Emanuella Amichai

The Cinepoem project

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Thursday November 22nd 2012 from 7.30 the Richmix arts centre, the main space. 35-47 Bethnal Green road, E1 6LA. 020 7613 7498. Free entrance for all.

  • Tom Raworth & Avi Dabach
  • Emanuella Amichai & SJ Fowler
  • Tim Atkins & Ran Slavin

A ground breaking collaborative exchange between three Israeli film-makers / video artists and three British poets, translating the medium of poetry into the practise of film to produce three original, poetic films, or cinepoems.

The aim of the project is to transform the auspices of a selected, single poem into short, conceptual films, that will be screened on November 22nd in London, at the Richmix Arts centre. The event will also feature poetry readings from Tom Raworth, Tim Atkins and SJ Fowler, and a panel discussion exploring the unique nature of poetic / filmic collaboration and the potentiality of poetry as a medium adaptable to film.

The project is designed to show that the potential for poetry to be realised in the narrative of film and film-making may lay the path for a wide future between these mediums, enriching them both in the process. This is the first instalment of the Enemies project, a year long exploration of poetry and collaboration, curated by SJ Fowler, supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.

Programme of events:

  • A poetry reading by the poets: SJ Fowler, Tom Raworth, Tim Atkins.
  • Ran Slavin will introduce a film based on Tim Atkins’ poem: ODES I / 32+ODES II /3
  • – Avi Dabach will introduce a short film based on Tom Raworth’s poem “TAXOMONY”
  • Emanuella Amichai will introduce a short film based on SJ Fowler’s poem :”38 meditations on strong tea”
  • A panel discussion exploring the unique nature of poetic / filmic collaboration
  • Please contact steven@sjfowlerpoetry.com for details.

Maintenant #79 – Emanuella Amichai

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Perhaps Emanuella Amichai represents the ethos of the Maintenant series more succinctly than any of the other 78 poets that have gone before her. The question of what is poetic is akin to the question of what is European. Both are fluid, unanswerable, and all the more essential for that unresolvability. Working in the medium of moving image, of dance, theatre and film, she has taken groundbreaking strides towards what can only be called a video poetry, a form of visual poetry. Working in tandem with some of Europe’s finest writers, including Jan Wagner, she has shown her absolute control of both mediums, both poetry and film, utilising the grammar of motion to remarkable poetic effect. If this places her outside the poetic mainstream, what might be deemed The definition of a poet, then the fact she is the daughter of one of the 20th century’s greatest poets firmly roots her back into the tradition of European letters. For the 79th edition of Maintenant, Israel’s Emanuella Amichai.

http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-79-emanuella-amichai/

A video poem of Emanuella’s will soon follow online, so please check http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/