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6 — Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Arts
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Clark and Brown bring
lyrical poetry to Literati
Two previous poet laureates who test the limits of lyricism
and performance to present their recent poetry at Literati
Literati welcomes poets Fleda
Brown and Patricia Clark to share
selections from both of their latest
published collections, each focused
on the natural world.
Fleda Brown, a former poet
laureate of Delaware from 2001 to
2006, currently resides in Traverse
City where she writes for the
Record Eagle. Brown will read
from her new book, “The Woods
Are On Fire: New & Selected
Poems,” as part of the Ted Kooser
Contemporary Poetry Series.
“I like to hear my poems out
loud,” Brown wrote in an email
interview. “It helps me as a writer.
But even more, the poem is nothing
until it’s heard. It needs an ear and
an eye.”
For Brown, nearly anything
in the world could be her next
inspiration for a poem.
“I am inspired by any odd
thing. Nothing in particular, just
the ordinaries of my life,” Brown
wrote. “I am very visual and often a
poem starts with an image — a tree,
a cedar waxwing, a man crossing
the street, etc.”
Brown stressed the importance
of finding what one is most
passionate about. In her own life,
she was unsure of pursuing what
she loved to do, and encourages
taking a leap of faith.
“I had no idea that people could
do this for a career,” Brown wrote. “I
got a Ph.D. in American Literature
and after I began teaching at the
University of Delaware, I finally put
together enough poems for a book.
And behold! Someone wanted to
publish it. So I was off and running.
I no longer ‘had’ to be a scholar. I
could keep doing what gave me the
most pleasure.”
Brown describes her climb
to success as many little things
building up to what she has become
today.
“Over the years I’ve had some
great poet friends who’ve read
my
poems
and
commented,
encouraged and discouraged me.
I seem to do best with someone
pointing
out
what’s
working
rather than pointing out what isn’t
working,” Brown wrote. “I do well
with praise. I’m the one who’s
hardest on myself.”
In Traverse City, Brown has
been staying busy with several
different projects.
“I’ve been working my tail off.
I put together an edited collection
of my blog posts from when I
had cancer and published it as a
book, ‘My Wobbly
Bicycle,’ with all
the proceeds going
to
the
Cowell
Cancer Center here
in Traverse City,”
Brown wrote. “I’m
writing an essay
now
and
then,
expecting to pull
essays together for
a collection when I
have enough that I
like.”
Patricia
Clark,
a former poet laureate of Grand
Rapids from 2005 to 2007, is a
professor of writing at Grand
Valley State University.
Clark will be reading from her
new book, “The Canopy,” which
came out in January. She enjoys
hearing how people respond to
her work. She may even read a
new poem that has not yet been
published.
“There’s always a surprise in
terms of what people respond to …
that’s really fun,” Clark said. “And
then people come up and say ‘I was
really moved by this’ or ‘this meant
a lot to me.’ ”
Clark describes her style of
poetry as lyrical, and it often
focuses on aspects of the natural
environment.
“Poetry really is closest to music
in terms of an art form even though
it is words, so I tend to try to have
a fairly musical kind of line,” Clark
said. “And then in terms of imagery
and stuff like that I have a lot of
nature imagery in my poems.”
Basing
her
writing
off
observations, she is known to
simply walk about and see what
the eye can see without taking
any notes. Finding things in the
physical world inspires her to
discover what it signifies.
“When I come home, my test
is kind of, ‘Do I still remember
something?’ And if I still remember
something then it must mean
something psychological,” Clark
added. “So my goal as a writer is
to put some words down on paper,
some observations, and see it I can
tease out what it means.”
Playing
with
language is a large
part of her writing.
When the words
come together just
right, Clark finds
her job to be a real
thrill.
“When
the
reader reads it they
too have a little
discovery moment
and a moment of
insight. Not a big
moment, like ‘the
world sucks,’ it’s more like a little
insight, like this is a beautiful
moment,” Clark said. “Now that
sounds kinda trite but hopefully in
the poem it isn’t. It’s fresh.”
