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Video poetryispoetryinvideoform. It is also known as videopoetry, video-visual poetry, poetronica, poetry video, media poetry, or Cin(E)-Poetry depending on the length and content of the video work and the techniques employed (e.g. digital technology) in its creation.

Video poetry is a wide-ranging category where very different typologies of works converge. Some video poetry works use digital elaboration to achieveDigital poetrythat is entirely generated bysoftware.When absent of digital effects, video poetry is akin toperformanceworks or apoetry readingrecorded in video (digital or analogue) but goes beyond the straightforward act of recording to establish a link withvideo art.In this sense, video poetry is a particular form of video art comprising poetry texts elaborated at various acoustic and visual levels.[1]

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In 1978, Canadian poetTom Konyvesused the term "videopoetry"[2]to describe "Sympathies of War",[3]his first work in the genre, and is considered to be one of the original pioneers of the form. He began researching videopoetry in 2008, resulting in the 2011 publicationVideopoetry: A Manifesto,that defined the form as "a genre of poetry displayed on a screen, distinguished by its time-based, poetic juxtaposition of images with text and sound. In the measured blending of these three elements, it produces in the viewer the realization of a poetic experience."[4]

In the early 1980sGianni Totibegan mixing cinema, poetry text, and electronic images to create a new genre called "poetronica". In general, his video poem operas are films produced with the support of cultural centers such as the Centre de Recherche Pierre Schaeffer (CICV) in Montbéliard (France) and various universities.Gianni Toticould be considered the intellectual father of the term and the most active researcher on the subject, developing several conceptual and artistic derivative artifacts such as "VideoPoemOpera", "VideoSyntheatronica", "VideoPoemetti", among others.

In the late 1980s,Richard Kostelanetzproduced video poems and fictions exclusive of kinetic words by using Amiga text programs.These short sequenceswere collected in randomly accessed DVDs titled,Video Poems and Video Fictions.

Video poetry developed in the 1990s, with short experimental video works andvideo installationswhich vary in typology, length, and structure.

Authors who have contributed to video poetry as a specific genre exclusive from video art includeArnaldo Antunes,Philippe Boisnard,[5]Jennifer BozickandKevin McCoy,Caterina Davinio,Gary Hill,Philadelpho Menezes,andBilly Collins,former poet laureate of the United States.

Also defined as video poetry are videos without the presence of poetry as text. Some media poems utilize words in motion, emphasized in their iconic and typographical aspects grounded in theFuturisttradition. These pieces are elaborated digitally using animation software and computer graphics. Among the authors who explored this genre in the 1990s areArnaldo Antunes,andCaterina Davinio.

Among sound and performance artists related to poetry performance in video (but emphasizing the specific video language) areAkhenaton,Hedwig Gorski,[6]Litsa Spathi,Gabriele Labanauskaitewith groupAVaspoandFernando Aguiar.

Mrigankasekhar Ganguly,at age 22, made first poetry film in Bengali 'megh bolechhe' which was screened at Kolkata press club.[7]In 2011 he directed his second poetry film 'Iti Apu' recited bySoumitra Chatterjee.[8]

Video poetry is used as part of the movement created byManish Guptato spread the beauty of South Asian languages via poetry. He has been creating meaningful internet content since 2014 and has been a torchbearer for many other projects that are starting to take root.Hindi Poetryis from the best of scholars with renditions by celebrities from film, television and theatre. Similar works inUrdu Poetrymaking Hindi Urdu Cool

Transgender artistKalki Subramaniammade a series of video poetry based on her Tamil poetry book 'Kuri Aruthean' based on the personal experiences of her struggles for dignity and being a transgender person.[9]Selected pieces were also screened atSchwules MuseumGermany.[10]

Notes

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  1. ^Caterina Davinio,Tecno-Poesia e realtà virtuali(Techno-Poetry and Virtual Reality), essay (It/En), with preface by Eugenio Miccini Mantova, Sometti, 2002.
  2. ^Norris, Ken; Toorn, Peter Van (1982).The Insecurity of art: Essays on poetics.ISBN9780919890435.
  3. ^"Tom Konyves: Sympathies of War".nokturno.org.Archived fromthe originalon April 17, 2012.RetrievedMarch 1,2012.
  4. ^Konyves, Tom."Videopoetry: a manifesto".Issuu.
  5. ^Boisnard won theMulti-media Grand Prizeawarded by the SGDL de France for his video poetry creations.
  6. ^PerfectoMedia (Sep 7, 2010)."Teenager in Nova Scotia by Hedwig Gorski, performance poetry on the Vermilion River, Louisiana".Archivedfrom the original on 6 Dec 2021 – via YouTube.
  7. ^cinelover (21 Aug 2010)."Megh Boleche – A Bengali Short Film based on a poem".ওয়াশিংটন বাংলা রেডিও Washington Bangla Radio USA. Archived from the original on Aug 24, 2010.Retrieved21 Aug2010.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^"Poetry Meets Cinema: ITI APU (Bengali, 2011) – A Tribute to Apu Trilogy: A Short Film On A Poem Recited by Soumitra Chatterjee".ওয়াশিংটন বাংলা রেডিও Washington Bangla Radio USA. 1 Aug 2011. Archived from the original on Sep 24, 2011.Retrieved1 Aug2011.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^Anand, Jabez John (23 March 2018)."Transgender activist Kalki recreates her poems into poetic films".Simplicity.Archivedfrom the original on 24 Feb 2024.
  10. ^Reiche, Claudia (17 November 2018)."Wie geht postkolonialer indischer Trans-Aktivismus heute?".Queer.de.Archivedfrom the original on Sep 26, 2023.

References

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  • Eduardo KAC,New Media Poetry: Poetic Innovation and New Technologies,"Visible Language" Vol. 30, No. 2, Rhode Island School of Design, 1996
  • AAVV,La coscienza luccicante. Dalla videoarte all’arte interattiva,Gangemi, Rome 1998
  • S. BORDINI,Videoarte e arte,Ed Lithos, Rome 1995
  • Caterina DAVINIO,Tecno-Poesia e realtà virtuali(Techno-Poetry and Virtual Reality), essay with preface by Eugenio Miccini (It/En), Mantova, Sometti, 2002.
  • Caterina DAVINIO, "Parole virtuali. La poesia video-visiva tra arte elettronica e avanguardia", in "Doc(K)s. Un notre web" (book & CD), serie 3, 21, 22, 23, 24, Ajaccio (F) 1999
  • Caterina DAVINIO, "Scritture/Realtà virtuali" in "Doc(K)s" (web), 2000
  • Teresa IRIBARREN,"Subaltern Mediators in the Digital Landscape: The Case of Video Poetry",Target. International Journal of Translation Studies, 29:2, 319–338, 2017
  • Sandra LISCHI, "Elettronica, videoarte e poetronica", in Vito ZAGARRIO (a cura di),Storia del cinema italiano 1977–1985,Guido Lombardi
  • Sandra LISCHI,Visioni elettroniche,Fondazione Scuola Nazionale di Cinema. Collection: Biblioteca di bianco e nero, Rome/Venice, Marsilio, 2001
  • Gianni TOTI, "Il video artista, cattiva coscienza della TV", «Cinemasessanta», 190, January–February 1990.
  • Marco Maria Gazzano,Gianni TOTI, "Immagine & Pubblico. Video", special n. dedicated to video art, suppl. n. 2/3, April – September, Ente Autonomo Gestione Cinema, Rome 1990
  • Gianni TOTI. "Il tempo del senso", in "Internet Catalogue", XVIII VideoArt Festival, Locarno (CH) 1997

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