R.W. Perkins

R.W. Perkins is a poet and filmmaker from Fort Collins, Colorado. His work has been published on the Atticus Review, Moving Poems, The Denver Egotist, The Connotation Press and The Huffington Post Denver. Perkins’ work has been featured at film festivals all over the world including an 18 state tour with the New Belgium Brewery’s Clips of Faith Beer & Film Tour  in 2012 and at the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.

“Perkins’s work shows us a somewhat desperate view of ourselves, and our compulsive need to share the most intimate details of our lives with total strangers.

Although grounded in irony, Perkins’s work is never caustic – he approaches his subjects with an unexpected gentleness, inviting the viewer in.”
— Erica Goss -The Connotation Press. Jan 1 2013
“Fort Collins poet and filmmaker R.W. Perkins only recently started producing videopoems; despite being a newcomer, though, he’s turned out some pretty impressive stuff.”
— Grenoble, Ryan - Huffington Post Denver. April 9, 2012

In October of 2012 Perkins started lying the ground work for Colorado's first poetry film festival. On November 30th The Body Electric Poetry Film Festival was announced and open for submissions. The first Body Electric Poetry Film Festival will take place May 4th, 2013 at the Lyric Cinema Cafe in Fort Collins, Colorado and will feature some of the world's leading voices in videopoetry. 

Perkins has just finished production on his 6th videopoem Morning Sex & Blueberry Pancakes, and will be released on the Atticus Review shortly before its festival debut at The Body Electric Poetry Film Festival.  R.W. is in the early stages of production on his chapbook-film titled A Night As A Boy, and an audio-chapbook A Long Line @ The Rummage Sale which will feature readings from some of Perkins' films. You can also look for a collaborative film project which will feature written works by Matt Mullins, Michelle Bitting as well as R.W. Perkins.

Filmography

          FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS

  1. Road 34 May 16th 2012 - Fort Collins - Colorado - Road 34 - Clip of Faith Sneak Preview.
  2. May 18th 2012 St Louis Missouri - Forest Park; World Fair Pavilion
  3. May 31st 2012 · Kansas City - Missouri - Theis Park
  4. June 08th 2012 · Bloomington - Indiana -Bryan Park
  5. June 15th 2012 · Des Moines - Iowa - Pappajon Park & 12th Street
  6. June 21st 2012 · Madison - Wisconsin - Olin Park
  7. June 29th 2012 · Boulder - Colorado - 29th Street Mall
  8. July 12th 2012 · Flagstaff - Arizona - Thorpe Park: Multi Use Field
  9. July 20th 2012 · Santa Cruz - California - Wrigley Building Parking Lot
  10. July 27th 2012 · Seattle - Washington - Gas Works Park
  11. August 03rd 2012 · Portland – Oregon -Waterfront park
  12. August 10th 2012 · Davis – California - Central Park
  13. August 17th 2012 · Missoula- Montana - Caras park
  14. September 07th 2012 · Asheville – N.C. - Pack Square Park: 
  15. September 13th 2012 - Fort Collins CO. New Belgium Brewery
  16. September 14th 2012 · Atlanta – Georgia - Candler Park
  17. September 21st 2012 · Athens – Georgia - Lyndon House Arts Center
  18. September 27th 2012 · Charleston – S.C. -Marion Square
  19. October 05th 2012 · Charlotte – N.C. - Independence Park
  20. October 12th 2012 · Knoxville – Tennessee - World Fair Park: Festival Lawn

          PUBLICATIONS

          PRODUCTIONS

         PRESS

      STATEMENT

      The theme of our past shaping our future has played a major role in much of my work, in both the written word and film. I tend to draw on words and speech patterns that I recall from days in my youth, in an attempt to use a common tone to emphasize a grander meaning. The footage and images in many cases are a direct reflection of the crafting of the words.

      I find the combination of medium is just as inspiring to me, as my chosen subject. It is not lost on me that by using new editing  techniques and HD footage, juxtaposed with old family photos and 8 millimeter film, is the subject being represented in the process.  The work reflects the past and the future and so it's important to me that it is represented in the evolution of the work as well.