Zata | PoetryFilm

Mar 14

SEEING SOUND symposium, Bath Spa University: “The PoetryFilm Archive: Sounds of Poetry + Poetry of Sounds”

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I’m delighted to be presenting a paper at the Seeing Sound symposium at Bath Spa University on 9-10 April 2016, featuring sound-informed artworks from the PoetryFilm Archive.

Seeing Sound is an informal practice-led symposium exploring multimedia work which foregrounds the relationship between sound and image. It explores areas such as visual music, abstract cinema, experimental animation, audiovisual performance and installation practice through paper sessions, screenings, performances and installations.

Jan 30

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Cut-Up Experiment VIII screened in Rio, 23 January 2016

Delighted to hear that Cut-Up Experiment VIII: Timers Run On (Zata Banks, 2006) was selected for inclusion in the Rébus / Cinepoema screening at Feiro Fio Dental / Capacete in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on 23 January 2016. The screening was inspired by the idea that language is a virus.

Film still from “Cut-Up Experiment VIII: Timers Run On”

Jan 28

“Founded by Zata Banks over a decade ago, the PoetryFilm art project continues to play with the avant-garde” – aqnb

PoetryFilm is the research art project founded by Zata Banks in 2002 to celebrate experimental text/image/sound artworks, and to explore semiotics and meaning-making. Since 2002, PoetryFilm has presented 100 events at cinemas, galleries, literary festivals and academic institutions including Tate Britain, The ICA, Southbank Centre, Cannes Film Festival, CCCB Barcelona, O Miami, Freud Museum London, and Curzon Cinemas. Presentations include talks for MA Creative Writing (Warwick University), MA Filmmaking (National Film & Television School), MA Visual Communication (Royal College of Art), BA Graphic Design (University of Lincoln), and a keynote talk at The House of Lords on the topic of creativity. Zata has judged poetry film prizes for the Southbank Centre (London), Zebra Festival (Berlin), CYCLOP Video Poetry Festival (Kiev, Ukraine), Apples & Snakes poetry organisation (UK) and Carbon Culture Review art+literature+technology journal (USA).

In 2014, Arts Council England funded the cataloguing of the entire PoetryFilm Archive containing over 1,000 artworks. In 2015, The British Film Institute awarded funding to curate and produce three PoetryFilm Paradox events for the BFI LOVE season.

PoetryFilm is one of the British Council’s listed Experimental Film organisations, is an accredited member of Film Hub London, part of the BFI Audience Network, and holds a trademark awarded by the Intellectual Property Office.

Jan 3

Artist-Researcher Residency in Iceland

I am delighted to announce that I have accepted a 3-month residency in Skagastrond (North-East Iceland) in collaboration with The University of Iceland.

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Dec 5

Poetry + Film: Zata Banks + Roxana Vilk at the Scottish Poetry Library (Dec 2015, documentation)

Documentation from the Poetry + Film event at The Scottish Poetry Library on 3 December 2015 is below. Thanks to Jennifer Williams at SPL, to Roxana Vilk, and to the wonderful audience for the great comments!

“Really exciting and inspiring evening last night, thought provoking work….”

Nov 9

“Poetry Films: What? How? Why?” Roundtable discussion with Zata Banks at CYCLOP Festival 2015

I have been invited to participate in a roundtable discussion at the CYCLOP Video Poetry Festival on 21 November 2015 in Kiev (Ukraine) about the past, present and future of poetry films. The panel will also include Thomas Zandegiacomo (Germany), Piotr Bosacki (Poland), Artur Punte (Latvia) and others. The full festival programme is below.

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Nov 9

CYCLOP International Jury announces shortlisted films

I was delighted to be on the International Jury for the CYCLOP Video Poetry Festival 2015. The shortlist of 10 films, decided by the jurors, is below. The festival will take place in Kiev (Ukraine) on 21-22 November 2015.

CYCLOP International Videopoetry Contest | Shortlist [40:11]
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1. Svetlana Sobcenko «My Own Personal Mountain» [02:40], Ireland.
Director, poet: Svetlana Sobcenko.

2. Vera Schmidt / OSTPOL e.V. «Viva Violence» [03:05], Germany.
Director: Katharina Merten, Johanna Maxl. Poet: Johanna Maxl, Katharina Merten.

