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NWFF: Cadence Video Poetry Festival
Verse meets visuals in Cadence Video Poetry Festival at Northwest Film Forum, in-person Apr. 24–27; online Apr. 25 – May 4! Celebrate National Poetry Month with a pass to this hybrid festival featuring online, in-person, and satellite screenings. The festival’s four showcases and two satellite screenings include work from two artists-in-residence, the outcomes of a generative workshop, and more than 50 video poems in 11 languages from artists around the world!
Screening times
April 24 at 6pm | a new place for these treasures (Festival preview in-person at Frye Art Museum Apr. 24): https://bit.ly/
cadence2025frye April 25 at 7pm | their love defies: https://bit.ly/
cadence2025love (in person at NWFF) April 26 at 4pm | my more-than-me: https://bit.ly/
cadence2025more (in person at NWFF) April 26 at 7pm | grounding into the space: https://bit.ly/
cadence2025grounding (in person at NWFF) April 27 at 4pm | we effervesce minutely: https://bit.ly/
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Artist + audience gatherings
April 26 at 5:30pm (in person at NWFF) & April 27 at 10am (virtual) | Cadence Casual Gatherings: https://bit.ly/
cadence2025casual April 26 at 6:15 pm (in person at NWFF) | Craft Talk with w/ Visiting Artists: Lilián Pallares + Charles Olsen https://bit.ly/
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Literary resources
Poetry Bookshelf [Online]: publications by Cadence artists for purchase, support your favorite video poets! https://bit.ly/
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About Cadence Video Poetry
Cadence Video Poetry Festival, presented by Northwest Film Forum, programmed in collaboration with Seattle author Chelsea Werner-Jatzke and intermedia artist Rana San, is a series of screenings, workshops, and discussions on the genre of video poetry, during National Poetry Month.
Cadence approaches video poetry as a literary genre presented as visual media that makes new meaning from the combination of text and moving image. Featuring screenings, an artist residency, generative workshops for youth and adults, and juried awards, the festival fosters critical and creative growth around the medium of video poetry.
Featured image: The Shadows of Paper Trees (still), dir. Aida Daneshvar & Christopher Dreisbach