tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53240642695068923632024-03-13T11:06:55.737+01:00pensamientos lentoscharles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.comBlogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-17701323521606977912024-01-03T01:14:00.002+01:002024-01-03T01:17:56.917+01:00Summer Reading at The Undercurrent<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvFwI6AiDr_abtGMXDl2Zk9JC5vFTfN52DT_iOgvuog30-KjTtnT7G6ITJAzm8qXg8kTsiPJ17rbvAwFaas1OPyrTi6Dc5bQOrGgv8_QutwD-CZA1RuE8rvivOapcB5uO8kwRc6o-zwhgt_2xHYTbK_A90tPEB6TK1gzfiEuxeKpN_m_v0WYzdDYIKGLO/s3508/Summer%20Readings%20final%20poster.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="2480" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvFwI6AiDr_abtGMXDl2Zk9JC5vFTfN52DT_iOgvuog30-KjTtnT7G6ITJAzm8qXg8kTsiPJ17rbvAwFaas1OPyrTi6Dc5bQOrGgv8_QutwD-CZA1RuE8rvivOapcB5uO8kwRc6o-zwhgt_2xHYTbK_A90tPEB6TK1gzfiEuxeKpN_m_v0WYzdDYIKGLO/s600/Summer%20Readings%20final%20poster.jpg" /></a></div>
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'Summer Reading – Aotearoa & Elsewhere' <br>Wednesday 10th January<br>5–7pm<br>in <a href="https://www.undercurrent.nz/" target="_blank">The Undercurrent</a><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Undercurrent/@-41.2960796,174.7769552,17z/data=!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x6d38afdbcee26c7f:0x53b76e1fd91c2544!2s118+Tory+Street,+Te+Aro,+Wellington+6011!3b1!8m2!3d-41.2960796!4d174.7795355!16s%2Fg%2F11c2b0z5zs!3m5!1s0x6d38af2accdf5559:0xc5bbb5f05da21a3e!8m2!3d-41.2960796!4d174.7795355!16s%2Fg%2F11kpsr_3sm?entry=ttu" target="_blank">118 Tory Street, Wellington</a></p><p>Aotearoa writers connected to Spain, Colombia and Greece read from their poems, fiction and creative non-fiction over wine and cheese. Come and be delighted in four languages.<br /></p>
Charles Olsen, Lilián Pallares, Ingrid Horrocks and Joan Fleming will carry the Spanish/Colombian poems/stories and Michalia Arathimos, Vana Manasiadis, Maggie Rainey-Smith and Mary McCallum carry the Greek, and there are Kiwi summer stories too … <p>It will be a lovely way for Lilián Pallares and I to round off our trip as we prepare to fly home to Spain four days later… </p>
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<p>Photo of me in Te Awahou Foxton by Lilian Pallares.</p>charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-40798988658049167542023-11-27T22:01:00.008+01:002023-11-27T22:01:49.581+01:00Wellington and the Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival<p>After two cancelled flights, one missed connection and being put on standby, Lilián and I finally arrived in Wellington at the end of my birthday, 23 October. We came over to New Zealand at the invitation of the Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival and it was a wonderful experience working with the other judges, Chris Price and Paul Wolffram, to discuss and choose the winning films. Here are some photos from the Roundtable 'How to Film a Poem' with Annie Collins (filmmaker); James Littlewood (Going West); Judy Boyle (filmmaker); Charles Olsen (APFF Jury and filmmaker).</p>
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<p>Two of our films, <i>Llanto congelado</i> (Frozen Cry) and <i>Paisaje urbano</i> (Urban Landscape) were shown in the <a href="https://www.aotearoapff.com/new-zealand-poetry-film-retrospective" target="_blank">Retrospective of New Zealand Poetry Film</a> at Light House Cuba on the opening night of the festival and the closing night was the <a href="https://www.aotearoapff.com/apff-2023-finalists" target="_blank">screening of the finalists</a> and the awards ceremony, which we participated in. For many in the audience it was their first experience of poetry film and they told me they were surprised at how enjoyable and varied the films were. Below are some photos during the awards ceremony, and you can see more photos from the festival on <a href="https://www.aotearoapff.com/photo-galleries" target="_blank">aotearoapff.com/photo-galleries</a>.
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<p>I popped into <a href="https://unitybookswellington.co.nz/" target="_blank">Unity Books</a> at 57 Willis Street, Wellington, and they kindly agreed to stock all three of my poetry collections – <i>Sr Citizen</i> (2011), <i>Antípodas</i> (2016) and <i>La rebeldía del sol</i> (Rebellious Sun, 2022) – they are all published in Spain (with poems in both Spanish and English) so if you would like a copy it may be your only chance, unless you are planning a trip to Spain!</p>
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<p>I have lots of people I want to catch up with in Wellington and hope I have time of Christmas and the New Year before we return to Spain! It was lovely to finally meet Mary McCallum of <a href="www.thecubapress.nz" target="_blank">The Cuba Press</a> and <a href="https://makaropress.co.nz/" target="_blank">Mākaro Press</a> in person! She has been supporting the <a href="https://nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Given Words</a> competition I run for <a href="https://www.nzbookawards.nz/national-poetry-day/" target="_blank">National Poetry Day</a> for many years and is also a novelist and poet. </p>
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<p>It was so lovely for Lilian Pallares and I to participate in the radio show for Spanish speakers, Radio Qué Onda, earlier this week in Wellington.
We spoke about poetry film and our participation in the Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival. We read our poems and shared a couple of our favourite music tracks. </p><p>
You'll find the podcast – <b>Que Onda!-07-11-2023</b> – to listen to or download on the following links:
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<a href="www.accessradio.org.nz/queonda.html" target="_blank">www.accessradio.org.nz/queonda.html</a><br>
<a href="www.queonda.nz" target="_blank">www.queonda.nz</a><br>
<a href="www.mixcloud.com/RadioQueOnda" target="_blank">www.mixcloud.com/RadioQueOnda</a></p>
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<p>Ngā mihi to everyone who has made our trip to Wellington possible. It has been a wonderful experience so far, and even the weather has had its good moments! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YhR9IMpDG-v061l7LQ6HWWPz_suUpwWIJHx2Nvy92_rP_tvGoHtjQDlyyi0flYm7_T4vt7ip0gAoT6j5EBHBD7cYNZYQ0mdpIc8hCNUtLtpJEQREVuORzQl_yVBajTD_c4iwEopH3A-gbfH9EBi6tqi_jHmawOluKY5esdyDody7DklMhpP5Fk3qu0h9/s2000/DSCF7751_fb.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YhR9IMpDG-v061l7LQ6HWWPz_suUpwWIJHx2Nvy92_rP_tvGoHtjQDlyyi0flYm7_T4vt7ip0gAoT6j5EBHBD7cYNZYQ0mdpIc8hCNUtLtpJEQREVuORzQl_yVBajTD_c4iwEopH3A-gbfH9EBi6tqi_jHmawOluKY5esdyDody7DklMhpP5Fk3qu0h9/w640-h426/DSCF7751_fb.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-86990158805626092092023-11-27T00:18:00.001+01:002023-11-27T00:47:46.627+01:00Salon Series in Dunedin<p style="text-align: center;">The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/p/NZSA-OtagoSouthland-Branch-100043243182597" target="_blank">NZSA Otago Southland</a> presents the<br /></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">HOLIDAY PARTY</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><i>with open mic, music & more!</i><br /><br />
Featuring the final 2023 Salon reading <br />with Robert Sullivan, Charles Olsen & Lola Elvy<br />
<b>Sunday, 03 December 2023, 4-6 pm</b><br />
Alexander Piano, 291 Stuart Street</p><p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><i>Sponsored by</i><br /><a href="https://www.cityofliterature.co.nz/" target="_blank">Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature</a> — <a href="https://www.alexanderpiano.nz/" target="_blank">Alexander Piano</a> — <a href="https://www.unibooks.co.nz/" target="_blank">University Bookshop</a></p>
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charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-61296869059303446822023-06-19T11:13:00.008+02:002023-06-19T11:13:50.566+02:00'How to film a poem' on Readingroom<p>Read my article 'How to film a poem' on <a href="https://www.newsroom.co.nz/readingroom/how-to-film-a-poem" target="_blank">Readingroom</a>, (14 June 2023)</p>
<p>—An introduction to poetry film in Aotearoa with examples of work by New Zealand filmmakers, poets and producers. With the approaching deadline for submissions to the inaugural <a href="https://www.aotearoapff.com/" target="_blank">Aotearoa Pooetry Film Festival</a> approaching on 15 August, I also asked filmmakers for advice on making a poetry film.</p>
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charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-34227120218387594692023-06-02T00:16:00.000+02:002023-06-02T00:16:00.350+02:00La rebeldía del sol en Metaverso<p>Me encanta como suenan mis poemas de <i>La rebeldía del sol</i> (Olifante Ediciones de Poesía) en <a href="https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/metaverso/rebeldia-del-sol-charles-olsen/6900300/" target="_blank">el podcast de Metaverso</a> (Radio 3 Extra). Gracias a Juan Suárez Barquero por esta maravilla y a <a href="https://lilianpallares.com" target="_blank">Lilian Pallares</a> por acompañarme y dar voz a algunos poemas. </p><p>Dura 53 mintuos, así que prepárate un café y busca una silla cómoda… <a href="https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/metaverso/rebeldia-del-sol-charles-olsen/6900300/" target="_blank">y entra aquí</a>.
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<p>I love how my poems from <i>Rebellious Sun</i> (Olifante Ediciones de Poesía) sound in the <a href="https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/metaverso/rebeldia-del-sol-charles-olsen/6900300/" target="_blank">Metaverso podcast</a> from Spanish Radio 3 Extra. Thanks to Juan Suárez Barquero for this wonder, and to <a href="https://lilianpallares.com" target="_blank">Lilian Pallares</a> who accompanied me and put her voice to some of the poems. All except one of the poems, are recited in Spanish, but there is a lovely mix of music and the Spanish sounds lovely.</p><p>It's just under an hour long, so make yourself a coffee and find a comfy chair… <a href="https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/metaverso/rebeldia-del-sol-charles-olsen/6900300/" target="_blank">and listen here</a>.