3. Bagadefente «Poem with Flying Termites & Cheesy Ending» [01:30], Brazil.
Director, poet: Bagadefente.

4. Marc Neys (aka Swoon) «If I kill Time I take» [03:52], Belgium.
Director: Swoon. Poet: Mark Insingel.

5. Tommy Becker «song for AWE & DREAD» [06:54], USA.
Director, poet: Tommy Becker.

6. C.O. Moed and Adrian Garcia Gomez «Fucking Him» [01:45], USA.
Director: C.O. Moed and Adrian Garcia Gomez. Poet: C.O. Moed.

7. Bruno Teixidor «Platillo Puro» [02:32], Spain.
Director: Bruno Teixidor. Poet: Tomás Segovia.

8. Susanne Wiegner «the light – the shade» [07:07], Germany.
Director: Susanne Wiegner. Poet: Robert Lax.

9. Celia Parra Díaz «WordmoviE» [02:46], Spain.
Director: DSK (Belén Montero & Juan Lesta). Poet: Celia Parra.

10. Dana Goldberg «NO SHADOW» [08:00], Israel.
Director: Dana Goldberg, Dr. Efrat Mishori. Poet: Dr. Efrat Mishori.

Oct 20

Zata Banks and Roxana Vilk at The Scottish Poetry Library, 3 December 2015

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Enjoy a curated selection of short film artworks, chosen for their alignment with poetic structures and experiences, and with the visual, verbal and aural languages of poetry in various forms introduced by Zata Banks, Director of PoetryFilm, plus a new short film by Roxana Vilk. Award-winning British-Iranian filmmaker Vilk has over the past few years made films about poets from both Britain and the Middle East, not least her acclaimed Poets of Protest series made for Al-Jazeera in 2012. PoetryFilm is the influential research art project founded by Zata Banks in 2002, to explore and exhibit experimental text / image / sound material.

3 December 2015 at 6:30pm

Scottish Poetry Library

5 Crichton’s Close EH8 8DT Edinburgh

£5 / £4

Book via Eventbrite

Call the Scottish Poetry Library on 0131-557-2876

Oct 20

PoetryFilm in Cork (documentation)

Photographed in Cork in October 2015. Many thanks to the Festival team for the invitation.

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Oct 6

BBC Radio 3 interviews Zata about PoetryFilm

Many thanks to BBC Radio 3 for coming to PoetryFilm Equinox at The Groucho Club, and for interviewing me about the PoetryFilm project.

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Oct 6

“Palindrome” by Zata Banks screened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

I am delighted that my palindromic poetry film Palindrome was screened in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) at the Cinepoema outdoor screening on 20 September 2015 at Casa da Glória.

Palindrome – and a reflection of Palindrome on the ground.

Jun 19

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PoetryFilm Penzance: 11 July 2015

PoetryFilm Penzance

Saturday 11 July 2015, 5pm

Redwing Gallery
Penzance Literary Festival
Cornwall, UK

A screening of poetry films curated and presented by Zata Banks.

PoetryFilm is the influential research art project founded by British artist Zata Banks in 2002, celebrating poetry films and other experimental text/image/sound material.

Jun 19

PoetryFilm Reykjavik, 16 July 2015

PoetryFilm Reykjavik

Thursday 16 July 2015, 9pm

Mengi
creative + experimental + music + art
Iceland

A screening of poetry films and live performances curated and presented by Zata Banks.

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Jun 13

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“Graffiti” by Zata Banks included in the Wenlock Poetry Festival Anthology 2015

I am delighted to be featured in the Wenlock Poetry Festival anthology 2015. Many thanks to the festival team.

May 15

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“Full Stop” by Zata Banks selected for Cannes Film Festival 2015

The poem film Full Stop by Zata Banks has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival, 13-24 May 2015.

Apr 2

Judging the Apples & Snakes poetry film competition (results)

I enjoyed judging the Apples & Snakes poetry film competition entries last week. Congratulations to the winners:

Best Film: Ars Moriendi by Chris Stewart

Best First Film: There Is Something of You in Me by Lauren Vevers

Mar 31

“The PoetryFilm Archive 2002-2015” presentation at the AHRC Pararchive conference at The University of Leeds

I was delighted to give a paper called “The PoetryFilm Archive 2002-2015” at the AHRC’s Pararchive conference at The University of Leeds last week. It was a very interesting two days, including a fascinating discussion about heutagogy – many thanks to the Pararchive team for the invitation. Some tweets from the day are below, and a photograph of the main lecture theatre (featuring wifi-enabled chairs) is above.

