Cadence Video Poetry Festival 2025

grounding into the space

Expired May 5, 2025 6:59 AM
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10 films in package
GOLDEN IN THE MORNING CRANE OUR NECKS
CAConrad tapes the text of their shaped poem "GOLDEN IN THE MORNING CRANE OUR NECKS" to windows and walls around Manhattan.
American Myth - To Walla Walla
Where does forgiveness live in the house of language?
The Melting
Commemorating the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in the U.K. in 2019, "The Melting" addresses the unbearable catastrophe of migration, surveillance technologies, and thermal violence.
Jesus
Envision Jesus as an immigrant crossing from Mexico into the US.
whereverever
A docu-poem that intertwines visits with relatives, folk and contemporary dancing, and playful noticings of rupture with a focus on gesture, movement, and impulse.
land.scape notes on exile
A poetic journey of rediscovery and return. Routing us through shifting landscapes and waterways, the narrative reflections of a seeker are mystically guided by Oshun, the venerated orisha of water and destiny.
Mercy
"Mercy" weaves poetry and imagery with gesture, movement, and voice into an intricate meditation on Black womanhood.
School Kills Creativity
A critical response to a crushing education system that devalues art education and creative thinking.
The Forest for the Trees
A reflective journey through the forest and the mind, carving a path between the physical and internal world with poetry as the guide.
they are here now
A contemporary telling of an ancestral story about an encounter with an unidentified light.

In the face of displacement, exile, conformity, and crisis, these video poems approach existence as resistance. Creating belonging in new places, taking up space through performance art, examining the material reality of tragedy, and communing with nature to explore internal worlds—the works in this showcase offer sure footing and tender steps forward as the global landscape shifts beneath our feet.


(73 min TRT)


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Cadence 2025 will be held both virtually and in-person. Festival Passes are HYBRID, granting access to both virtual and in-person viewing, and are available here.


Header photo credit: The Melting, dir. Lananh Chu

Showcase title credit: whereverever, dir. Alysha Seriani, Erika Mitsuhashi & Alexa Solveig Mardon

This performance art installation in an elementary school in Tehran, Iran serves as a critical response to a crushing education system that devalues art education and creative thinking.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    2 minutes
  • Language
    Nonverbal
  • Country
    Iran
  • Premiere
    World Premiere
  • Director
    Rose Ansari
  • Producer
    Rose Ansari
  • Cast
    Rose Ansari
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