(2012, 2:08 minutes)
Animation by Toni Zhang with Claire Stewart.
Sound design by Tinjun Niu.
Poem written and narrated by Fiona Tinwei Lam
This poetry video is based on a poem in Enter the Chrysanthemum. My vision of the piece was to have key images in the poem appear as if hand-drawn, centered on the screen, without any backdrop, in primary colours, featuring images that would flow into each other. The two animators, recent graduates of Emily Carr University of Art & Design, did a fantastic job of realizing that vision.
Screenings:
- Visible Verse 2012 (Vancouver)
- International Poetry Film Festival 2013 (Athens)
- Zebra International Poetry Film Festival 2014 (Berlin)
- Interfilm Poetry Film Festival 2014 (Berlin)
- Sadho Poetry Film Festival 2015 (Delhi)
- Cadence Video Poem Festival 2018 (Seattle)
- Midwest Poetry Video Festival 2022 (Madison, WI)
- Real International Micro Video Competition 2024 (Brighton and Hove, UK)
- Poetry in Motion 2024 (Colorado)
