehimba Jess, and directed by Matthew Thompson.
FILM BLOCK 9 · ADRIAN BRINKERHOFF FOUNDATION POETRY NIGHT
Friday, November 15, 2024. This program begins at 700pm.
The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation's mission is to expand access to poetry and promote a deeper understanding and appreciation of literature. Launched in April 2020, the foundation collaborates with various poetry institutions, such as the Academy of American Poets, and Poetry Ireland, to bring poetry to wider audiences through innovative programs.
This program is part of the Brinkerhoff Foundation’s key initiative: the "Read By" series, where both established and emerging poets read their works, accompanied by film productions that enhance the poetic experience. Directors Matthew Thompson and Jean Coleman capture readings from poets such as Jenny Xie, winner of the 2018 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, and Tyehimba Jess, whose book Olio received the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
BLIND BOONE’S BLESSINGS (poet. Tyehimba Jess, dir. Matthew Thompson, US, 2020)
BRIGHTENING (poet. Doireann Ní Ghríofa, dir. Matthew Thompson, US, 2020)
IF 2017 WAS A POEM TITLE (poet. Mahogany L. Browne, dir. Matthew Thompson, US, 2020)
THIS IS NOT A CONFESSIONAL POEM (poem. Paula Meehan, performer. Clare Dunne, dir. Matthew Thompson, US, 2021)
THE REPUBLIC OF MOTHERHOOD (poet. Liz Berry, dir. Matthew Thompson, US, 2020)
KUMUKANDA (poem. Kayo Chingonyi, performer. Paapa Essiedu, dir. Matthew Thompson, US, 2020)
PUERTOPIA (poet. Denice Frohman, dir. Matthew Thompson, US, 2020)
CHINATOWN DIPTYCH (poet. Jenny Xie, dir. Jean Coleman, US, 2020)
This program is approximately 40 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film STARK ELECTRIC JESUS (2014) based on the poetry of Malay Roy Choudhury, directed by Hyash Tanmoy & Mrigankasekhar Ganguly.
FILM BLOCK 10 · IN CELEBRATION OF NICK ZEDD
Saturday, November 16, 2024 Program begins at 8:00pm.
Dear Friends,
Beginning on May 22, 2021, I had the honor to collaborate with the father of The Cinema of Transgression, Nick Zedd. We corresponded for several months with the goal to develop a program that outlined his philosophy on cinema. I sent poetry films and videos to him that I thought may resonate. He shared his observations and was never impressed, but he wasn’t the perpetual cynic either. He was inspiring and he consistently engaged. I sensed we were both committed to a longer journey of building a proper program he would allow his name to be on. By mid-September he began to report terrible illness. I lost contact with Nick on October 15, 2021. I learned of his death on Monday, February 28, 2022.
I crafted this program intuitively, by referencing the notes and films we shared, along with the essence of his statements, and drawings he made for my kids. This program is for those who dare to confront the shadows of their existence and question the narratives that they allow to name and bind them. It is not designed for entertainment; this is a deliberate offering of visceral experiences. These films either reflect rawness, or are arranged in a clever way to help unearth truths and emotional states our society prefers to bury.
FVPSociety will also acknowledge the tension that comes with curating a body of work like this. In many ways, folks may see us as gatekeepers, or “poetry taxonomists”, functioning within a model that decides what the public sees. I grapple with this paradox, knowing that I am framing these experiences for audiences while simultaneously trying to dismantle the idea of controlled perception that the Cinema of Transgression so ardently resisted. Yet, I believe in this film block because it disrupts, challenges, and ultimately expands how FVPSociety will operate.
I celebrate Nick because I've come to realize how integral he was to the success of this program. While I’ve managed the logistics for this event independently, there’s an undeniable quality he brought that I can't replicate. Perhaps it’s his charisma or simply the sense of validation his presence provided; regardless, working with him elevated the entire experience as well as my knowledge of self. Without Nick, I’ve recognized the challenge of capturing the essence of what he aimed to achieve both on the screen and in his life. If I had known how to capture this essence on my own, I would have no reason to celebrate.
Join us In Celebration of Nick Zedd.