Clark teaches creative writing
at Grand Valley State University,
instructing on poetry, fiction and
nonfiction. She leads students out
of the academic writing they may
be used to into a whole new artistic
world.
“You can do a lot of wild and
crazy things … you can experiment,
you can break the rules. Students
seem to really respond,” Clark said.
Some
students
have
even
changed majors as a result of the
discoveries made in Clark’s class.
“(Teaching) always rejuvenates
my own writing because I think,
‘wow this is what I should be
doing. It can really help my own
writing.”
Currently, Clark is working
on a collection of obituaries from
several different Patricia Clarks
from all across the country.
Aiming to laugh in the face of
death, this piece will have a bit of
humor to accompany it.
FALLON GATES
For the Daily
COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW
Poetry at
Literati: Fleda
Brown and
Patricia Clark
Literati Bookstore
Tuesday March
28th @ 7 P.M.
Free
FILM REVIEW
FLICKR
Tony Conrad, subject of the new documentary
Conrad documentary is a
heartfelt portrait of artist
New doc profiles the life of experimental filmmaker Tony Conrad
“History
is
like
music,
completely in the present” – Tony
Conrad
These are the words that
open this riveting documentary
on the life and work of artist,
musician, filmmaker and teacher
Tony Conrad, and they couldn’t
be more accurate. Conrad is
radically present in all of his
endeavors, using his passion
and
creativity
to
challenge
constructs of power, cinema,
music and art. The film, directed
and produced by Tyler Hubby
(“House of Harrington”), is
a non-linear style timeline of
Conrad’s
experimental,
anti-
authority, sometimes blinding
collection of artistic endeavors.
Hubby
manages
to
capture
Conrad as an artist and a
character simultaneously, while
keeping the audience engaged,
entertained and excited.
Conrad
is
loveable
and
ridiculous. His personality is
clearly demonstrated on screen
as a quirky grandpa-type who
talks to the camera as if it were
a dear friend. Before entering
the world of minimalist music,
Conrad
studied
computers
at Harvard, which explains
his high caliber vocabulary
and
long-winded
soliloquies.
Following
Harvard,
Conrad
took refuge on Ludlow Street
in downtown New York City,
where he jammed with the likes
of John Cale and The Velvet
Underground. It was there that
Conrad and his buds helped form
the foundation for minimalist
music as we see it today.
After
making
strides
in
the music scene, Conrad took
his talents to the world of
underground filmmaking, where
he challenged Andy Warhol
and cinema in general. Hubby
documents Conrad’s ventures
in
underground
filmmaking
with his 1965 debut of “The
Flicker,” a film which consists of,
well, flickers. Conrad playfully
addresses the camera declaring
himself
“Mr.
Flicker.”
Also
Hubby
highlights
Conrad’s
famous
“Yellow
Movies,”
which fall somewhere between
performance art and film, with
a little expressionism thrown in
for good measure. A hallmark of
Conrad’s music is the monotoned
drone of the worst quality violin
you can imagine. The sound —
or noise rather — of it can be
unbearable at times, but the
passion Conrad feels for his craft
makes the headache worth it.
In addition to his radical films
rooted in challenging the norm,
Conrad also took on teaching
media at both Antioch College
and The State University of
New York at Buffalo. Conrad
perfectly fits the mold of the
oddball professor, with teaching
methods
in
the
classroom
that keep students on their
toes. He skyped into a class
on documentary filmmaking,
utilizing Hubby as a teaching
tool in his instruction. The
meta-effect perfectly captures
Conrad’s effervescent presence
and style.
Conrad, an abstract artist
in his own right, screws the
construct of abstract art and
the contemplative religiously
that goes with it. Conrad would
rather make his audience laugh
out loud than silently meditate,
and Hubby’s film is definitely
filled with laughter.
The film ends with Conrad
standing on the streets of New
York
City,
directing
traffic
as if he were conducting an
orchestra; a screaming child, a
motorcycle, three large trucks.
