Tom Konyves, University of the Fraser Valley, BC, CANADA                  

Theory poetry film - Part I

The Canadian Tom Konyves is well known for his theory work "Videopoetry: A Manifesto". But he has published much more on visual poetry and poetry film. We would like to present a selection of his theoretical works on our website. It´s a statement to his outstanding approach to film poetry and poetry film. First we are going to introduce to his fundamental work on Issuu written in 2011: It´s called Videopoetry: A Manifesto.

Poetry film competition on Georg Trakl

Poetry Films about Georg Trakl

In the course of the performance series Trakl Remixed, five further poem adaptations after Georg Trakl poems have been created as fim projects. Sigrun Höllrigl worked together with the Belgian video artist Marc Neys. The texts written for the performance serie were re-recorded in a studio session.

Poetry Filme über Georg Trakl

Im Zuge der Performance-Serie Trakl Remixed sind fünf weitere Gedichtverfilmungen nach Georg Trakl entstanden. Sigrun Höllrigl arbeite mit dem belgischen Videokünstler Marc Neys zusammen. Dabei wurden die fürs Performanceprogramm Trakl Remixed geschriebenen Texte nochmals in einer Studioaufnahme neu aufgenommen. Die beiden Filmarbeiten von Marc Neys sind eigenständig und von den Live Performances "Trakl Remixed" unabhängig.

Performance Trakl Remixed 

Trakl Remixed. Literaturhaus Salzburg, 2th of February 2012  8pm