Trills – Via Negativa https://www.vianegativa.us Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Fri, 07 Mar 2014 02:42:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.vianegativa.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-mu-512px-transparent-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Trills – Via Negativa https://www.vianegativa.us 32 32 3218313 Woodrat Podcast 5: Radames Ortiz with Jonathan Jindra, Amplified Bards https://www.vianegativa.us/2010/02/woodrat-podcast-5-amplified-bards/ https://www.vianegativa.us/2010/02/woodrat-podcast-5-amplified-bards/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:26:34 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=6716 Continue reading "Woodrat Podcast 5: Radames Ortiz with Jonathan Jindra, Amplified Bards"

]]> A conversation with Houston-based poet Radames Ortiz and his audio collaborator, the composer Trills (Jonathan Jindra).

Topics include: How electronic music is composed; the arts scene in Houston; composing and improvising music to accompany poems; making the transition from ambient music to electronica that demands active listening; how Radames started writing poetry and why he chose not to get an MFA; turning a poetry reading into a multimedia experience and getting the audience involved; online reading, e-book readers and the supposed death of the text; the obligation of poets and writers to master multimedia tools; making and watching videopoetry.

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Theme music: “Le grand sequoia,” by Innvivo (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike licence)

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