-ed is my film of a poem by Mairi Campbell-Jack, from her as yet unpublished (nudge) collection This is a Poem. You can read more of Mairi's work on her Twitter stream: twitter.com/lumpinthethroat

It took a long time for me to begin this filmpoem for two reasons: I have been busy with this summer's solo film and photography show as part of the Edinburgh Festival; also the poem is dark and yet meditative, lifting to a powerful crescendo and as a result I felt that I needed to introduce a figurative element. So I ruminated...

-ed was premiered at the Hidden Door 2 in October 2010 and will be shown at StAnza, the Scottish Poetry Festival, from 16-20th March 2011.

All of the filmpoems can be viewed at filmpoem.com and my work as an artist lives at alastaircook.com/

With thanks to David Fyans, who can be found at erstlaub.co.uk/wordpress/