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A lost interview with poet Virginia Konchan In your own history, as a first-generation American (and Canadian) of Lithuanian descent, you describe feeling a degree of alienation from your relatives who were born in Lithuania or Ukraine—or who had been through the war. Is there a healthy form of displacement—at least in the literary sense—that…… Continue reading The Conversant Interview (2016)

Announcing my new e-book, PRVSLY RECORDED is now available for purchase/download on Gumroad

So pleased to be part of the EOY lineup of visual artists for Gagné Contemporary gallery’s show, STORY/book. Opening November 10!

Very honoured to have KHÔRA feature my work. This poem was dedicated to my mother after her brave battle with brain cancer. The videopoem was created by Michael Lewy as inspired by the poem and my digital,collage. The publishing honorarium was donated to the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. https://www.corporealkhora.com/issue/26/passport

I am so honoured to have recently heard the news that Khôra will be publishing my poem “Passport”, which was written for my mother, Zita, who recently passed away in April after a brave and harrowing fight against brain cancer. The video poem will also be featured. It was co-created graciously by visual artist Michael…… Continue reading Khôra to publish “Passport” videopoem for Zita

So pleased to announce that my video poem, Caterpillar Suit, was selected for Poetic Phonotheque’s 2023 Nature & Culture – International Poetry Film Festival in Denmark. https://poeticphonotheque.com/events/kbhpoetryfilmfest/ https://vimeo.com/385699661 About the video poem“Caterpillar Suit” was inspired by the sculpture artist, Walter Oltmann. His sculpture is featured in the video alongside public-domain stills created by Latvian artist,…… Continue reading Finalist! 2023 Poetic Phonotheque (Denmark)

Grateful to Mystic Owl for publishing these newer poems: https://mysticowlmag.com/two-poems-by-lina-romana-vitkauskas/

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Found a smattering of my old poems (sound files) from Opaque Lunacy, a collection that never came to be. More to come (maybe?) The following poems were recorded in 2003-2005. Enjoy 20-something me trying to pull it off in GarageBand (read: lots of reverb and echo). (Pekingese Mountain, Eggs Internacionale, Thin Life, Integers, Lip Service,…… Continue reading Sound poetry from the past

Back in Feb/March 2023, The Ex-Puritan magazine launched their new hybrid/experimental section with an online/in-person reading. I was fortunate to show my work, White Stockings (videopoems) alongside amazing artists/ poets such as MA|DE, Gary Barwin, and Khashayar Mohammadi, among others. The Ex-Puritan Hybrid/Experimental space is a place for exploring experimental and multi-form writing in combination…… Continue reading Ex-Puritan inaugural hybrid/ experimental night

Very pleased to announce that Pamenar Press (UK) has published two of my video poems that work with experimental methods of translation. Check them out here.

My new chapbook, LINES OF DEMARCATION, is available via JackPine Press (Saskatchewan). Head over to this link to purchase:https://jackpinepress.com/product/lines-of-demarcation https://videopress.com/v/PN2aILce?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

My video poem, “My Vestibule School” is a piece from my collection, “Between Plague and Kleptocracy”… the videopoem is a collaboration with AR visual artist Michael Lewy. It will be featured the in the inaugural Hybrid/Experimental section of The Puritan as part of Issue 59: Fall 2022! Stay tuned for the link!

I was honoured to read alongside Canadian poets Amanda Merpaw, Kerry Jo Bell, Kimberley Orton, Margaret Code, Simon Constam, and Vironika Wilde!

Check out new poems from my upcoming chapbook, Lines of Demarcation, @shockfemme!

So excited to announce a few poems from my upcoming chapbook, Lines of Demarcation, are featured in a recent issue of Schlag.

“I fear we have not been keeping up with the always-original videopoetry of Lina Ramona Vitkauskas. This one from last year has a pretty intriguing origin story: It began with Chilean poet, Vincente Huidobro. The opening / preface of his poetic masterpiece, Altazor, launches into a metaphysical cascade of imagery. This was exciting to a young…… Continue reading Keeping up…featured on moving poems.com

So honoured that The Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto has featured video stills of my videopoems as part of a larger, open call extension of the current Jeffrey Gibson installation, I AM YOUR RELATIVE. It’s an examination of migration and how our roots all meaningfully intersect. If you’re in Toronto, please check out all…… Continue reading Videopoem stills featured at MOCA

Excited to announce that my collaboration with visual AR artist and curator Michael Lewy will be a part of an exhibit called Alpha 60 at Boston CyberArts gallery. Michael is a visionary artist and curator who worked with Hoverlay on this multi-geo-locational installation. Plukanian Poem Kappa (presses) KOO The visator (detects) KOO We do not rank differently You and I (From) Tentura to Antitentura (Not…… Continue reading Plukanian poem at Boston CyberArts Gallery

New poems from my upcoming chapbook, Lines of Demarcation are featured in the February 2022 issue of Deathcap.

I revisit the idea of innate language—languages we have always known and have yet to speak. https://vimeo.com/638462673 One of my last cinepoems, Keeping Up with the Huidobros, used a confrontational method of translating a translation, more specifically, leveraging the homophonic (sound) to get new meaning from poems.  In this latest cinepoem, “Translating Myself”, I apply…… Continue reading New cinepoem • Translating Myself

So honored to have my work featured in this issue of the tiny! https://www.thetinymag.com/current-issue

https://vimeo.com/627640202 So proud to have a collaborator in Boston-based visual artist, Michael Lewy. Besides his brain being amazing, he is a master curator, having amassed a great group of talented visual artists to create a ongoing project called Alpha60 SciFi. Check it out here.

https://vimeo.com/627640202 So proud to have a collaborator in Boston-based visual artist, Michael Lewy. Besides his brain being amazing, he is a master curator, having amassed a great group of talented visual artists to create a ongoing project called Alpha 60 SciFi. Check it out here.