Brilliant @poetryfilmorg loved the #pararchive presentation and the artistry. I am searching for links 🙂 Congratulations!

Really interesting talk by Zata Kitowski on @poetryfilmorg – glorious snippets of poetry-film. Inspiring!

Great @poetryfilmorg talk at fab @pararchive #yarn conference in Leeds!

Mar 25

Zata Banks to judge the Carbon Culture Review poetry film competition prize

I am delighted to have been invited to judge the Carbon Culture Review‘s poetry film competition, deadline extended to April 2016.

Carbon Culture is the new American literary journal celebrating the intersection of technology + literature + art.

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Press release from CCR:

“We want to integrate film and literary culture. Carbon Culture will award a $1,000 prize for the best poetry film using the complete text of John Gosslee’s poem “Portrait of an Inner Life.” Zata Banks, director of PoetryFilm, will pick the grand prize winner and finalists. The winning entry will receive $1,000. The top five entries will receive high-profile placements across a number of networks, and a one page ad alongside honorable mentions in our newsstand, print, and device editions. All entries are considered for sponsored entry to our list of film festivals and poetry film festivals.”

Deadline for submissions is April 2016.

Prize Announcements will be made in July 2016.

Click here for further details.

Mar 2

PoetryFilm is featured in the Oxford Handbook of Contemporary British and Irish Poetry

“Recent signs of poetic cine-literacy include Zata Kitowski’s PoetryFilm nights”

My PoetryFilm work is mentioned in the Oxford Handbook of Contemporary British and Irish Poetry (ed. Peter Robinson). Thanks to Sophie Mayer.

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Mar 2

Event Report, University of Liverpool (review of the Send & Receive symposium)

Below is a review of the Send & Receive: Poetry, Film & Technology in the 21st Century symposium, written by PhD student Ashwaq Basnawifor for The University of Liverpool’s Centre for New and International Writing website*.

Feb 26

The Double Negative (review of the Send & Receive symposium)

Below is a review of the Send & Receive: Poetry, Film & Technology in the 21st Century symposium written by Jay Bernard for the arts criticism journal, The Double Negative.

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Film meets poetry meets technology: as FACT’s Type Motion exhibition draws to a close, Jack Roe assesses the changing perception of poetry in an ever increasing digital age…

Feb 8

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Zata awarded an Artist Residency in Denmark in 2015

Press Release

Kunst i Slusen ART HVIDE SANDE is again arranging an “Artist Colony” from 1 – 25 June 2015. Artworks produced during this time will be exhibited at the annual exhibition that takes place from 9 – 21 August 2015. As a new feature this year, the “Artist Colony” will take place in both Hvide Sande and in Søndervig.

Towards the end of the 1800s, Holmsland Klit, and the area around Nymindegab, south of Hvide Sande, became the focus of a small artists colony, with Danish artists such as Laurids Tuxen, Mogens Ballin and Erik Henningsen.

During 1 – 25 June, the selected artists will be working in ateliers in Hvide Sande and Søndervig. Visitors will be able to visit the artists and see the art that is being produced for the exhibition in August. See www.kunstislusen.dk or search for ART HVIDE SANDE on Facebook for more information on atelier opening times and locations.

Kunst i Slusen ART HVIDE SANDE is proud to present the following artists from both Denmark and abroad:

Zata Kitowski – www.poetryfilm.org

Birthe Nissen – www.birthesmalerier.dk

Nick Taylor – www.bynicktaylor.com

Erik Peitersen – www.erikpeitersen.dk

Sonia Sawińska – http://www.soniasawinska.pl

The theme for 2015 is “Freedom”. In 2015 Denmark celebrates the 70^th anniversary of the end of the German occupation that took place during the Second World War. We can learn from history and once again celebrate a united Europe that co-operates across borders. Here on the West coast of Denmark, with its rugged countryside of beaches, heathland and fjords, many feel freedom of a different sort – a wonderful landscape right on your doorstep. So our theme for 2015 is “Freedom” in all its aspects.

Since 2008, the not-for profit organisation Kunst i Slusen ART HVIDE SANDE has organised annually an art exhibition that is held in the unique industrial space where the machinery that controls the sluices between the sea and the fjord is housed. Approximately 120 metres long and 4 metres wide, this amazing space is only open to the public during these exhibitions that attract over 5000 visitors.

