Pacific Cinémathèque and curator Heather Haley are seeking videopoem submissions from around the world for the annual Visible Verse screening and performance poetry celebration, Nov. 6, 2008. Visible Verse is North America’s sustaining venue for the presentation of new and artistically significant videopoetry.
Official guidelines:
*Visible Verse seeks videopoems, with a 15 minutes maximum duration.
*Either official language of Canada is acceptable, though if the video is in French, an English-dubbed or-subtitled version is required for consideration. Videos may originate in any part of the world, however.
*Pieces will be judged on true literary merit. The ideal videopoem is a wedding of word and image, the voice seen as well as heard.
*Please, do not send documentaries, as they are outside the featured genre.
*Videopoem producers should provide a brief bio, full name, and contact information in a cover letter. There is no official application form nor entry fee.
*Submission deadline is 1 September, 2008. Send, at your own risk, videopoems and poetry films/preview copies (which cannot be returned) in DVD format to: VISIBLE VERSE c/o Pacific Cinémathèque, 200–1131 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2L7, Canada. Selected artists will be notified by 1 October, 2008 and receive a screening fee.
For more information contact Heather Haley, hshaley [at] emspace [dot] com
Vancouver’s Pacific Cinémathèque Pacifique, a not-for-profit society dedicated to the understanding of film and moving images. http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca