In addition to image and sound, text is THE essential "element" or raw material of a videopoem, implying a differentiation from the 'poetic film' which relies, almost exclusively, on the visual treatment -- the composition and editing of the images -- in contradistinction to its verbal treatment. Indeed, the text, whether displayed on the screen or heard on the soundtrack of a videopoem, need not be an appropriation of a previously published poem.
What differentiates videopoems from poetry-films today is the use of non-poetic texts to effect the experience of a poem; the text, when extracted and examined as an independent element, can not be identified as "poetry". The poetry is the RESULT of the juxtaposed, blended use of text with imagery and sound. It is a poetic experience.
On Sept. 6, 2011, I published VIDEOPOETRY: A MANIFESTO
(issuu.com/tomkonyves/docs/manifesto_pdf)
more at:
tomkonyves.academia.edu/
