Haus für Poesie

Afternoon of the Chimeras

Daniel Conrad Kanada  2006  15:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: 2 Monkeys by Brueghel Wislawa Szymborska
Human transformation is expressed by dancers in the form of chimeras that still fit in their natural environment.

Budapest

Julian Grey Kanada  2005  1:06 min  englisch   Gedicht: Budapest Billy Collins
A pen that goes off on its own forages through a fantasy world where calligraphic bugs and animals draw life from an oasis of ink.

Bus Stop Love

Luke MacLean  Kanada  2006  5:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: Bus Stop Love Luke MacLean
Absurd creativity meets romantic comedy in this heart inspiring take on love at first sight.

Doppelganger

Kinga Araya  Kanada  2005  2:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: Doppelganger Kinga Araya
The artificial self challenges the limits of self-portraiture by problematizing the notion of personal and cultural hybridization.

Filiation

Élaine Frigon  Kanada  2005  16:30 min  e/frzOmeU   Gedicht: Before two Portraits of my mother Emile Nelligan
Anxiety surrounding when the fear of becoming a monster meets aging – an unbearable reality that a clone will have to face.

Forgetfulness

Julian Grey  Kanada  2005  1:06 min  englisch   Gedicht: Forgetfulness Billy Collins
The passing of time brings with it the loss of all information and every memory in an infinite loop.

Love / Censored / Truth

Desiree Lim  Kanada  2005  5:35 min  englisch   Gedicht: Love / Censored / Truth Desiree Lim
A video letter questioning where the lines between actual facts and censored truth fall within a twisted romantic connection.

Of burning Hills

Jason White  Kanada  2004  6:09 min  englisch   Gedicht: Burning Hills Michael Ondaatje
In the loneliness of his cottage a poet regales on his memories and returns on this time journey to his youth.

Purple Lipstick

Heather Haley  Kanada  2006  6:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: Purple Lipstick Heather Haley
A meditative first person narrative challenges our faith in the myths surrounding intimacy and conjugality.

The Rape of Beauty

Josh Hinck   Kanada  2006  5:32 min  englisch   Gedicht: The Rape of Beauty Sarah Gagnon-Turcotte
How a beautiful instant so easily changes into ugliness, despite the attempts of beauty to hold the moment.

Safar/The Journey

Hossein Fazeli  Kanada  2006  4:24 min  englisch   Gedicht: The Journey Hossein Fazeli
How blind do we have to be in order to see? The story of a man whose journey of light begins in darkness.

Some Days

Julian Grey  Kanada  2005  1:06 min  englisch   Gedicht: Some Days Billy Collins
Miniature figurines such as those found in railroad set act in a spooky model house containing both real and surreal elements.

turtleheart

Susan Cormier  Kanada  2006  5:35 min  englisch   Gedicht: turtleheart Susan Cormier
News flash: bleeding, but still breathing. An examination of the human tenacity for survival.