Jesse Russell Brooks | Curatorial Direction
TRIBUTE (poetry, performance and directed by Katia Sophia Ditzler, Germany, 2020)
CAMP TEREZIN (poet and director. Alexis Krasilovsky, US, 1999)
I AM INNOCENT (animated by Malak Quota, Saudi Arabia, 2021)
THE PANDEMIC DANCE: NO. 2: ZOOMING (director and choreographer. Richard Daniels, US, 2021)
short intermission
AUTOIMMUNE (video artist. Marcos Serafin, with poetry by H.P. Lovecraft, Essex Hemphill, and Gregg Bordowitz, USA, 2020)
THE SHOCK OF GARY FISHER (poet. Juba Kalamka, performance by Commando, director. John Sanborn, US, 2020)
STARK ELECTRIC JESUS (based on the poetry of Malay Roy Choudhury, directed by Hyash Tanmoy and Mrigankasekhar Ganguly, India, 2014)
QUARANTINE (writer and director. Erica Schreiner, US, 2020)
This program is approximately 45 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film PROMISES (2021) written and directed by Ro Caminal.
FILM BLOCK 11 · FORMS
Sunday, November 17, 2024. This program begins at 700pm.
Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong is a dynamic artist and trained architect based in New York City, renowned for her innovative approach that intertwines art, architecture, and the public realm. Her work focuses on the transformation of space over time, challenging social and political boundaries through various artistic expressions, including sculpture, installation, and site-specific architectural interventions. Wong’s film program offers a range of meditations to rethink traditional perceptions of architecture, examine eusociality, and prompts reflection on the nature and possibilities of how humans choose to dwell.
PROMISES (written and directed by Ro Caminal, Spain, 2021)
AN ACT OF TRUST (written and directed by Matilde Stole, Netherlands, 2021)
THE 90s (poet. Kathleen Flenniken, animation. Elisabeth Flenniken, US, 2020)
WHAT NEWS, CENTURIONS? (poet and director. Colm Scully, Ireland, 2021)
HUMAN_INSECT (poet and video artist. Xavier Leton, France, 2020)
INGLEWOOD URBAN STAGE (writer. Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong and Jesse Russell Brooks, US, 2018)
LE CHANT DES CHEVAUX (writer. Julien Henry & dir. François Kah, Belgium, 2021)
This program is approximately 45 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film DULCE et DECOUM EST (2020) set to the poetry of Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC, directed by Walter Haussner, spoken by Steven Earl Oliver.
FILM BLOCK 12 · CURTAINS
Thursday, November 21, 2024. Our program begins at 400pm.
TEATRO PRINCIPAL (filmmaker. Bryan Konefsky, Cuba, 2020)
MICHELANGELO (poetry written and performed by Tom Dewey, director. Sven Stears, UK, 2021)
DISTORTION (poet. Anqi Lei, dir. Mujin Zhang, US, 2021)
DULCE et DECOUM EST (set to the poetry of Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC, dir. Walter Haussner, spoken by Steven Earl Oliver, US, 2020)
KADYROVA STREET (written, performed, and directed by Aziza Kadyri, Russia, 2020)
MY LAST DUCHESS (set to the poetry of Robert Browning, performer. Mark Wartenberg, dir. Harry Baker, UK, 2020)
CLYTEMNESTRA (poet. Alan Dunnett, dir. Mia Mackie, UK, 2021)
SEPPUKU (poet and director. Kimberly Lovie, US, 2021)
This program is approximately 40 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film BORAMETZ (2020) written and directed by Yannick Mosimann.
FILM BLOCK 13 · PERMASTATES
Friday, November 22, 2024. Our program begins at 600pm.
BORAMETZ (written and directed by Yannick Mosimann, Switzerland, 2020)
9 BRIEF FILMS FROM SUBURBAN ZEN (poet, reading, and directed by Justin Meckes, US, 2021)
¡PÍFIES! (filmmaker. Ignacio Tamarit, Argentine, 2017)
DIASPORA (experimental filmmaker. Noor Abouchehade, Canada, 2021)
TELEPHLÂNEUR (written and directed by Matthew LaPaglia, US, 2019)
BUTTERFLIES IN THE CLOUD (media artist and researcher. Eryk Salvaggio, US, 2021)
THE PARKING LOT OF DREAMS (poet and director. Alexis Krasilovsky, US, 2021)
SECRET ARCHIVES: RED CARPET HOUSE (written and directed by Bei Yu, China, 2021)
EXERCISE LIVING: THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY (media artist. Kuang-Yu Tsui, Taiwan, 2020)
This program is approximately 45 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film BABES IN THE WOODS (2021) by filmmaker Leanna Kaiser.
