No Invasion

For his video poem Dwayne Jahn created almost black and white pencil drawings in 16:9 format while he was thinking about the text. The poem starts out with a sense of uncertainty yet goes on describing inspirational themes.
He then photographed the drawings for editing with his video producer. She saw the lines, strings came to mind, a double bass quartet pulling their's in rotation, each player the same 3 tones. Improvised music with improvised abstract drawings going very well together for Dwayne's video poem which wants to be read in orange lettering.

  • Dwayne Jahn
    Director
    Lightwaves Soundwaves
  • Dwayne Jahn
    Writer
  • Ebba Jahn
    Producer
  • SEQUOIA double bass quartet
    Key Cast
    "Band"
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Poetry video, artfilm, video poem
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 2, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 45. Duisburger Akzente
    Duisburg Ruhrort
    Germany
    In Exhibition March 2 - April 7, 2024 and in Video Poem Program for World Poetry Day March 21
  • Versopolis Poetry Expo 24
    online
    February 17, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Videobardo Videopoesia
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    November 23, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Couch Film Festival Spring 2023 Edition
    Toronto
    Canada
    no public screening for
    Award Nominee for Best Art Film (listed in 1 - 5 min. category)
Director Biography - Dwayne Jahn

Dwayne Charlou Jahn studied visual art & vocal music at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City; afterwards, he studied at the Liberal Arts College Bard in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY until 2006. Since 2008 he lives and works in Berlin, Germany. His poems are inscribed onto these art video collaborations since 2021:

CELESTIAL PARTICULAR 3:13, 2021
PRIMORDIAL ENCHANTMENTS 4:13, 2021
LIGHTWAVES SOUNDWAVES 3:13, 2022 (see screenings & awards)
NO INVASION 3:23, 2023
RANGE OF VIEW 6:54, 2024

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