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Photos: Lilian Pallares</p>
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<p>'The Exhibition' features collaborations with Sarah Tremlett – who was here in Madrid for the screening at Artistic Metropol on 6 May (see photo of us below) – as well as Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, Ilia Galán Díez, Mia Gill, Hatti Rees, Eduardo Yagüe, Deva Tomás, The Olive Brothers, Ángel Rivas, Jan Erichsen, Ignacio Kowalski and Nicholas Clayton, and is produced by Antenablue.</p>
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<p>The film is an irreverent take on the art world. A poetic hybrid combining essay, documentary, journalism, and video art. The starting point was my poem 'La exposición' (The Exhibition) published in my second poetry collection <a href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/p/libros.html" target="_blank">Antípodas</a> (Huerga y Fierro Editores, 2016) and a video I'd filmed on my iPad of my niece dancing in the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, and it slowly grew from there, incorporating various collaborations from artists and videopoets, my cousin's boys creating an artwork in New Zealand and my cousin Nic Clay who worked with me on the music. </p>
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<p>Photos from the screening in Artistic Metropol, Madrid, 6 May 2023.</p>
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<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNGXvp9o8bdY2yxf3PhEpJ09YhsZqG0ZNR3gZfU9_AE8w9OH6cQPa_c3g0V9f2f8IjinoiB85ICJtP4Bowrwco7foUcze4Cy5NAU9j_99TDO7k-fxnYxbpatGuyVoSB-zv7ciVufT6Q0oCt68M7tsC9ayx-QQwd5EwUCkq7QXFemHBbwP_VfZW527FA/s2000/DSCF1229_Charles%20Olsen_Madrid.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNGXvp9o8bdY2yxf3PhEpJ09YhsZqG0ZNR3gZfU9_AE8w9OH6cQPa_c3g0V9f2f8IjinoiB85ICJtP4Bowrwco7foUcze4Cy5NAU9j_99TDO7k-fxnYxbpatGuyVoSB-zv7ciVufT6Q0oCt68M7tsC9ayx-QQwd5EwUCkq7QXFemHBbwP_VfZW527FA/s600/DSCF1229_Charles%20Olsen_Madrid.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still from the documentary <i>Mary Magdalene</i> by Ramon Sanmartin Solé, which was awarded 'Best Film by First Time Filmmaker', FilmArte 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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<p>Fotografías en el parque del Retiro, Madrid, por Lilián Pallares.</p>
<p>Gracias a <a href="https://www.conoceralautor.es/" target="_blank">www.conoceralautor.es</a></p>
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charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-49910172631135729452023-04-25T11:34:00.004+02:002023-04-27T00:19:11.685+02:00The Exhibition in FilmArte<p>On 6 May our film <i>La exposición</i> (The Exhibition) is being shown in the <b>FilmArte Festival</b> in Madrid! The festival is one night only.</p><p><b>FilmArte Festival – Madrid</b><br>6 May at 20:00h<br>cinema Artistic Metropol<br>Calle de las Cigarreras, 6, 28005 Madrid<br>(Metro: Embajadores)</p><p> See event details in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/891416495261190" target="_blank">FilmArte Facebook</a> and the program below.</p>
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<blockquote>"The FilmArte Festival returns to Madrid for an evening filled with some of the best films about art(ist)s in our Spring 2023 edition!
In addition to watching the films at the amazing Artistic Metropol, you'll also get to ask your questions to the film teams participating in our Q&A!"</blockquote>
<p style="margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%;">PROGRAM MAY 6</p>
<p style="margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%;"><i>In the Land of Brightness</i> by Cristina Hortigüela Diez<br />
Spain 2022<br />
Feature Documentary<br />
The documentary, filmed over the last two years, shows the creative process and execution of several projects developed by world renowned artist Daniel Canogar. The film includes the production of smaller pieces, such as “Fulgurations” and “Latencies”, as well as other public artworks, including “Oculus”, “Dynamo” and “Storming Times Square”, among others. Structured around an intimate interview with Daniel Canogar, the artist examines his career with perspective, from the turning point of participating as a guest artist at Expo Dubai 2020 with the artwork “Dynamo”.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%;"><i>Mary Magdalene</i> by Ramon Sanmartin Solé<br />
Spain 2022<br />
Short Documentary<br />
Barcelona photographer José Mercado decides to reinterpret Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" through photography, turning it into a protest against religion and patriarchy.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%;"><i>The Exhibition</i> by Charles Olsen<br />
Spain 2021<br />
Short Experimental<br />
'An irreverent take on the art world. A poetic hybrid combining essay, documentary, journalism, and video art.'
A collaborative poetry film taking as its starting point a poem by filmmaker and poet Charles Olsen presented as a news report in front of the Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid, and including specially created pieces by Eduardo Yagüe and Sarah Tremlett, alongside interviews with artist and philosopher Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, professor of art aesthetics and theory Ilia Galán, videos from Instagram artists Jan Erichsen and Ángel Rivas, artwork by the Olive brothers, movement in a museum by Mia Gill, and the Argentinian actor Ignacio Kowalski. The idea of play and a child's approach to art runs through this piece.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%;"><i>Double Act</i> by Lotte Thomas<br />
Spain 2022<br />
Short Experimental<br />
Behind the scenes of a circus, a clown puts on her makeup in a dressing room, waiting for her turn on stage. When the clown leaves the dressing room to step out in front of the audience, her reflection stays behind. ‘Double Act’ sheds light on the internal and external sides of a personality: we are all performers, presenting a curated, polished fragment of our real selves while the rest remains in the shadows.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%;"><i>Kaschmir</i> by Tom Blankenberg<br />
Germany 2021<br />
Music Video<br />
Kaschmir is a music video... a performance clip, almost a dance choreography... with a mechanical musician only.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%;"><i>Black Hole</i> by Romain Claris<br />
France 2022<br />
Short Experimental<br />
"Black hole" is a short film written and directed by Romain Claris made for "On the rocks" the Nicolas Claris & Romain Claris photography and video exhibition.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%;"><i>Elements of a Journey: Antoni Tàpies</i> by James Scott<br />
USA 2023<br />
Feature Documentary<br />
Elements of a Journey: Antoni Tàpies is an experimental documentary focusing on the legacy of Antoni Tàpies, the 20th-century Catalan painter and sculptor. The film, which follows the artist as he grows up during the Franco dictatorship, is strongly relevant to the divisive politics of today. Its goal is to engage viewers through together, Tapies’ story and his art. It explores how artists navigate complex journeys; spiritual, political, and that of the everyday. Tàpies stood out in his lifetime, not only as a major painter, but also as the voice of freedom and hope for an generation at the time of a dark and painful era in Spain.
This film began principal photography in 1974, and was put on hold, due to lack of funding. The original negatives were stored at the National Film Archive in London. Now, almost 50 years later, with the support of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies and the Elephant Trust, the film has been finally completed to become a part of the centenary celebrations of the birth of Tàpies in 2023.</p>
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<p>We have had poetry films accepted recently for four festivals in April and May 2023.</p> <p>The first was <i>Llanto congelado</i> (Frozen Cry), which was selected for <b>JÁ Poetry Film Competition</b> in Lisbon, Portugal. The screening took place on Wednesday 12 April in the program 'Separation & Belonging' and our film was one of the 'Top Ten Finalists'. The festival is available to watch for free online at <a href="https://fest2023.jait.pt/poetry-film-gallery/" target="_blank">fest2023.jait.pt/poetry-film-gallery/</a></p>
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<p>Verse meets visuals in <b>Cadence Video Poetry Festival</b> at Northwest Film Forum, Seattle —in-person Apr. 27–30; online Apr. 27 –
May 7— includes our film <i>A-Dentro</i>, made during a creative poetry film workshop as part of the ONCE Foundation's Biennial of Contemporary Art on the theme of 'Woman and Disability'. Over three days the participants wrote poems and then developed one of these, <i>A-Dentro</i>, by Dayana Jiménez, for the screen, creating sounds, the voices, and the images together.</p>
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<p>The festival features more than 50 video poems from artists around the world! Tickets are sliding scale and available
now: <a href="https://bit.ly/cadence2023" target="_blank">bit.ly/cadence2023</a>. <i>A-Dentro</i> will be shown in the program <a href="https://bit.ly/cadence2023tune" target="_blank">A tune to contain all your revolt</a>.</p>
<p>Then on 6 May our film <i>La exposición</i> (The Exhibition) is being shown in the <b>FilmArte Festival</b> in Madrid! The festival is one night only on 6 May at 20:00h in the cinema Artistic Metropol, Calle de las Cigarreras, 6, 28005 Madrid, (Metro: Embajadores). See event details in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/891416495261190" target="_blank">FilmArte Facebook</a> and you can see the program with trailers in <a href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exhibition-in-filmarte.html">The Exhibition in FilmArte</a></p>
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<p>And finally, on 27 May, we have two pieces in the <b>Nudo Festival</b> in Barcelona. <i>Vértigo</i> and <i>Mom Asks Me to Write Her a Poem About the Sky</i> will be shown in the screening on Saturday 27 May at at 16:15h in C.C. Pati Llimona (Barrio Gótico). More details on <a href="https://www.festivalnudo.com/videopoes%C3%ADa-v2" target="_blank"><b>festivalnudo.com</b></a></p>
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<h3>Primicia esCultural</h3>
<p>Tengo una buena noticia que llevo días queriendo compartir: presento mi nuevo poemario 'La rebeldía del sol' (Olifante Ediciones de Poesía) por primera vez en Madrid. Tendrá lugar el jueves 20 de abril a las 19:00h en el espacio O_lumen, Calle de Claudio Coello, 141. </p>
<p>Es un momento muy especial después de haber recibido la beca poética SxS Antonio Machado en 2018, y escribir poemas inspirados en los lugares y habitantes de Segovia y Soria donde también vivió Machado.</p>
<p>Esa día me acompañarán mi editora <b>Trinidad Ruiz Marcellán</b>, el poeta <b>Diego Valverde Villena</b>, seguido por <i>‘Los lectores opinan’</i> —con <b>Dayana Jiménez</b>, máster en Antropología y doctorada en Comunicación Audiovisual, y <b>Rick Armstrong</b>, alfarero, científico y profesor neozelandés—. También habrá una proyección de los videopoemas <i>Vértigo</i> y <i>Poema del camino</i>, que hacen parte del libro, junto a fotografías tomadas por Charles durante la beca. Habrá vino y cerveza neozelandesa, cortesía de La Embajada de New Zealand y DosKiwis Brewing Co. Anota la fecha en tu agenda –20 de abril–. </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Más información en <a href="https://www.olumen.org/evento/presentacion-del-libro-la-rebeldia-del-sol/">www.olumen.org</a></p>
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<p>
<b>LA REBELDÍA DEL SOL (REBELLIOUS SUN)</b><br />
<i>Poems in Spanish and English</i><br />
Antonio Machado Collection<br />
<i>Olifante ediciones de poesía, 2022</i><br />
ISBN: 978-84-125566-0-5<br />
144 pags. 14 x 20,5 cm.<br />
Perfect paperback<br />
<a
href="https://www.olifante.com/publicaciones/la-rebeld%C3%ADa-del-sol"
target="_blank"
>www.olifante.com</a
><br />
Find it on goodreads here
<a
href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62106043-la-rebeld-a-del-sol"
target="_blank"
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<p>
<b>LA REBELDÍA DEL SOL</b> (Rebellious Sun). In 2018, Charles Olsen received
the III Antonio Machado Poetry Fellowship of Segovia and Soria. He spent a
month in each place, doing workshops and talks in schools and with the local
community groups, visiting local villages, walking in the countryside, and
getting to know the people and places that infuse Antonio Machado's poetry. As
well as poems inspired by these experiences <i>Rebellious Sun</i> includes a
selection of poems by other writers in Spain and New Zealand from special
editions of the Given Words project Charles runs, and finishes with poems
inspired by a line found in Machado's overcoat after his death
<i>'These blue days and this sun of childhood'</i>, which in Charles' case
took him back to his own childhood in Aotearoa New Zealand.