It is the perfect end to the
documentary, leaving the viewer
with a final taste of Conrad’s
eccentric,
quirky
charm.
Hubby’s
documentary
is
a
telling portrait of Tony Conrad’s
contributions to the world of art,
cinema and music, all the while
capturing the unique lovability
of a legendary creative mind.
BECKY PORTMAN
Daily Arts Writer
FILM PROFILE
The 55th Ann Arbor Film
Festival Awards Review
Madeleine Gaudin recaps winners and losers of this year’s festival
This past Sunday, the awards
ceremony of the 55th Ann Arbor
Film Festival opened with a
jab at the festival itself. Before
the award winning shorts were
screened, they played what the
introductory
remarks
called
a “PSA.” It was an SNL skit
from last fall that poked fun at
the experimental film festival.
Within a genre of filmmaking
that seems ripe for this sort of
mockery, the films recognized
on Sunday stood out for their
simultaneous
mastery
of
narrative and innovative artistic
expression.
The Ken Burns Award for Best
of the Festival was awarded to
“Xylophone,” a collage animation
piece by Jennifer Levonian. In the
film, Levonian pairs striking cut-
paper animation with a flowing,
absurdist plot. With no dialogue,
the film follows a pregnant
mother and her daughter as
they travel across a gentrified
Philadelphia
neighborhood
bouncing on exercise balls in
“mommy and me” yoga classes
and picking up goats at the petting
zoo. “Xylophone” demonstrates
Levonian’s mastery of animation,
comedy, social commentary and
unconventional, yet accessible,
narrative techniques.
An equally smart animated
film, “‘The Talk’ True Stories
About the Birds and the Bees,”
won the Prix DeVarti Award for
Funniest Film. Alain Delannoy’s
short film weaves together the
first-person testimonials of a
handful of men who recount
the talks their parents gave —
or didn’t give — them about
sex. From the cringe-worthy
to the absurd, Delannoy’s film
captures a very precise moment
in adolescence with a gentleness
that allows his subjects to be
vulnerable. Shown as faceless,
animated silhouettes, the men
tell their stories anonymously, a
trick that allows the film to get as
close to its subjects as it does in
its brief 11 minute runtime.
A less traditionally narrative
piece, “Commodity City,” earned
its
creator
Jessica
Kingdon
the award for Most Promising
Filmmaker.
Kingdon’s
film
explores
the
world’s
largest
wholesale
market
in
Yiwu,
China. The mall spans over five
miles end to end, but Kingdon
stays close to her subjects,
favoring detail over scale. She
captures an assortment of booths
—
people
selling
everything
from clocks to rope to flowers.
At first, the subjects are still and
quiet, they watch videos on their
phones and type on computers,
almost visually consumed by the
products around them. As we
settle into the space, the subjects
begin to behave as if no one is
watching them. A girl pulls a
stool out from under her younger
brother, a boy picks his nose,
others fight over toys. Without a
plot or much dialogue, Kingdon
builds an immensely intricate
and visually stunning world
inside the mall.
In addition to the specific
awards,
a
number
of
films
received Jury Awards. A standout
among the Jury Award winners
was William Caballero’s “Victor
& Isolina,” a part claymation,
part
animation
piece
about
the relationship between the
filmmakers’
grandparents.
The narrative is built around
recordings
of
an
interview
between Caballero and each
grandparent, but none of them
are seen until the films credits.
Rather, Caballero shoots small
doll-like figurines and animates
the content of the interview in
paper-cut letters onscreen. The
film stands apart from others
in the festival for its innovative
approach to animation and the
way in which it blurs the lines
between traditional animation
and live action.
Other notable wins include
Gabriel
Ortega’s
“Emelina”
taking home the Tios Award
for
Best
International
Film,
the \aut\ Film Award for Best
LGBTQ Film going to Elegance
Bratton’s “Walk for Me” and
Jonathan Rattner picking up the
Michael Moore Award for Best
Documentary for his film “The
Interior.” A full list of winners is
available here.
MADELEINE GAUDIN
Senior Arts Editor