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Jan 25

Two artworks by Zata selected for Tate Britain exhibition, 24-25 January 2015

I am delighted that two of my artworks, the concrete poem Full Stop, and the Morse Code sound transmission of the same text, have been selected for inclusion in Tate Britain’s RadioCity exhibition, a special season of radio, sound art, performance and broadcast. The printed text will be displayed, and both the text and the Morse Code audio will be broadcast through the radio channels at Tate Britain, on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 January 2015, 10am-6pm. Look and listen out for it if you visit Tate Britain today.

Jan 8

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Send & Receive: Poetry, Film & Technology in the 21st Century (symposium at FACT Liverpool, part of the Type Motion exhibition)

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FACT, in association with the University of Liverpool, PoetryFilm and The Poetry Society, is pleased to invite you to imagine the future of poetry at our symposium Send & Receive: Poetry, Film & Technology in the 21st Century. With presentations from artists, scientists and thought leaders, the day examines innovative platforms involved in contemporary poetic practices.

Part of the Type Motion exhibition still running in FACT.

The symposium will include three distinct discussion areas, with audiences invited to join facilitated discussions after each segment. Confirmed speakers include George Szirtes (poet and translator), Deryn Rees Jones (poet and director of Centre for New and International Writing), Zata Kitowski (Director of PoetryFilm), Marco Bertamini and Georg Meyer (Visual Perception Labs UoL), Suzie Hanna (Animator and Professor of Animation Education) and Jason Nelson (hypermedia poet and artist, Australia).

Jan 5

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Zata invited to judge the Apples and Snakes poetry film competition

I am looking forward to being a Guest Judge for this competition organised by Apples and Snakes, one of the UK’s leading poetry organisations.

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Deadline 23 February

Open to poets living in the north of England, this competition from Apples and Snakes celebrates a DIY aesthetic with prizes offered to poets making their own film poems from storyboard to final cut. Awards go to best film, best first film and audience favourite. For rules and how to enter, click here: https://www.facebook.com/events/745493288879145/

Dec 10

The “Regulate” exhibition has now ended

Demonstrating the headphone exhibit. Many thanks to the Regulate team.

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Dec 9

Zata invited to read at The Poetry Café, Saturday 13 December, 7:30pm

I have been invited to read at The Poetry Café on Saturday 13 December. Publicity material for the event is below:

Platform 1 is a wonderfully eclectic night of poetry and spoken word at The Poetry Café, hosted by Ernie Burns and Amy Neilson Smith. This month’s event features:

Mishi – a devoted Stalwart Football fan, his work, often written in a real-life, working man’s rhyme is honest and hilariously self deprecating

Zata Kitowski – a jewel of antithesis, her collection Doppelgangers is published by Heaventree Press

James McKay – since graduating from Cambridge, his lyrical work and mastery of Victorian classics has stolen many a show

Elphara – a violinist whose music will pluck your heart strings

Nov 28

PoetryFilm invited to attend the ICO Archive Screening Day at the BFI, Thursday 4 December

PoetryFilm has been invited to be a delegate at the Archive Screening Day event at the BFI Southbank organised by the ICO (Independent Cinema Office). Designed for independent exhibitors, this will be an industry screenings event showcasing films from the UK’s national and regional film archives – extremely rich resources.

The Archive Screening Day sessions are outlined below and the archive film programmes will be posted here separately.

Nov 28

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Zata Banks invited to contribute to the AHRC-funded “Pararchive” Conference at Leeds University

I am delighted to have been invited to contribute an academic presentation called The PoetryFilm Archive 2002-2015 to the Pararchive Conference at Leeds University.

This AHRC-funded conference and community showcase marks the climax of an eighteen-month multidisciplinary research project entitled Pararchive: Open Access Community Storytelling and the Digital Archive. The project is based at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds and seeks to build new interactive environments that explore issues of ownership, public and institutional relationships and provide tools for collaborative community research and creative expression using digital heritage resources.

Many thanks to the team at Pararchive for the invitation.

Friday 27th March 2015 – Saturday 28th March 2015

stage@leeds, University of Leeds

Nov 28

Regulate art exhibition ends on 5 December 2014

The Regulate art exhibition in Sheffield runs until 5 December 2014 at The Montgomery in Sheffield. The show features work by 12 artists exploring the theme of repetition, including Full Stop by Zata Kitowski.