</p>
<p>
All the poems are printed in both Spanish and English, however the
introduction to the collection is only in Spanish.
<b>You can read the introduction in English below.</b>
</p>
<p>
<br />
Available from
<a
href="https://www.amazon.com/rebeli%C3%B3n-del-Olifante-Ediciones-Poesia/dp/8412556607/"
target="_blank"
>Amazon.com</a
> or order through your local bookshop.
</p>
<p>
<b>In Spain</b> you can find it in
<a
href="https://www.casadellibro.com/libro-la-rebeldia-del-sol/9788412556605/13189411"
target="_blank"
>Casa del Libro</a
>, <a href="https://www.fnac.es/a9709745/Charles-Olsen-La-rebeldia-del-sol">FNAC</a>, <a href="https://www.libreriaproteo.com/libro/ver/3476783-la-rebeldia-del-sol.html" target="_blank">Proteo Librerías</a>, <a href="https://www.babellibros.com/libro/la-rebeldia-del-sol_670501" target="_blank">Babel Libros</a>,
<a
href="https://www.amazon.es/Rebeld%C3%ADa-Del-Sol-Charles-Olsen/dp/B0BG69VTGK/"
target="_blank"
>Amazon.es</a
>, or through your local bookshop.
</p>
<br />
<hr />
<br />
<p><b>INTRODUCTION</b></p>
<p>
This collection is divided in three parts reflecting different aspects of my
work during the III Antonio Machado Poetry Residence of Segovia and Soria. The
first, <i>Where the echo sleeps</i>, is inspired by month-long stays in
Segovia and Soria. I not only visited both cities but also stayed in the
nearby towns of La Granja de San Idelfonso and Alconaba where I could breathe
the country air, go on long walks and, thanks to friends both old and new, was
introduced to the hidden corners and stories of each province.
</p>
<p>
During my residency I met and shared my poetic and artistic work with students
in both provinces. In Soria I visited the Manuela Peña School in Covaleda, the
Art and Design College and the Antonio Machado Foundation, and in Segovia the
San José Cultural Centre, the Public and Municipal Libraries, and I led a
workshop with Paladio Arte, a theatre company and social inclusion project
working with people with learning difficulties and disabilities. I also
invited the public to participate in a poetry game with words chosen from
poems by Machado. In the section <i>Given Words</i>, I share poems from
participants in Aotearoa New Zealand and Spain.
</p>
<p>
In the last part,
<i>Blue Skies</i>, I have taken as inspiration the Alexandrine verse found in
the pocket of Machado’s overcoat after his death
<i>‘These blue days and this sun of childhood’</i>, which takes me back to the
skies of my own childhood in Aotearoa New Zealand where I lived the first
eleven years of my life. The final poem <i>‘When you least expect’</i>, is a
more recent reflection where political acts brush up against the personal,
which in Machado’s case led to his fleeing Spain.
</p>
<p>
I have enjoyed my journey in the lands of Castile and León in the footsteps of
Machado, and the chance to see these places not only through his poetry but
also walking the same landscapes and streets, alongside local inhabitants,
future generations and new friends, taking photographs, filming, drawing and
writing in my notebooks. It gives me much pleasure that my poems and pictures
share these pages with writers from Spain and the country of my birth,
Aotearoa New Zealand, as well as with Antonio Machado himself.
</p>
<p align="right">
Charles Olsen<br />
Madrid, June 2022
</p>
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<i>La rebeldía del sol</i> (Rebellious Sun, Olifante Ediciones de
Poesía, 2022) by the River Duero.<br />
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<p><b>MORE FROM REBELLIOUS SUN</b></p>
<p>Review on <a href="https://www.ketebooks.co.nz/all-book-reviews/la-rebelda-del-sol-rebellious-sun-olsen" target="_blank">Kete Books</a> by Erica Stretton.</p>
<p>Review by Sarah Tremlett in <a href="https://liberatedwords.com/2023/04/19/charles-olsens-blinding-new-collection-la-rebeldia-del-sol-rebellious-sun-in-the-footsteps-of-antonio-machado/" target="_blank">Liberated Words</a>.</p>
<p>
Read the poem <i>Walks with the Professor</i> on
<a
href="https://www.olifante.com/publicaciones/la-rebeld%C3%ADa-del-sol"
target="_blank"
>Olifante Ediciones de Poesía</a
>.
</p>
<p>An hour-long special, <a href="https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/metaverso/rebeldia-del-sol-charles-olsen/6900300/" target="_blank">Metaverso</a> on Spanish <b>Radio 3 extra</b>, dedicated to <i>La rebeldía del sol</i>.
</p>
<p>Charles reads <i>Walks with the Professor</i> on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cho8_LGADLT/" target="_blank">Given Words Instagram</a>.</p>
<p> Charles reads in Spanish <i>El río Duero</i> on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_UtNXxpPC2/" target="_blank">@colsenart Instagram</a>.</p><p>
Read the poem <i>When you least expect</i> along with a translation into
Italian by Andrea De Alberti on
<a
href="https://www.mediumpoesia.com/almanacco-nuova-zelanda-poesia-contemporanea/"
target="_blank"
>Medium Poesía</a
>. <i>When you least expect</i> was previously published in <b>Poetry NZ Yearbook 2017</b>, J. Ross (ed.), Massey University Press, and in 2019, in <b>More of Us</b>, Wellington: Landing Press, and <b>Almanacco dei poeti e della poesia contemporanea n. 7</b>, Rimini: Raffaelli Editore.
</p>
<p>
You can read about the poem <i>Vertigo</i> and watch the poetry film
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2022/02/vertigo.html"
target="_blank"
>here</a
>, and it is also featured on the educational poetry project
<a
href="https://unpoemacadasemana.blogspot.com/2022/09/vertigo-dia-europeo-de-las-lenguas.html"
target="_blank"
>Una Poema Cada Semana</a
>
(A Poem a Week), where you can find photos of this poem in the book.
</p>
<p><b>PRESENTATIONS</b></p>
<p><i>'Rebellious Sun' sees the light in Spain</i> on <a href="https://thebigidea.nz/community-announcements/rebellious-sun-sees-the-light-in-spain" target="_blank">The Big Idea</a></p>
<p>
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2022/08/presentacion-de-la-rebeldia-del-sol-en.html"
target="_blank"
>Photos</a
>
from the presentation in the poetry book fair, <b>Expoesía</b>, in Soria, Spain, August
2022.
</p>
<p>
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2022/12/la-rebeldia-del-sol-en-barranquilla.html"
target="_blank"
>Photos</a
>
from the joint presentation of <i>La rebeldía del sol</i> and Lilián Pallares's
<i>Bestial</i>, in the <b>Biblioteca Piloto del Caribe</b>, Barranquilla, Colombia,
December 2022.
</p>
<p></p>
charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-61185545894161780242023-01-30T15:17:00.029+01:002023-12-22T23:36:24.415+01:00My year in 2022<p>[Reading time: 20 minutes]</p>
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<h2>Highlights</h2>
<p>
2022 was a year of travels for Lilián and me, and also for our films. It's not
easy to choose one highlight. Normally I'd say publishing my collection of
poems <i>La rebeldía del sol</i> <i>(Rebellious Sun)</i> would be the best
moment and a lot of the spring was spent re-reading and editing in both English
and Spanish, building up to the publishing and presentation with
<b>Olifante Ediciones de Poesía</b> in <b>Expoesía</b>—the poetry book fair of
Soria at the beginning of August—or my first experience of acting in front of
the camera with Spanish director Jesús Pulpón—a bonus that it was in Munich
and Lilián was acting alongside me—, or making the poetry film
<i>Mom Asks Me to Write Her a Poem About the Sky</i> with a poem by Christine
Jones, which went on to win third prize in the <b>Filmetry Festival</b> in
Michigan, or my film <i>The Exhibition</i>, made in 2021, finally being
selected for festivals in Berlin, Mexico City and Granada, or participating in
the <b>Poetry Festival of Cartagena</b>, Colombia, but outshining all of
these, and perhaps the biggest challenge as well, was spending a month with a
Poetry Fellowship together with Lilián giving creative poetry workshops in a
school and the <b>Our Little Roses</b> orphanage for girls in San Pedro Sula,
Honduras. But back to the start of the year…<br />
</p>
<h2>Bestial</h2>
<p>
Lilián's show <i>Bestial</i>, based on the poems from her collection of the
same name (you can
<a href="https://doi.org/10.26686/neke.v2i1.6313%20" target="_blank"
>read four poems here</a
>
in translation), premiered at the end of 2021 and she had two performances at
the beginning of 2022, in Sala Tarambana, Madrid and Teatro Montalvo,
Cercedilla.
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After the presentation of <i>Bestial</i> in the Sala Tarambana,
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<p>
I was involved with the stage lighting and photography of the show at both
presentations. I had planned the lighting for the show but each theatre has a
different set-up and mixing desk so I was learning on the job each time,
although I only made a couple of small mistakes. Note to self: you will have
problems with the cameras and the lights at the same time—always keep one eye
on the stage!<br />
</p>
<p>
The theatre in Cercedilla had a huge stage so I could have fun with the
lights, but it was freezing cold so the performers (and the audience!) had a
hard time of it. Nevertheless the show went well and the audience was
captivated right to the final applause.
