Contemporary Video Poetry

I really struggled with finding oones that I actually like so I wanted to share the ones I thought were particularly good.

This is a surreal piece about how women fit into the urban landscape:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywkP5L3D24&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3D19D9Q2zE

Interesting idea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwjUfPhGvy0&feature=related

I think this could have been more dynamic and the conneection between written word and visuals could have been more interesting. Still, this is a lot better made than most of the video poems I've seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6BZDSRhkmQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKASmayhb7k

I feel like people are trying too hard to be clever with all this post modern pretense. I've yet to see a video poem that reallly communicates emotion effectivvely...any kind of emotion, even utter boredom and apathy. Nothing. In my opinion, the above at least come close to redemption of humanity.

I will not give up though, because I think there must be good digital poetry out there and it deserves to be heard and seen!