Absent Voices 2/ The God of Sugar

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The God of Sugar is the second in a series of seven Filmpoems commissioned by Alastair Cook in collaboration with Absent Voices, a group focused on the celebration of the vast and semi-derelict Greenock Sugar Sheds.

The God of Sugar is by poet Vicki Feaver, a widely published poet; the other poets in the series are John Glenday, Brian Johnstone, Sheree Mack, Jane McKie, Gérard Rudolf and Jennifer Lynn Williams.

The series of seven will…

The God of Sugar is the second in a series of seven Filmpoems commissioned by Alastair Cook in collaboration with Absent Voices, a group focused on the celebration of the vast and semi-derelict Greenock Sugar Sheds.

The God of Sugar is by poet Vicki Feaver, a widely published poet; the other poets in the series are John Glenday, Brian Johnstone, Sheree Mack, Jane McKie, Gérard Rudolf and Jennifer Lynn Williams.

The series of seven will be performed live at the Scottish Poetry Library at an event on 6th December 2012; more information and tickets here: scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/alastair-cooks-filmpoem-project-and-absent-voices

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Filmpoem is a collaborative film project by artist Alastair Cook.

Alastair is a fine art photographer and filmmaker; he exhibits 35mm film photographs and screens his films internationally.

"The combination of film and poetry is an attractive one. For the poet, perhaps a hope that the filmmaker will bring something to the poem: a new audience, a visual attraction, the laying of way markers; for the filmmaker, a fixed

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Filmpoem is a collaborative film project by artist Alastair Cook.

Alastair is a fine art photographer and filmmaker; he exhibits 35mm film photographs and screens his films internationally.

"The combination of film and poetry is an attractive one. For the poet, perhaps a hope that the filmmaker will bring something to the poem: a new audience, a visual attraction, the laying of way markers; for the filmmaker, a fixed parameter to respond to, the power of a text sparking the imagination with visual connections and metaphor."

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