Memoriam Maureen Kendal
A tapestry of six poems interweaving with films
Invocation (Ancient Harps) Nick Collins 6 min
Rhythms of summer light and ancient stone.
Memoriam 1
Dream Within a Dream Film and sound: Chris H. Lynn 12 min
Masters of hallucination, Poe and Baudelaire meet in a library in Alençon.
Memoriam 2
Anima Grado Film and music: Dennis Dracup 7 min
Grado, a resort on the Adriatic, captured in a choreography of light.
Memoriam 3
On The Spent and Silent Sand Film and sound: Dennis Dracup 5 min
Odd distortions seen during the heat-haze of late summer.
Mosque of Xian Nick Collins 2 min
A poetic and complex interweaving of Arabic and Chinese cultures.
Memoriam 4
Empedocles Act 1, Scenes 3 & 4 13 min
Robert Robertson: Music, Dennis Dracup: Film
Scenes from the life and ideas of Empedocles, the philosopher poet.
Suzhou Nick Collins 3 min
These empty clothes and shadows are amusing, whimsical, but on occasion unsettling.
Memoriam 5
Lyangungang Film: Chris H. Lynn 13 min
Lyrical views from a boat; the brides on the beach are wonderful and poignant.
Memoriam 6
Summer Trilogy Film and Sound: Chris H. Lynn 9 min
Mist, rain, a lake in a park in Shanghai: three forms of water, inspired by the Chinese Literati
Interval
Two.Words Film and sound: Steve Dracup 7 min
A hypnotic montage of highly evocative words, visuals, audio.
Familiar Pond Nick Collins 3 min
Games of light and reflections provide avenues of spatial ambiguities in this local pond.
Tunxi Nick Collins 1’ 30”
Umbrellas take on a life of their own on a rainy day in Tunxi.
Spike Hawkins reads from his collection of poems 250 Grams of Poetry (Harwood)
With thanks to Ely Ahamed at The Poetry Café