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Curtain call for Bestial in Teatro Montalvo, Cercedilla,<br />with Nar,
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<p>
Poetry events continued, with Lilián being the guest poet at the February
<a
href="https://www.lilianpallares.com/2022/02/poeta-invitada-en-poetry-slam-madrid.html"
target="_blank"
>Poetry Slam</a
>, and then we both took part in the
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glUkeevdpbw" target="_blank"
>5º Festival Internacional Febrero Poético (FIFP) Oriente - Occidente</a
>
in <b>Casa Árabe</b>, Madrid, where two of our poetry films were shown.
</p>
<h2>Journeys in time</h2>
<p>
We were very lucky to be asked by Abdul Hadi Sadoun to film a documentary
about the book
<a
href="https://www.casadellibro.com/libro-las-muallaqat-para-millennials/9788418888724/13144140"
target="_blank"
>Las Muallaqat para Millennials</a
>
(The Mu'allaqat for Millennials). This involved us travelling in March to
Alicante, Malaga and Cordoba to interview the translators of the poems into
Spanish. I particularly looked forward to Cordoba as it was the first city I
visited in Spain, way back in 1993 or thereabouts, when I did a flamenco
course with Paco Peña. As we walked from the station into the old part of town
suddenly the streets became narrower, emptier and darker and it felt like we
were going back in time.
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Arriving in Cordoba.<br />
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<p>
It was also fascinating hearing the stories of these pre-Islamic poems and the
different considerations of the translators with their translating. Making a
documentary about poetry was great for us as we could include poetic passages
between the interviews that captured moments of our travels.
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Still from the documentary.<br />
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<h2>Acting in a film</h2>
<p>
2022 was the year I had my first acting role, in a film being made by the
young Spanish filmmaker <b>Jesús Pulpón</b>. It meant Lilián and I were able
to travel to Munich in the Spring and we had some free time to explore the
city and wander along the river, which was busy with people enjoying the sun
and some taking a dip in the icy water.
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Munich, May 2022<br />
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<p>
You can read more about the experience in
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2022/08/lights-camera-action-in-munich.html"
target="_blank"
>Lights, camera, action… in Munich</a
>. The film is still in the process of being made and edited, so I don't even
know the final title yet.
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Jesús Pulpón and Karla Bauer filming, May 2022<br />
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<p>
Jesús made a short trip to Madrid a month later to film my painting
<i>Los tejados</i> (The Roofs), for possible inclusion in the film. Lilián
filmed this short clip of Jesús filming while I practise one of Philip Glass's
piano etudes:
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<h2>Awards for Lilián</h2>
<p>
Following on from the two awards Lilián received in 2020—from the
<b>Embassy of Colombia</b> and the <b>Rumiñahui Association</b>—we were
invited to the award ceremony of <i>Gladiadores en el Extranjero</i> (Overseas
Gladiators) organised by the community of the Dominican Republic in Madrid.
Lilián was presented with an award for
<i>'Cultural development (Art and Culture)'</i> for her artistic trajectory in
Spain.
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Lilián before the presentation of <i>Premio Gladiadores</i>, 25 June
2022<br />
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<p>
I also accompanied Lilián to poetry recitals in Moralzarzal for the
<a
href="https://www.lilianpallares.com/2022/04/i-edicion-del-festival-internacional.html"
target="_blank"
>I Festival Internacional Imprescindibles</a
>, to Vallecas in Madrid for
<a
href="https://www.lilianpallares.com/2022/05/poesia-en-el-ensanche.html"
target="_blank"
>Poetry in Ensanche</a
>, the presentation in Madrid of a translation of
<a
href="https://www.lilianpallares.com/2022/04/movimiento-en-negro-de-pat-parker.html"
target="_blank"
>Pat Parker</a
>
into Spanish, for which Lilián wrote the foreword, a presentation of her show
<i>Cuentos bajo el sol</i> (Stories in the Sun) in the
<a
href="https://www.lilianpallares.com/2022/06/cuentos-bajo-el-sol-en-el-centro.html"
target="_blank"
>Cultural Centre Gloria Fuertes</a
>, and together, we took part in a
<a
href="https://www.lilianpallares.com/2022/04/angel-guinda-siempre.html"
target="_blank"
>homage to our friend Ángel Guinda</a
>
in the <b>Complutense University</b> of Madrid.
</p>
<h2>Trying for funding</h2>
<p>
I began the year with an application for funding from
<b>Creative New Zealand</b> to study the current state of poetry film in
Aotearoa New Zealand. I'd only heard of two or three other New Zealanders who
made poetry films so I began researching and connecting with people. It wasn't
easy at first, but gradually I've begun building a picture of what is
happening in the country. As part of my preparation I set up the Facebook
group
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/230731765885344" target="_blank"
>Poetry Film Aotearoa</a
>
for New Zealand poets, filmmakers, artists and musicians interested in the
subject, which has slowly been growing. <br />
</p>
<p>
After receiving notice that I hadn't been granted funding I continued the next
step on my plan of action and reached out via private Facebook pages to New
Zealand filmmakers. This led to an invitation to give a poetry workshop in
Wellington and participate in the first
<b>Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival</b> there in November 2023. The call for
films is going to open shortly and I'm looking forward to my first visit 'back
home' in 21 years.
</p>
<p>
I have always dedicated my time to creative projects, despite there being no
money. In 2011 I set up the poetry competition in Spanish,
<a href="http://libropalabrasprestadas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"
>Palabras Prestadas</a
>, which I ran for six years. Then in 2016 I started the
<a href="https://nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Given Words</a>
competition for New Zealand's
<a
href="https://www.nzbookawards.nz/national-poetry-day/2016-national-poetry-day/"
>National Poetry Day</a
>. Both projects have received support in kind from publishers donating books
as prizes and I've had wonderful feedback from the participants.
<i>Given Words</i>, with its class plan for teachers, has also been very
popular in schools.
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Statistics from seven years of Given Words – from funding application,
2022.<br />
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<p>
I have an offer to publish a collection of the poems from the eight editions
of the competition—including this year—, and applied for funding towards the
preparation of the book and of this year's competition, including workshops.
In one of the most competitive <b>Creative New Zealand</b> funding rounds ever
at the end of 2022, we weren't successful. I don't know how I'm going to find
the money to make this happen, and the idea was to take advantage of the
impulse, given the enticement of the future book, to reach a larger audience
and participation, especially in schools. So I feel a little trepidation
thinking about all the extra work this will involve in 2023.
</p>
<h2>The goodbye</h2>
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Ángel Guinda in Lavapiés, 23 October 2019.<br />
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<p>
I took this photos of our dear friend and neighbour <b>Ángel Guinda</b> when
we bumped into each other with my parents in Lavapiés on my fiftieth birthday
(23 de octubre, 2019) as he was on his way to a lunch with friends. A day or
two before his death on 29th January I had a dream where Ángel lay in a bed. I
had a strong sensation of terror which lasted a few seconds, then I took his
hand and we both felt a profound calm. I don't usually remember my dreams, but
shaken by the emotion I told Lilián as soon as I woke up. After hearing the
news I understood it as his goodbye.
</p>
<p>
Ángel was a very important presence in both Lilián's and my poetry and
artistic journeys. We made the poetry film
<a
href="https://movingpoems.com/2014/11/libro-de-huellas-the-book-of-traces-by-angel-guinda/"
target="_blank"
>Libro de Huellas</a
>
(Book of Traces) with him, which was one of our first pieces to be shown in
the <b>ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival</b> in Berlin. He participated in the
article I wrote for the book
<a
href="https://www.intellectbooks.com/the-poetics-of-poetry-film"
target="_blank"
>The Poetics of Poetry Film</a
>
(Intellect Books, 2021) and so I offered the
<b>Maldito Festival of Video Poetry</b> in Albacete, Spain, a special version
of a documentary I'd made the previous year as a homage to Ángel, including
the poetry films he made with us and <b>Sándor M Salas</b>. This was shown in
<a href="https://www.filmin.es/festival/maldito-festival" target="_blank"
>Maldito Festival</a
>
in October 2022.
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Documentary 'Video poetry in Portugal and Spain' for Maldito Festival,
October 2022.<br />
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<h2>Connecting</h2>
<p>
One thread that runs through my work is that of joining dots. With the
<i>Given Words</i> online poetry competition, the search for poetry filmmakers
in Aotearoa New Zealand, my
<a
href="https://wmagazin.com/relatos/la-videopoesia-se-abre-paso-con-nuevas-sensibilidades-en-colombia-1/"
target="_blank"
>study of poetry film in Colombia</a
>—which was published in two parts in <b>WMagazín</b> on 1 March 2022 (in
Spanish) and includes 11 examples of poetry films—, I'm interested in
connecting people together and seeing what can come from these
communities.
</p>
<p>
My poetry film <i>The Exhibition</i> was also a collaborative work exploring
different audiovisual languages and ways of working.
<i>The Exhibition</i> didn't get selected for any festivals last year but this
year it found its way to the <b>FilmArte Festival</b> in Berlin—a festival
dedicated to films related with art and artists—then <b>Fotogenia</b> in
Mexico City and <b>Cinemística</b> in Granada. We were in Honduras and
Colombia when the festivals were taking place; close to Mexico but not quite
close enough!
</p>
<p>
In the spring, I was invited to be one of the judges of the first ekphrastic
poetry film prize
<a
href="http://liberatedwords.com/category/festivals/frame-to-frames/"
target="_blank"
>Frame to Frames—Your Eyes Follow</a
>, organised by Sarah Tremlett as part of the
<b>LYRA Bristol poetry festival</b>. As both an artist and filmmaker it was
fun watching all the entries and thinking about the different ways poetry film
can respond to paintings. Something to think about next time I'm in a gallery,
or with my own paintings.<br />
</p>
<p>
A number of poetry film festivals ask for submissions based on a poem or from
a selection of poems, as is the case of the <b>Filmetry Festival</b> in
Michigan. I hadn't entered in one of these before but I connected with
<b>Christine Jones's</b> poem
<i>Mom Asks Me to Write Her a Poem About the Sky</i> and I had images and
sounds I'd recorded in Malaga and Munich which I thought might work with the
text. It was fun to make and was a lovely surprise to not just be selected,
but to win third prize in the festival. You can watch the film
<i>Mom Asks Me to Write Her a Poem About the Sky</i> on the
<a href="https://filmetry.org/fest-archive/" target="_blank"
>Filmetry archive</a
>.