FILM BLOCK 14 · BABES IN THE WOODS
Saturday, November 23, 2024. This program begins at 600pm.
Filmed over four years on 16mm, Leanna Kaiser’s Babes in the Woods is an experimental portrait of Sage and her two children living on a commune in the forests of Missouri. Through subtle, intuitive observation, Kaiser’s film explores not only motherhood but also personhood, reflecting on the nurturing of the land, our offspring, and the life within ourselves, knowing they all may be one. While the children know a near-Edenic existence, the adults carry the knowledge of another world. An urban lifestyle that they may one day return to. Babes in the Woods offers a profound exploration of how living off the grid can heal social wounds and reshape our sense of self, both now, and into an imagined future.
Babes in the Woods will be preceded by a screening of Louis Abbot’s short poetry film WABI - SABI, written and recited by Montreal-born, Edmonton-based spoken word poet Kathy Fisher.
WABI-SABI (poet. Kathy Fisher, dir. Louise Abbott, Canada, 2021)
BABES IN THE WOODS (filmmaker. Leanna Kaiser, US, 2019)
This program is approximately 40 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film DIRT (2024) by filmmaker David Finkelstein.
FILM BLOCK 15 · DIRT
Saturday, November 23, 2024. This program begins at 800pm.
Experimental filmmaker David Finkelstein is a Guggenheim Fellow. His newest film Dirt is an extended poetic meditation on the American relation to the soil, and the energies buried within it. A collage of poetic imagery, music, and invocatory language, the film follows two men in a series of esoteric experiments. Their words take us to unexpected landscapes, populated by revengeful toasters, flying fiddles, an unusual game of tennis,
and a mountaintop crowned with an electric guitar. A postmodern video opera, Dirt bathes the viewer in music, language, and visual spectacle. Conversation with the filmmaker to follow screening.
Dirt will be preceded by a screening of Djenba Skye Ward’s short poetry film When I was a Tree, written and recited by Los Angeles poet-in-residence Dorothy Randall Grey.
WHEN I WAS A TREE (poet. Dorothy Randall Gray, director. Djenba Skye Ward, US, 2021)
DIRT (filmmaker. David Finkelstein, created and performed by David Finkelstein & Ian W. Hill, US, 2024)
This program is approximately 80 minutes.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
Image from the film THE MOUTH IS STILL A WILD DOOR (2020) written by poet Anne Lesley Selcer, and directed by Guta Galli.
FVPS FINAL SCREENING AND CLOSING CEREMONY
FILM BLOCK 16 · FINAL SCREENING
Sunday, November 24, 2024. Our program begins at 400pm.
LITERATURE (poet & filmmaker. Samer Nouh, France, 2021)
DRIVING WITH THE TOP DOWN (written and directed by Edward Gunawan, US, 2021)
THE FACTS (poet and director. Chris Bernstorf, US, 2019)
BEYOND THE TREES (poet & director. Fiona Leonard, choreographer. Teya Quarmyne, Germany, 2021)
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER (poet and filmmaker. Hanna Ojala, Finland, 2020)
SINGULARITY (public address by poet Marie Howe, animator. Mariana Lopez, dirs. Elizabeth Myer and Matthew Boulton, US, 2020)
DAYDREAM IN TWO (visual artist. Divya Singh, India, 2021)
SEQUENCE (poet & director. Tim Thomas, UK, 2021)
GABY - THE MOVING PICTURE (poet and director. Piers Bedford, UK, 2021)
THE MOUTH IS STILL A WILD DOOR (a collaborative film by Guta Galli and Anne Lesley Selcer, direction and performance by Guta Galli, poem written by Anne Lesley Selcer, poem title: “My mother was a secret house” from Sun Cycle, US, 2020)
SHADOWS IN A LANDSCAPE (written and directed by Edwin Miles, UK, 2020)
This program is approximately 60 minutes and will be followed by closing remarks, light food, and beverages.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
410 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
To reserve your seat please forward details of your request to: Contact@FVPSociety.com
image from the video piece titled SHINING SHEEP (2020) by video artist Meike Redeker.
