Vertigo

My poetry film Vértigo began with a poem which will appear in my next collection due out in 2022. It looks back to childhood and the things which take over our attention as we grow up.

The wood is from the slats of a broken oak chair I found in a skip, the typography and colours are inspired by hand-painted writing on local cafes and bars in my neighbourhood in Madrid, and I decided to dress for the office to give a patina of taking my work seriously, mirroring the sense of play and irony present in the poem.

Basically, it was all a lot of fun to make, and it was selected for Cork: 7th Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition 2019, and Spain: V Maldito Festival de Videopoesía 2021.

You can watch it here!