</p>
<p>
Our poetry film
<a href="https://vimeo.com/479512841" target="_blank">Frozen Cry</a> was
selected for <b>Cadence Video Poetry Festival</b> in Seattle at the end of
April. Our film <i>Noho Mai</i> was there the previous year. A hybrid
in-person and online festival, they have an online event for film directors to
meet and discuss their work. During this discussion I met two filmmakers whose
films dealt with issues related with physical disabilities and thought it
would be interesting to connect them with the Art and Culture department of
the <b>ONCE Foundation</b>—a national Spanish organisation promoting the
rights of people with disabilities. This led to me making a proposal to the
ONCE Foundation and the curator of their
<a href="https://bienal.fundaciononce.es/" target="_blank"
>Biennal of Contemporary Art</a
>
included three of my suggested pieces in the exhibition and parallel
screenings at the end of 2022. Part of the proposal was to run a three-day
poetry film workshop in January 2023. This was also accepted and was something
to look forward to in the new year.
</p>
<p>
<i>Frozen Cry</i> was also selected for the
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2022/06/frozen-cry-in-bloomsday-film-festival.html"
target="_blank"
>Bloomsday Festival</a
>
in Ireland and the presentation
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2022/07/frozen-cry-in-film-global-currents.html"
target="_blank"
>FILM+GLOBAL CURRENTS</a
>
in Melbourne, Australia, and our film <i>The Calm Sea</i>, made with our niece
Mía, travelled to
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-calm-sea-in-nudo-festival.html"
target="_blank"
>Nudo Festival</a
>
in Tenerife and Barcelona.
</p>
<p>
When the dots join together and create a larger picture I feel like I'm on the
right track. Maybe it's just an illusion, but there is a satisfaction that
comes from seeing the results and being able to share these achievements with
those who have formed part of this same journey.
</p>
<h2>Spain, Aotearoa New Zealand, Honduras</h2>
<p>
In August, I ran the <i>Given Words competition</i> for
<b>National Poetry Day</b> and as Lilián and I were soon to go to Honduras to
give creative poetry workshops in the <i>Our Little Roses</i> orphanage in San
Pedro Sula, we asked if the girls would choose the words. I sent them a
project to create and film artistic presentations of their chosen words, which
I published on the
<a
href="https://nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/2022/08/given-words-from-honduras-2022.html"
target="_blank"
>Given Words</a
>
website on 1 August. Poets in Aotearoa New Zealand had until the 26th August
to send in their poems. You can read the winning poems on
<a
href="https://www.read-nz.org/new-zealand-book-scene/nzbc-stories-details/given-words-poems-chosen?pageNum=1"
target="_blank"
>Read NZ Te Pou Muramura</a
>.
</p>
<p>
Also in August was the first <b>Aotearoa Spanish Language Week</b> (15-21
August, 2022) for which I shared the series
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2022/08/poem-on-terrace-for-aotearoa-spanish.html"
target="_blank"
>Poem on the Terrace</a
>, which I'd created in 2017 with fellow kiwi and artist Anna Borrie to
introduce Spanish audiences to Aotearoa New Zealand poets.
</p>
<p>
Then in September, my poem and poetry film 'Vertigo' was featured in the
Spanish educational project
<a
href="https://unpoemacadasemana.blogspot.com/2022/09/vertigo-dia-europeo-de-las-lenguas.html"
target="_blank"
>Un Poema Cada Semana</a
>
(A Poem Each Week) run by philosophy teacher and cultural coordinator
<b>Antonio Martín Flores</b>. Each week he prepares an analysis of a poem and
some questions for his students to investigate. Of <i>Vertigo</i> he writes:
</p>
<blockquote>
'Olsen, therefore, has not arbitrarily created a poem, he throughly considers
the structure and composition: each word has a unique allegorical power, and
in addition, each word is in itself a metaphor in relation to the other words
and to the poem as a whole.'
</blockquote>
<p>
I think it is a wonderful project and I am hoping to coordinate with Antonio
something similar to the words from Honduras for the next <i>Given Words</i>.
</p>
<h2>Our Little Roses</h2>
<p>
In October, Lilián and I flew to San Pedro Sula in Honduras to take up a
month-long
<a
href="https://www.ourlittleroses.org/what-we-do/our-poet-in-residence/"
target="_blank"
>Poetry Fellowship at Our Little Roses</a
>, an orphanage for girls, where we spent the mornings giving creative poetry
classes in the bilingual school from pre-kindergarten up to year 11. Then we
would have lunch in the canteen of Our Little Roses before rushing off to more
classes, returning in the evening to hang out in the courtyard to chat,
listen, paint, or help out with homework. Or we'd all go to the 'cancha'—a
covered football pitch and eating area—to play football, skip, or learn
Tik-Tok dance routines. Lilián showed the girls some African dance moves and I
taught some basic Jive dance. We also ran a poetry club and have filmed
material together for a poetry film which we have yet to edit.
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Storytelling in Holy Family Bilingual School, San Pedro Sula.<br />
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<p>
The above photo shows a fish I made with the girls on the day of the Halloween
party. We were in the courtyard making things when I found this branch had
fallen from one of the palm trees. Looking at it I thought we could turn it
into a mask or an animal. With a nail I scratched on the scales and made slits
for the fins and dorsal fin. One of the girls found the husks of a seed and
brought glue to stick them on as eyes. We drew around the eyes in black felt
tip to make them stand out. Finally we rubbed the red skins of seeds onto the
surface to produce a warmer brown colour. It became my companion for my pirate
costume at the evening's Halloween party, and the following day it was the
star of the pre-school class where Lilián told the story of
<i>'El pescaito'</i> (The Little Fish). It also has a role in the
aforementioned poetry film!
</p>
<p>
I still need to sit down and write down my experiences at Our Little Roses in
full, but it has left a lasting impression on both myself and Lilián.
</p>
<p>
Before we travelled I looked up book fairs in San Pedro Sula and there just
happened to be the second edition of the <b>San Pedro Sula Book Fair</b> the
weekend after we arrived. Thanks to festival director
<b>Giovanni Rodríguez</b> we were invited to participate in readings on the
Saturday evening and Sunday morning, which was a lovely way to get involved in
the wider community there.
</p>
<h2>Colombia</h2>
<p>
Lilián wasn't able to visit Colombia when her mother died during the pandemic
so we took the opportunity to fly from San Pedro Sula via Panama to
Barranquilla, to spend Christmas and New Year with Lilián's aunt Carmiña. We
touched down late in the evening and arrived after midnight at the house where
the neighbours were having a party on the front patio with music at full
volume, and it went on until 4:00am… Welcome to Barranquilla!
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Self portrait with aunty Carmiña, November 2022<br />
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<p>
I was looking forward to relaxing after Honduras, but we had a busy agenda in
Colombia too. We were invited to give a presentation of our poetry films in
the
<a href="https://esquinafest.fundacionmccausland.com/" target="_blank"
>Esquina Festival</a
>, a festival dedicated to the legacy of <b>Ernesto McCausland</b>, with whom
Lilián had worked on films and I had met at the offices of the newspaper
<b>El Heraldo</b>
on a previous trip. At the end of November with our friend
<b>Leo Castillo</b> we gave the recital
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2022/11/poetage-trois-in-casa-moron-barranquilla.html"
target="_blank"
>Poétage à trois</a
>
in the wonderfully chilled out back garden of Casa Morón, and then with
<b>Miguel Iriarte</b> we presented our latest books, <i>Bestial</i> and
<i>La rebeldía del sol</i>, in the
<a
href="https://cualeselplan.com/planes/lanzamiento/la-rebeldia-sol-bestial"
target="_blank"
>Biblioteca Piloto del Caribe</a
>. A few days later at the beginning of December we were on a bus travelling
along the coast to Cartagena where we were guests of the
<b>Poetry Festival of Cartagena</b>, an amazing experience which I've written
all about
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-poetry-festival-for-peace.html"
>here</a
>.
</p>
<p>
From Cartagena we travelled on to Rincón del Mar, near San Onofre in Sucre, to
visit Lilián's friend Carmen and her family. They live at
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/casasurya/" target="_blank">@casasurya</a>,
3km from the coast on land which they have returned to an edible, sustainable
forest, and where they provide accommodation or you can just visit for a
vegetarian lunch and tour of the property.
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Butterfly in the gardens of Casa Surya.<br />
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<p>
Living in an open-walled wooden dwelling (no windows to shut out the world)
our daily routine became more natural, rising with the sun and going to sleep
shortly after sunset. Waking in the night I listened for ages to the rhythms
of the frogs and insects, or went downstairs to see the flashing points of
light of fireflies in the adjacent land. It was lovely to see humming birds,
large Morpho Blue butterflies, a raccoon, red squirrels, and also the
different types of yam, cassava, potatoes that grow hanging in the air, the
hibiscus flowers which we ate with lunch, the ovens made from termite mounds…
I need to write up our visit and sort through the hundreds of photos…
</p>
<p>
Lilián also performed her show
<i>Afrolyrics 'poetry to the rhythm of the drum'</i> in Rincón del Mar with
<b>Manuela Julio Guerrero</b> and the group <b>Octopus</b>, and invited me to
recite two of my poems with the group.
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Photos on the beach in Rincón del Mar with spectacular clouds.<br />
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<p>
We spent Christmas and New Year with Carmiña back in Barranquilla, visiting
some of the places where Lilián spent time as a child. Luckily the next-door
neighbours didn't have any more parties, although on New Year's eve, walking
around the block before midnight, there were many families out on their front
patios with large sound systems blasting out salsa into the night.
</p>
<h2>Photography</h2>
<p>
I sometimes prefer to take a sketchbook and my watercolours rather than the
camera, especially when we were out in Barranquilla. It is a different way of
looking and relating to the surroundings. See for example my
<a
href="https://www.facebook.com/charles.olsen.art/posts/10160354852561113"
target="_blank"
>watercolour from our last day in Colombia</a
>. Of my photographs this year, one of my favourite series is one I did with
Daniela, the daughter of a close friend, and Lilián at Almenara on the
Valencian coast. You can see the album <b>Summer Shadows</b> on
<a
href="http://charlesolsen.es/#/portfolio/photo/summer-shadows/0"
target="_blank"
>my website</a
>.
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'Summer Shadows' with Lilián and Daniela in Almenara, July 2022.<br />
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<h2>La rebeldía del sol</h2>
<p>
And going back to August, Lilián and I travelled to Soria for Expoesía, where
I presented, alongside my publisher <b>Trinidad Ruiz Marcellán</b>, my new
collection of poetry <i>La rebeldía del sol</i> or <i>Rebellious Sun</i>. This
collection began life during the
<b>III Antonio Machada Poetry Fellowship of Segovia and Soria</b>, which I was
awarded in 2018, and was five years in the making. Unlike most poetry books, I
decided to include a community element with winning poems from competitions in
Spain and Aotearoa New Zealand which I'd run, alongside my own poems inspired
by my stays in Segovia and Soria.