THE 2020 FILM AND VIDEO POETRY SYMPOSIUM · ONLINE PROGRAMMING · www.FVPSociety.com/live-stream
Beginning on November 4, 2024 The Film and Video Poetry Society will launch a 24 hour, 7 day a week video poetry channel that will conclude broadcasting on December 4, 2024. The following films have been specially selected for online transmission for what we have designed to emulate the 24 hour “television” entertainment cycle. This extensive program will be moderated by announcements, live feeds from the screening location, poetry film highlights, special guest interviews, and filmmaker information. Presented online in the following order.
MICHELANGELO (poetry written and performed by Tom Dewey, director. Sven Stears, UK, 2021)
GRANDE LITURGIE SITUATIONNISTE (poet and media artist. David Snow, US, 2021)
THE MISTAKE (poet and director. Pat Boran, Ireland, 2021)
THE PARTISAN (set to the poetry of Emmanuel d’Astier de La Vigerie, dir. Walter Haussner, spoken by Steven Earl Oliver, US, 2020)
PROCESSES (poet. Sergej Timofejev, animator. Viktor Timofeev, Latvia, 2021)
THE WIND FORM TAIPEI (Media Artist. Kuang-Yu Tsui, Taiwan, 2020)
A FLYING CENTRE OF GRAVITY (media artist. Janice Howard, UK, 2019)
TOWARDS THE FLAME (written & Directed by. Sotirios Varsamis and Ståle Eriksen, UK, 2019)
GREEK VASE (poet and dir. Pat Boran, Ireland, 2021)
DIXIE (writer & director. Caroline Runley, US, 2020)
PARYS SUITE (writer. Carina van der Walt, director. Diek Grobler, South Africa, 2018)
EBONY READERS ONYX THEATER PRESENTS: EROT IN WONDERLAND (ensamble conceptualized and directed by. Jazmine Bunch, Gwendolyn Love, Treasure Rouse, and members of The Black Student Movement at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, US, 2021)
150 METER OF LOVEHOMEPEACE (media artist. Kuang-Yu Tsui, Taiwan, 2020)
DEAR COUNTRY (ensemble director. Jena Burchick, US, 2021)
RIDING THE HIGHLINE (poets and filmmakers. Kai Carlson-Wee & Anders Carlson-Wee, US, 2013)
THE CIRCLE (writers. Steve Romero, Thaisan Ngoun, Deron Perrin, Justin Hong, Jadon Godlock, Daniel Wayne Rose, Donnell Campbell, Thomas Bell, Mario Franco, Jr, director. Marlene D McCurtis, director and choreography. Alexa Kershner, US, 2021)
VICTOR F. (poet & director, O. Riikamaria Helle-Kotka, dir. Sanna Telkki-Kova, Finland, 2020)
SOLEIL, TOUT CE QUE TU VOUDRAS (dir. Marie Tralci, France, 2021)
ODE TO THE CLIMATE (p. Gaia Cipriano, directors. Vittorio Caratozzolo and his 1st Grade Class: 3-A)
A NINE-PART SWADESH POEM (conceptual artist. Ted Ollier, US, 2021)
LANDAYS (director. Inna Dmitrieva, US, 2021)
PANDORA (poet and filmmaker. Tova Beck-Friedman, US, 2021)
STITCH (poet and filmmaker. Caroline Rumley, Austria, 2021)
INDIANA IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO CRY INTO (set to the poetry of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Tony Brewer, dir. Tony Brewer, US, 2021)
MOON SHADOW (poet. Jo Devadason, dir. and choreographed by Kavitha Krishnan, Singapore, 2021)
BOOKANIMA: ANDY WARHOL (animator. Shon Kim, Republic of Korea, 2021)
NO WORDS (poet. Ahmed Abdul Raqeeb Alkhulaidi, dir. Mariam Al-Dhubhani, Yemen, 2020)
“EXCERPT” (written and directed by Joachim Glage, US, 2021)
SHINING SHEEP (poet. Ulrike Almut Sandig, dir. Sascha Conrad, Germany, 2020
MY GRANDMOTHER AND THE EATING DISORDER (writer & dir. Marilia Kaiser, Greece, 2021)
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