each January the silver maple hums
with bees, as soon as the new
buds of leaves are opening
small stone 14 – the humming tree
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Category Archives: Video.
New video – departure
This is the video portion only of a new videopoem I’m working on. In full form, with the spoken word, it will be about 4 minutes long.The footage is from two public domain films I found at the Internet Archives; the dancing, believe it or not, was filmed as supplemental footage for a movie called “Blood Bath,” and all the other footage is from a film called “Romance Sentimentale” by Sergei Eisenstein. The song is “Good Friday,” by CocoRosie.
I noticed after uploading that the “colors,” such as they are, are different. I’ll be sure to correct that before completing the spoken word version.
Fine Moments in Feminist History
I did a photoshoot the other day that was full-on Dynasty in appearance if not in scale (photos taken in my office with a white wall for a backdrop, as usual) but it got me thinking about the fabulousness that was the ongoing deathmatch between Krystle and Alexis Carrington throughout the show’s run. Yes, these are the feminist touchstones of my generation. I am so proud *sniff*.
Scary Halloween Video!
I am working (slowly) on a new videopoem with some archived footage from Prelinger Archives, and I had this section of a terrible ‘scary’ movie that, while not working with my poem, was too good to ignore. So, I came up with this.
If you know who the woman is, you have to admit that dreaming about her could lead to madness. MADNESS!
Over the Tracks – video
This is a sped-up version of the visuals for the Over the Tracks poem. I just took that track out and let the video tell its own story. It’s still an interesting companion to the videopoem version.
Devil! – Video
Recently discovered footage! I’d heard Melies was ahead of his time creatively, but I had no idea he was THIS far ahead!
Feeding – New Video
More fun with my iPhone. Apparently I am only inspired to film when there’s food around. That is not intentional. Oh, and the spoken audio is from a CD of meditations for pregnant women. The music you can barely hear is by CocoRosie.
Dinner – New Video
If I’m going to bore you with my iPhone experiments, the least I can do is keep them brief.
Closed-Captioning for the Cruel – Video
A friend of mine has a DVD player that has always been stuck in closed-captioning mode – but the closed-captioning spits out nothing but gibberish. I have always found this riotously funny. One day my friend suggested I photograph it, but I shot some (terribly shaky) video instead. Here’s the result.
And technically, yes, it should be “Closed-Captioning BY the Cruel,” but that doesn’t sound nearly as amusing.
Meditations for Dogs – Video
Yes, both dog meditations are real. Guide Your Human is from a meditation for people about getting in touch with your inner wolf. Lie Down Good Girl is taken from a CD of meditations to play for your dog.
