Good definitions: embodying autism through film poetry

Foyle, N. (2025) Good definitions: embodying autism through film poetry. In: Poetry Off the Page Around the Globe, June 13-14 2025, Vienna.

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Abstract

Naomi Foyle explores how her late autism assessment in 2020 provoked the revelation that performance has paradoxically enabled her to ‘unmask’: to bodily express her hidden autistic self. Discussing traits including gender fluidity, frank sexuality, hyperempathy, hypersensitivity, Foyle reflects on spoken word and audio visual work including the filmpoems 'Good Definition' (2008) and 'Ways of Seeing Trees' (2025), and the music video 'Boas and Blindfolds', produced with various collaborators.

A blog post published in the Online Gallery of Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe (University of Vienna and Literaturhaus Wien).

Publication Type: Conference or Workshop Items (Other)
Additional Information: Contains link to an updated version of 'Ways of Seeing Trees'
Uncontrolled Keywords: blog post, expression of autistic traits, performance poetry, film,
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
M Music and Books on Music > M Music
N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR > N6494.V53 Video art
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1010 Poetry
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1560 Performing arts. Show business
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2041 Performance studies
Divisions: Academic Areas > Institute of Arts and Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Entities > Chichester Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Event Title: Poetry Off the Page Around the Globe
Event Location: Vienna
Event Dates: June 13-14 2025
Related URLs:
Depositing User: Naomi Foyle
Date Deposited: 10 Dec 2025 11:32
Last Modified: 10 Dec 2025 11:32
URI: https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/8378

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