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After presenting <i>La rebeldía del sol</i>, with, from L to R: Maria
Fuentes of Vaso Roto,<br />Polish poet Marta Eloy Cichocka, me and my
publisher at Olifante, Trinidad Ruiz Marcellán.<br />
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<p>
I didn't see the book until I sat down for it's presentation in Soria, having
just arrived a few minutes before by bus from Madrid. It was sealed in
protective plastic and, as I wrote on Facebook in Spanish:
</p>
<blockquote>
I love how it has turned out, the cover in olive green with my photo of the
head of Antonio Machado by Spanish sculptor Pablo Serrano, the postcard with a
watercolour I painted in the countryside of Alconaba, The poems in English and
Spanish with their titles in the same olive green, the colour photographs from
my visits in Segovia and Soria, the images of the poetry walks with groups in
both provinces, the cream coloured paper, the smell…
</blockquote>
<p>
It took a month or two before the collection was available to buy online and
then we were off to Honduras, so I haven't done very much promotion, and have
yet to organise a presentation here in Madrid. If you'd like to own a copy of
<i>La rebeldía del sol</i> you can find details
<a
href="https://pensamientoslentos.blogspot.com/2023/02/rebellious-sun.html"
target="_blank"
>here</a
>.<br />
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<i>La rebeldía del sol</i> (Rebellious Sun, Olifante Ediciones de
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<p>
I have missed out a few things, a recital in <b>Voix Vives, Toledo</b>,
meeting the poet
<a
href="https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2017/10/11/trevor-hayess-excellent-two-lagoons-a-wee-review-and-a-poem/"
target="_blank"
>Trevor Hayes</a
>
in Madrid, looking after chooks and cats in Almenara, photographing a
birthday party in La Granja, and lots of stories about all of the above!
<br />
</p>
<p>
Ngā mihi, thank you, gracias to everyone who has been part of my journey in
2022. <br />
</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Charles Olsen, <i>Madrid, 30 January 2023</i></p>
charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-69709712353297165652022-12-28T23:53:00.005+01:002022-12-30T00:11:20.952+01:00A Poetry Festival for Peace<p>The Poetry Festival of Cartagena, Colombia, began life back in 1997, developing out of the ‘Siembra’ (‘Sowing’) poetry workshops initiated by its director Martín Salas Ávila together with members of the workshop. This year, in its 26th edition, the festival brought together poets from Spain, Bolivia, México, Senegal and myself from Aotearoa New Zealand, alongside poets and musicians from the Caribbean and Cartagena from 1 to 10 December 2022. Previous editions have included Aotearoa New Zealand poets Te Kupu and Ron Riddell.</p>
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<p>With the title ‘La Poesía en la Ruta de la Paz’ (‘Poetry on the Path of Peace’) the festival visited different neighbourhoods of Cartagena and towns in the interior, including Macayepo, site of a massacre by paramilitaries in 2000. It included a visit to a women’s prison, participation in a church service and a homage to the singer Yadira La Chamaría de los Manglares. Martín Salas no longer has his long dreadlocks but his respect for animals means the festival is strictly vegetarian, and at each stop on the journey we were treated to delicious local dishes. This year we were hosted in the school of Yoga Wellness in La Boquilla, a quiet beach a short ride from the centre of Cartagena. Our hosts, Roan and Alejandra treated us to delicious and colourful breakfasts and lunches on their large wooden terrace, with the beach a short walk away.</p>
<p><i>‘I am a cultural worker. My interest began at my college José María Córdoba in Montería, with a desire to take culture to all parts. More than a poet I’m a promoter… I like to share. One example is ‘Siembre’ (‘Sowing’), which before becoming a workshop was a folded pamphlet to share the poems of my friends, and later I included my own poems. My work is to share the things I like, be it poetry, theatre, art or culture in general.’</i><br />
—From an interview with Martín Salas by Jennifer Ballestas for <a href="https://elparchecultural.com/martin-salas-un-hombre-apasionado-por-la-poesia/" target="_blank">El Parche Cultural</a>, 2016.</p>
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<p>Colombian poet Lilián Pallares and I arrived from Barranquilla to join the festival on the 6th December and our first stop was the Nelson Mandela neighbourhood of Cartagena. In the circular plaza beneath a huge tree we were greeted by a troupe of young dancers and shared our poems alongside people of the neighbourhood who danced and sang and told the history of the neighbourhood. As the sun set Manuel G. Dela Rosa and Yadira La Chamaría de los Manglares performed and got everyone dancing.</p>
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<p>Our second day of the Festival, we travelled by bus to Macayepo in the Montes de María where we shared poems with children of the area before having lunch in the patio of one of the neighbours. </p>
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<p>Our bus struggled with the hills and the way back was even steeper so we had to return by jeep, with our driver telling us the names of each hill and the accidents and deaths that had happened on each one.</p>
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<p>While waiting for the jeep to arrive we took a dip in the Macayepo Arroyo where festival director, Martín Salas, recited poems in the stream, and local musician Manuel Dela Rosa sang for us in the shade of the trees.</p>
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<p>After our visit to Macayepo we stopped in San Jacinto, visiting a cultural centre Café y Restaurante Ecléctica and the Café Literario de los Montes de María in front of the Municipal Library of San Jacinto, where we enjoyed the local gourmet CerroMaco coffee.</p>
<p>It was the evening of the 7th December, the Night of the Candles in Colombia, and the plaza was full of people enjoying the evening, loud explosions of firecrackers, a colourfully lit road train that passed every now and then with its blaring music as we sat on the terrace and shared our poems with two local musicians adding accompaniment. Even one of the young waitresses recited her poems.</p>
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<p>Then back on the bus (fortunately still going after its struggles with the inclines in the Montes de María!), and our long journey back to Cartagena, which was not without its drama as traffic came to a stop on a dark road, and as the news passed up the queue the cause became more and more dramatic —an armed hold-up by 40 attackers— when in reality it was only fight between two men on the road. Anxious moments before the local police arrived and got things moving again.</p>
<p>In the evening of the 8th December, poets and friends met in the Plaza San Diego in front of the University of Fine Arts, where we began with a delicious ‘tinto’ –a coffee– from one of the street-sellers before Martin Salas invited us to recite our poems. We had a mic and speaker to be heard over the bustle of the streets, the clip-clop of horse-drawn carriages, the parakeets in the trees, and between recitals there were shouts of ‘Poesía en la ruta de la paz!’ –‘Poetry on the path of peace’. A local folk dance and music troupe were performing in the plaza for tourists and locals eating out on the terraces and were kind enough to let us finish before filling the air with Cumbia and the energetic Mapalé.</p>
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<p>Our poetry tour of the walled city of Cartagena finished in the Plaza de Bolívar in the arched walkway of the Banco de la República, where the elegantly dressed El Caribe Real recited a text from Gabriel García Márquez's 'Love in the Time of Cholera', and we were each invited to share anecdotes or reflections on Gabo’s work and whether 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' could be adequately adapted for cinema. </p>
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<p>The night didn’t end there. We left the city walls for the neighbourhood of Getsemaní, which has received a makeover since my last visit almost 10 years ago. Martín disappeared for a while only to reappear with sodas and vegetarian pizza cones –pizza in the shape of an ice cream which was delicious and easy to eat in the street. Our friend Jaime Cortissoz Arte Geometrico, a geometric artist and actor, was getting into the swing of Christmas preparing his Santa Claus character for charity events and we went with him on a tour of the decorated streets of Getsemaní, then various nightclubs with live music and lots of dancing. </p>
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<p>The programme for Friday 9 December said, ‘Worship of Joy and Eucharist, in the Spirit of Father Pachito and Father Sergio Restrepo’ in the Parroquia Santa Rita de Casia - Jesuitas, followed by <i>‘Memoria Lunada Poética y Cultural’</i> (Poetic and Cultural Remembering Beneath the Full Moon) in the <i>‘Bonga’</i> of the San Vicente de Paúl neighbourhood—I can’t find the definition for <i>‘bonga’</i> but the night began in a circle beneath a huge tree where there was a shrine to the Virgin Mary. This is far from your typical poetry festival—although previous editions have included more formal presentations in venues such as the Adolfo Mejía Theatre of Cartagena—and each day is an adventure into the unknown. As festival director Martín Salas says, it is less about the poems and more about poetry itself.</p>
<blockquote>As festival director Martín Salas says, it is less about the poems and more about poetry itself.</blockquote>
<p>Realising we were going to recite poems to the congregation during the Catholic mass, we hurriedly skimmed our poems searching for suitable material. Lilián Pallares had forgotten her reading glasses and asked Manuel De la Rosa to help her choose a poem. Their whispered consultation drew the ire of the priest, who paused mid-sermon to scold them, letting slip a <i>'les vale huevo [la misa]'</i>, which could roughly translate as ‘you don’t give a damn about the service’. Shortly afterwards, he challenged us to recite a poem on the theme of women, looking directly at Lilián. Wilberth Gamboa, who proselytises with poetry in the streets of Cartagena with his powerful voice, took up the challenge with a poem celebrating women. </p>
