Invisible Cinema

Call for Poetry Submissions - Leonard Cohen's b-day!

(I'm doing this!!!  xoxo J.M.)

CALL FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS

In honour of Leonard Cohen’s 75th birthday (September 21, 2009,) the Foundation for Public Poetry/Fondation Poésie Publique is seeking submissions of poetry(poetic responses) based upon Leonard Cohen’s poetry. A maximum of seventy-five poems will be selected for this publication.

The publication is a fundraising initiative to help support the commencement of a Leonard Cohen Poet-In-Residence program at Leonard’s old high school(Westmount High.)

All submissions will be considered to grant the Foundation for Public Poetry anthology rights. Submissions should include a note of reference to the Cohen poem which the author is responding to. Authors should also include a three-line biography and complete contact information.

For more information, or to submit, please email: publicpoetry@gmail.com

or see FAQ in the [comments link] below.

Deadline for submissions is July 12, 2009.

FAQs

ACCEPTANCE OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORK

We will accept previously published work, but our preference is original material composed specifically tied/linked/inspired by a Leonard Cohen poem. We request reference to the poem’s title (and the book title if known.)

For previously published work, please include details of publication(publisher and date) with the submission. Where the publisher has copyright, the author MUST have the publisher send an email granting anthology rights to the Foundation for Public Poetry.”

ACCEPTANCE OF POEMS BASED ON COHEN’S SONGS

We will accept poems based upon Leonard Cohen’s songs. However, our preference is original material composed specifically tied/linked/inspired by a Leonard Cohen poem.

The Camera-Microscope: An Interview with Jennifer MacMillan by Sara Blechman

I would like to share this interview that Sara Blechman and I conducted for Lynne Sachs's Media Mavericks course at NYU!  It truly was an immense honor . . .  Please download it here.  :)  xoxoxo  -- Jen

The Camera-Microscope
An Interview with Jennifer MacMillan
By Sara Blechman
May, 2009 

Download Media Mavericks interview

Surprise

"You're walking down the street, on your way to meet
a friend for dinner.  You're already thinking about what you'd
like to eat, savoring your hunger.  Come around the corner
and--oh no, a lion!"

-- Robert Sapolsky

(This excerpt has been taken from the book, JOYFUL WISDOM by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, as an example of dukkha or suffering, as the basic condition of life.  Why does this idea seem so freeing?  . . . Stay tuned!  :)

The Girl Who Knew the Future (Remix) by Jennifer MacMillan

The Girl Who Knew the Future (Remix) by Jennifer MacMillan (2009) super 8 to 16mm, 1 min. silent

A remix of a film I made 7 years ago, inspired by Guillaume Apollinaire's, "Les Collines," Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War.  Captured on Super 8 and transferred to 16mm using the optical printer, this b/w film is grainy, glittery, and French!  I'm bringing it back . . .

"I've traversed the glowing sky
Where life is a melody." 

- Guillaume Apollinaire

Where is my vote?

"Stereotypes do not do justice to those in the opposition. Protests have swept up a broad river of people in Tehran -- young and old, dressed in traditional Islamic gowns and the latest Western fashions."  -- NYT, 6/18/09

Photo: The New York Times

Black Rain by Semiconductor

BLACK RAIN (2009, 3 mins., video) by Semiconductor

Black Rain from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

"Black Rain is sourced from images collected by the twin satellite, solar mission, STEREO. Here we see the HI (Heliospheric Imager) visual data as it tracks interplanetary space for solar wind and CME's (coronal mass ejections) heading towards Earth. Data courtesy of courtesy of the Heliospheric Imager on the NASA STEREO mission. Working with STEREO scientists, Semiconductor collected all the HI image data to date, revealing the journey of the satellites from their initial orientation, to their current tracing of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Solar wind, CME's, passing planets and comets orbiting the sun can be seen as background stars and the milky way pass by. As in Semiconductors previous work 'Brilliant Noise' which looked into the sun, they work with raw scientific satellite data which has not yet been cleaned and processed for public consumption. By embracing the artefacts, calibration and phenomena of the capturing process we are reminded of the presence of the human observer who endeavors to extend our perceptions and knowledge through technological innovation."

-- Semiconductor

Commissioned by Animasivo Mexico City, 2009