The Book of Hours (2018) [multi-component output with contextualising information]
- Submitting institution
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Bath Spa University
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 3380
- Type
- T - Other
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- Brief description of type
- A published poetry collection, a website of poetry films and contextualising information.
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month
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- Year
- 2018
- URL
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https://doi.org/10.17870/bathspa.c.5057435
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The Book of Hours contains 48 poetry films (short films which contain words, either spoken or text, sound and moving image). I wrote the poetry and directed the films._x000D_
Each film was made in collaboration with one of 27 international filmmakers who were chosen for their experience of working with this form. The project reimagines a medieval book of hours, such as the Tres Riche Heures (1412) which provided readers with religious texts connected to the times of the day and religious festivals. The films follow the suggestions of Tom Konyves in Videopoetry: A Manifesto (2011) by blending text/spoken poetry, images and sound so that the ‘poetic experience’ is the response to all of these elements. I wanted to explore how online projects can be a space for reflection by developing a project capable of evoking a present-day meditative experience. I used the passage of seasons as the starting point (the_x000D_
location for much of the poetry is the Welsh Marches) and the visuals, chosen in dialogue with the filmmakers, evoke feelings of contemplation or reflection. I researched the placement of spoken poetry in film in previous collaborations between poets and filmmakers (notably Flow and Frame (2013) and Disappear Here (2016)). By a process of writing and redrafting I combined their methods with_x000D_
the direct language of spoken word until I had created poetry where the sound enhanced the meaning, such as using pauses to create moments of reflection or emphasizing vowel sounds to mirror emotions. The poetry was published by Burning Eye Press and the project is available on_x000D_
https://thebookofhours.org/ Throughout its development, the project was shared on social media and on Movingpoem.com. It was shortlisted for the New Media Writing Prize in 2018 and is held on the British Library database of digital projects.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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