<p>Finally when it came to Lilián’s turn she stood in front of the congregation to recite but struggled to see the words due to the poor light, to which the priest suggested she stand behind the alter where the light was brighter. So Lilian stood at the alter below the crucifixion and recited her poem <i>‘Emperatriz de la vía láctea’</i> (‘Empress of the Milky Way’), dedicated to the women of the parish, which, roughly translated, goes:</p>
<p> I want to be a cow,<br />
to be born, grow up, die like a cow.<br />
Eat grass, play on the moss, chase the wind,<br />
walk up the hill with my cow friends.<br />
To be nourishment, warm milk, goddess venerated by the bull,<br />
Grand Matron of the Universe.<br />
Wake with the sun, skip across the meadow, lie in the pasture,<br />
chew the cud beneath the trees and say <i>mooo</i>,<br />
seed of all words.<br />
I want to be a sacred animal, fertile muse, empress of the Milky Way,<br />
to live the other side of time.<br />
To be a cow and nothing more.</p>
<p>(From the collection 'Bestial', Olifante Ediciones de Poesía)</p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uwD8Y_L-alauIZYZ3n8IjbYGc1Pl5T3ILluTVGG10OK50oHz3YmcJ-1xOGP6yqNHc3nPX7t3RsKjjKYrGOhIvi6e29Kt1Hk0xMC1s65PhosH0_HL3qwNyQ2p1uxgkWciXEJ8lPDIB-7leE3qHdpRQfGXx9O4NdHO9SRitpkf85Q4QNbrJC9iFeW6WQ/s3000/DSCF5504_Charles%20Olsen.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uwD8Y_L-alauIZYZ3n8IjbYGc1Pl5T3ILluTVGG10OK50oHz3YmcJ-1xOGP6yqNHc3nPX7t3RsKjjKYrGOhIvi6e29Kt1Hk0xMC1s65PhosH0_HL3qwNyQ2p1uxgkWciXEJ8lPDIB-7leE3qHdpRQfGXx9O4NdHO9SRitpkf85Q4QNbrJC9iFeW6WQ/s600/DSCF5504_Charles%20Olsen.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lilián Pallares recites 'Empress of the Milky Way'</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>After poems, music, and chunks of watermelon we jumped in taxis to our next rendezvous with people of the San Vicente de Paúl neighbourhood, who shared news of their cultural and environmental regeneration projects as we walked up a hill (like cow friends) and recited our poems and songs in the light of the full moon. The evening finished with a vegetarian meal on the front patio of one of houses —most homes are fenced in for security— as disco lights created a festive Christmas atmosphere.</p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsmXSbqpqZ7qi1vPuQxKaRvYh-Rt_gA8PTpWVQpM_GpaZBRjI_XIi4Lui0lu74gvETz4OmEeJY5ipah_HTN0tz93IS9W8Ufz9wSD4Z1He3YnU2YqBqt12yLcgeVjHCvLj5b8P3uXXKdLltp80ELTjUcQ9WjkbAg6qWb3RXRT9LIhaFZNK7Zf5w2XPaQ/s2671/DSCF5673_Charles%20Olsen.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2671" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsmXSbqpqZ7qi1vPuQxKaRvYh-Rt_gA8PTpWVQpM_GpaZBRjI_XIi4Lui0lu74gvETz4OmEeJY5ipah_HTN0tz93IS9W8Ufz9wSD4Z1He3YnU2YqBqt12yLcgeVjHCvLj5b8P3uXXKdLltp80ELTjUcQ9WjkbAg6qWb3RXRT9LIhaFZNK7Zf5w2XPaQ/s600/DSCF5673_Charles%20Olsen.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manuel De la Rosa recites beneath the full moon.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>Saturday 10 December was the final day of the Poetry Festival of Cartagena. In San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and in Barranquilla it was complicated to go out running alone in the streets so I jumped at the chance to go for a run with our host, Roan of TRECE 31 Human Evolution. The moon was setting in the sea and the sun was about to rise over the manglares as we set off along the sand towards the point, some 4km away. The first hurdle was crossing a waterway which I thought would be shallow but actually came up to our waists. Wet through and carrying my trainers we continued on. In the lea of the point we swam in the calmer sea before heading back the way we’d come. We finished with a yoga stretch and another dip. The other poets were just waking up when we got back and we had a lovely breakfast together. </p>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rghh8wg5ylecsPxHsq7pbaCYOO_HOlsBFSI_jUZl1AsL004HtDYtrAvvEofnasmLPYIJvxLK2O7Lxt1IUu3h_msFeTr-7FOuVZGg3YeVax86AyuDbnBO4BUdh5ybaA7EfymkW6yh3I24K9dItGjfMnFAY3JeSeiEtlVQDyzclhxve7pBq9jgp41X5g/s2672/DSCF5786_Charles%20Olsen.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2672" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rghh8wg5ylecsPxHsq7pbaCYOO_HOlsBFSI_jUZl1AsL004HtDYtrAvvEofnasmLPYIJvxLK2O7Lxt1IUu3h_msFeTr-7FOuVZGg3YeVax86AyuDbnBO4BUdh5ybaA7EfymkW6yh3I24K9dItGjfMnFAY3JeSeiEtlVQDyzclhxve7pBq9jgp41X5g/s600/DSCF5786_Charles%20Olsen.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles Olsen recites his poem Ōtākou<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>Poets and story-tellers from Cartagena arrived along with the folk singer Yadira La Chamaría de los Manglares, in whose honour the closing event was held. Between poems and stories Yadira sang her songs, accompanying herself on the tambor. Yadira’s infectious smiles and laughs combined with her music energised us all to get up and dance.</p>
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<p> The conversations and laughs continued over another delicious lunch before the young Colombian artist Vanesa invited us to paint words or pictures of peace on a military backpack. And so the 26th Poetry Festival of Cartagena, ‘Poetry on the Path of Peace’, drew to a close. </p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHelnoUADYkw4F8biOkddnd8focxUVXRAwUNExxwOln4WCxFUAsfPoZ8W4ovF-HtpTcXokAoffdPu5-rgCFs-Xg7DECFIZnHi6_66AwZoY5V4VX5-Tx4ChU7M0hAalmXdSH05wboXKjbd2icqsZAVx0zhKu1fI3nm4UN1SEl0Rsr8s69serAPRAKNg-w/s2672/DSCF5934_Charles%20Olsen.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2672" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHelnoUADYkw4F8biOkddnd8focxUVXRAwUNExxwOln4WCxFUAsfPoZ8W4ovF-HtpTcXokAoffdPu5-rgCFs-Xg7DECFIZnHi6_66AwZoY5V4VX5-Tx4ChU7M0hAalmXdSH05wboXKjbd2icqsZAVx0zhKu1fI3nm4UN1SEl0Rsr8s69serAPRAKNg-w/s600/DSCF5934_Charles%20Olsen.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting on the path of peace.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>However there were still surprises to come. I little way along the beach was a School of drumming ‘Tambores Calbildo’ and we’d been invited to attend the initiation of a young woman ‘tamborera’. Chairs had been set up in a big circle with performers in the inner circle and path lined with fire torches and woman drummers led from the school to the circle on the beach. As the sun set—a large red ball sinking into the sea—the celebration began. The cool evening breeze was a relief after the heat of the day. <br /></p>
<p>The following morning a few more of us joined Roan for a class of AfroBeat dance and then a relaxing yoga and meditation with Alejandra and our final breakfast before heading our separate ways. Lilian and I headed off down the coast to Rincón del Mar in a shared taxi with vallenatos playing on the car radio and the green verges rushing past.</p>
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charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-52571305095661469762022-12-26T03:36:00.004+01:002022-12-26T03:36:56.138+01:00Taller La Palabra Vista – VIII Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación ONCE<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipettF29fpaFG3NGDMOPKs6IK2eSGW2YFjbCKr-BeRi7VQt6V-t_Hnfqnjec__JfB7Qsxhw9O5tmzltI3QylVuV22IXCsXibLyJ-5QqjPkZ3AQOPDbaJCPc-5kUpgtIo__yOu9ve2ZgzwNLezdinhgFassmnEqvMMe55Bxy69iK34Qx1YPYJSZCa-5EA/s850/BANNERCENTRO_850X450.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipettF29fpaFG3NGDMOPKs6IK2eSGW2YFjbCKr-BeRi7VQt6V-t_Hnfqnjec__JfB7Qsxhw9O5tmzltI3QylVuV22IXCsXibLyJ-5QqjPkZ3AQOPDbaJCPc-5kUpgtIo__yOu9ve2ZgzwNLezdinhgFassmnEqvMMe55Bxy69iK34Qx1YPYJSZCa-5EA/s600/BANNERCENTRO_850X450.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>Desde el lunes 16 hasta el miércoles 18 de enero de 16 a 18 horas tendrá lugar el taller de Videopoesía, La palabra vista.</p>
<p><b>Descripción del taller</b>: Se explorará, con los videopoetas Charles Olsen y Lilián Pallares, cómo un poema puede convertirse en una pieza audiovisual de creación colectiva. Con poemas de creación propia escritos durante el taller se valorarán las diferentes maneras de trasladar la poesía a la pantalla y preparar y rodar una pieza colectiva. La pieza final sería editada por los formadores y presentada después del taller.</p>
<p><b>¿A quién va dirigido?</b> A cualquier persona que le interese la imagen, la poesía, la pintura, el vídeo, la música y el arte en general.</p>
<p><b>Lugar</b>: Sala 2 de la primera planta en la sede de Fundación ONCE, Sebastián Herrera, 15, Madrid.</p>
<p><b>Número de plazas</b>: 10.</p>
<p><b>Inscripción</b>: si estáis interesados en realizarlo podéis inscribiros en <a href="https://www.fundaciononce.es/es/evento/taller-la-palabra-vista" target="_blank"><u>el boletín de inscripción</u></a> hasta el 9 de enero.</p>
<p><b>Criterio de admisión</b>: será por orden de inscripción, pero se valorará vuestra “carta de motivación”, donde podéis comentar vuestros intereses artísticos y por qué queréis el taller. Lo valorarán los/as formadores/as. La carta de motivación la podéis rellenar en el propio boletín de inscripción, donde hay un apartado para ello.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.fundaciononce.es/es/evento/taller-la-palabra-vista" target="_blank"><u>Inscripciones en el taller La Palabra Vista</u></a><br><a href="https://bienal.fundaciononce.es/" target="_blank">bienal.fundaciononce.es</a></p>
<blockquote>VIII Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación ONCE<br>OCIO Y CULTURA AL ALCANCE DE TODOS/AS</blockquote>charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-18522577817529714982022-12-21T21:35:00.001+01:002022-12-21T21:35:45.181+01:00Botanical<p>I would like to introduce the work of two artists I admire. Firstly my mother, Marion Olsen. As a child I loved the stories she'd write and illustrate for my sister and me, however she dedicated herself to singing, which led to us moving from Aotearoa New Zealand to the UK in 1981. It wasn't until 1996, two years after I myself had finished my degree in Fine Arts at Middlesex University, that she began painting seriously while recovering from glandular fever. This led to her studying botanical painting and design, gaining experience in the latter creating colourways for Cole and Son wallpapers. Her work has been selected for exhibitions with the Society of Botanical Artists in The Mall Galleries, London. You can follow her work on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/marionolsenbotanical/" target="_blank">@marionolsenbotanical</a>.</p>
