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Video Poetry
Video poetry is a new phenomena in the contemporary Russian arts scene. In today’s world, media has no limits - information is mixed together with a myriad of fast, dynamic images, and punchy sounds. Video poetry has incorporated these elements that are all around us and used them to create a new art form which has become extremely popular in Russia during the last couple of years.
Leading experimental poets and film directors, including Kirill Serebrennikov and Valeria Gai Germanika, amongst others, have come together to create films based on poems read by the poets themselves. The performances are also strongly influenced by European artists of the 70s and 80s, such as Gianni Toti, Richard Kostelanetz, Arnaldo Antunes and Caterina Davinio, whose experimental work was considered arthouse and cutting edge thirty years ago, but seems to strike a chord with the world we live in today. In our culture of multi-media, the merging of poetry, music and film feels only natural.
Don't miss this unique opportunity to see the first ever London screening of Russian video poetry in April!
Video poetry with Andrei Rodionov
14 April, 6.30pm, Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BX
Andrei Rodionov is at the forefront of contemporary Russian performance poetry, the organiser of the first national Russian slam final, and a video poetry pioneer, one of the most dynamic and exciting areas of the Russian arts scene, a fusion of the moving image, poetry and music. Enjoy this rare chance to see him perform at London’s leading poetry venue. MC Joelle Taylor
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