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<p>From the <a href="https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/news/plantae-sba-annual-exhibition-2019-selected-artists" target="_blank">Plantae: Society of Botanical Artists Annual Exhibition 2019</a>: 'Marion Olsen – a professional mezzo-soprano who discovered her talent for painting while recovering from glandular fever in 1996. Her love of flowers lead her to botanical art and she started courses with CSBA in 2015, graduating with credit for her Botanical Painting and Illustration Diploma in 2018.'</p>
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<p>The above pages are from her perpetual journal, working on each page over a week or so. A way to keep exploring visually and connecting with the plants around on a daily basis. Below are the gorgeous textures in watercolour of a pear from 2016.</p>
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<p>The second artist is Rupert Hughes. We met at Middlesex University when we we both exploring the medium of paint. We both were drawn later on to wood found in the streets, Rupert in London and me in Madrid. Rupert's pieces were like open books telling stories of the city, while I was painting flamenco portraits on old wooden window shutters rescued from skips in my neighbourhood of Lavapiés. Rupert Hughes also works as a landscape gardener and his interest in plants and the environment led him to write the blog <a href="http://greenshadediary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">IN A GREEN SHADE</a> – 'a diary of back garden botany, urban ecology, rural rambles and field trips to the middle of nowhere...'<p>
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<p>Since 2017 his posts follow the seasons with comments, findings, and his photographs of the plants and landscapes he encounters on his rambles, and it is a delight and inspiration to go on the journey with him via his blog.</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqGOdxUwqGnmQn4Y3tOuRzn1OAEgrUBA5eyMzZTMYAJewBq4QqPUU5d5BoPrDF0WpxMhT6relqXxj7WXKBCOExjcQty6utGT9MicyCd3sHUXGQ1c50hDGL1xrJ2qb0XQna2kMtHc3O4Yw6wTQT8AC1YwBZpGEtalWLSst-PGMlEimXJT_I7dfdJ_D_Q/s4672/rupert%20hughes-2.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="3104" data-original-width="4672" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqGOdxUwqGnmQn4Y3tOuRzn1OAEgrUBA5eyMzZTMYAJewBq4QqPUU5d5BoPrDF0WpxMhT6relqXxj7WXKBCOExjcQty6utGT9MicyCd3sHUXGQ1c50hDGL1xrJ2qb0XQna2kMtHc3O4Yw6wTQT8AC1YwBZpGEtalWLSst-PGMlEimXJT_I7dfdJ_D_Q/s600/rupert%20hughes-2.jpeg"/></a></div>
<p>(Artworks and photographs © the artists)<br><br>Marion Olsen – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/marionolsenbotanical/" target="_blank">@marionolsenbotanical</a><br>Rupert Hughes – <a href="http://greenshadediary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">IN A GREEN SHADE</a></p>charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-79878919271155216222022-12-21T17:22:00.004+01:002022-12-21T17:24:26.962+01:00Puerto Colombia<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsCDl7s2CMTGSK0Bf6u9312Q2akJkCcQ-51cnvPLSDedOt8SOdrEspnCNdgb0jWN_TVfP2KGsqxRkiCcmaWRpSAfkgPr3sYLwYTPq89zjEPDgGoQZNI5-GjKwjDk6AhtLcCQ3ZDIeNSGSyeRIwb7DOik-QGfF6S6u-GiTosMA6odSjOB1jP9RAAiqCw/s2000/DSCF7688_fb.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsCDl7s2CMTGSK0Bf6u9312Q2akJkCcQ-51cnvPLSDedOt8SOdrEspnCNdgb0jWN_TVfP2KGsqxRkiCcmaWRpSAfkgPr3sYLwYTPq89zjEPDgGoQZNI5-GjKwjDk6AhtLcCQ3ZDIeNSGSyeRIwb7DOik-QGfF6S6u-GiTosMA6odSjOB1jP9RAAiqCw/s600/DSCF7688_fb.JPG"/></a></div>
<p>Sunset from the pier of Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla, 20 Dec 2022.</p>charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-42729170326778131292022-12-05T15:47:00.000+01:002022-12-05T15:47:03.495+01:00La rebeldía del sol en Barranquilla<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qr8l5f91lozl7nyuu66mLzk4osqGeZEtR38CaN-tYdBglXxEuRSDUURmROeCOgFIHtmpa0LrtovqpMLEzawwkso4Fpx-cI4cwBKpJ8DbVEQ0Xky2UFnpOTPIx_g4HpvAj978gMjoVvch79Na2IHfoBgkvuZBtIf8o4q8qMsezT2pr89pd7_ir6lL3A/s3000/DSCF4541_Charles%20Olsen.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qr8l5f91lozl7nyuu66mLzk4osqGeZEtR38CaN-tYdBglXxEuRSDUURmROeCOgFIHtmpa0LrtovqpMLEzawwkso4Fpx-cI4cwBKpJ8DbVEQ0Xky2UFnpOTPIx_g4HpvAj978gMjoVvch79Na2IHfoBgkvuZBtIf8o4q8qMsezT2pr89pd7_ir6lL3A/s600/DSCF4541_Charles%20Olsen.JPG"/></a></div>
<p>El 2 de diciembre, Lilian Pallares y yo presentamos nuestros libros, 'Bestial' y 'La rebeldía del sol' de la mano de Miguel Iriarte, director de la Biblioteca Piloto del Caribe y catedrático en la Universidad del Norte. Ambos libros son publicados por Olifante Ediciones de Poesía.</p>
<p>Compartí mi experiencia de la Beca Poética SxS Antonio Machado –mis estancias en Soria y Segovia– que dieron inicio al libro en 2018. </p>
<p>Después de leer una selección de poemas –<i>El río Duero</i>, <i>Ruta a Valsaín</i>, <i>Novela negra</i>, <i>Poema del camino</i>, <i>El campesino alegre</i> y <i>Cuando menos lo esperas</i>– Miguel Iriarte terminó la lectura destacando los proyectos en comunidad que forman una parte central del libro y leyó <i>El hospicio</i> de Antonio Machado y uno de los poemas ganadores del concurso 'Given Words' para el día nacional de la poesía en Nueva Zelanda, <i>Procesional</i> de Craig McGeady. </p>
<p>Terminamos la presentación con la proyección de nueve de nuestros videopoemas 'La Palabra Vista' y un coloquio con el público donde hablamos de los distintos géneros de la poesía en su forma audiovisual, la relación entre el collage en el arte y el uso de palabras 'prestadas', y la poesía como parte vital de toda expresión artística.</p>
<p>Fotos gracias a Héctor Puche.</p>
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<p>Les invitamos a la presentación en Colombia de nuestros poemarios 'La rebeldía del sol' de Charles Olsen y 'Bestial' de Lilián Pallares, ambos libros publicados por Olifante Ediciones de poesía en España.</p>
<p>DONDE: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Auditorio+Mario+Santodomingo/@10.9885174,-74.7787689,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x5a8bc7be427867!8m2!3d10.9885174!4d-74.7787689" target="_blank">Auditorio Mario Santo Domingo, Vía 40 #36–136</a>, Barranquilla–COLOMBIA<br>
CUANDO: viernes 2 de diciembre a las 6:30 PM<br>ENTRADA GRATIS</p>
<p>Agéndate en <a href="https://cualeselplan.com/" target="_blank">cualeselplan.com</a><br><a href="https://bibliotecapilotodelcaribe.com/" target="_blank">www.bibliotecapilotodelcaribe.com</a></p>
<p>'LA REBELDÍA DEL SOL es una reivindicación al mejor estilo poético, mestizo, sorprendente y personal.' —<i>Abdul Hadi Sadoun</i></p><p>
'Leer a Pallares en BESTIAL es entrar en comunión con lo más profundo y lo más carnal entre la luz y la caricia poética.' —<i>Ginés J. Vera</i></p>
charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-83810733403775782582022-11-28T04:23:00.006+01:002022-11-28T04:31:53.016+01:00Poétage à trois in Casa Morón, Barranquilla<div id="fb-root"></div>
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<p>Imagine walking through a house to the small back garden where an old cherry tree and a mango tree provide shade and the garden walls are covered in graffiti, coloured lighting adds atmosphere and a hand-painted sound system stands ready to make the neighbourhood dance… In 'the patio of the lost winds' Casa Morón, Barranquilla–Colombia, Lilian Pallares, Leo Castillo, and I conversed and shared our poems in a 'Poétage à trois' presented by Óscar López Lobo.</p>
<p>(Photos by Rafael Marsiglia)</p>
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<p>Facebook Live:</p>
<div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/moroncasa/videos/473753648075748/" data-width="500" data-show-text="false"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/moroncasa/videos/473753648075748/" class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/moroncasa/videos/473753648075748/"></a><p></p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/moroncasa">Casa Morón</a> on Saturday, 26 November 2022</blockquote></div>
<br>charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-58742548617819640772022-11-22T00:03:00.003+01:002022-11-22T00:03:54.815+01:00Fotogenia Vol.4<p>The Exhibition ('La exposición') will be shown in the Festival Fotogenia in Mexico, in programme 3 at 6:30pm in the Sala Carlos Monsiváis, University Cultural Centre, Mexico City.</p>
<p>You can also watch it streamed online via <a href="https://www.fotogeniafilmfestival.org/" target="_blank">fotogeniafilmfestival.org</a> and Facebook Live <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FestivalFotogenia" target="_blank">Festival Fotogenia</a>. (UK: Thursday night half-past midnight, NZ: Thursday 1:30pm, Spain: 01:30h el viernes)</p>
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<p>The Exhibition includes collaborations with Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, Ilia Galán Díez, Mia Gill, Sarah Tremlett, Hatti Rees, Eduardo Yagüe, Deva Tomás, The Olive Brothers, Ángel Rivas, Jan Erichsen, Ignacio Kowalski and Nic Clay, and is produced by Antenablue.</p>
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<p>See the complete festival programme in <a href="https://www.fotogeniafilmfestival.org/" target="_blank">www.fotogeniafilmfestival.org</a></p>
charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-40207662534174206152022-11-14T19:54:00.003+01:002022-11-17T03:09:06.850+01:00La Palabra Vista en Esquina Fest<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimomt1hwmEvUTNjCb5GpRjV4kLb_SgQ7IN2de9mn2YjN9KY4nEsb_SZeu9dnyXOyzdgH_gr7OOUsEQnM-WteKPeHTU8VJ95zzs_oE5Rj8wAWpVX4NDgkAdzLT7qY-lj3G30H4sc2STniGm5Py2n2Cqa4MPJn0jteipW5yJWnojYI2xm9-3VOyDHgLTuA/s800/poster-esquina%20fest.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimomt1hwmEvUTNjCb5GpRjV4kLb_SgQ7IN2de9mn2YjN9KY4nEsb_SZeu9dnyXOyzdgH_gr7OOUsEQnM-WteKPeHTU8VJ95zzs_oE5Rj8wAWpVX4NDgkAdzLT7qY-lj3G30H4sc2STniGm5Py2n2Cqa4MPJn0jteipW5yJWnojYI2xm9-3VOyDHgLTuA/s600/poster-esquina%20fest.jpg"/></a></div>
<blockquote>El viernes 18 de Noviembre a las 4:00 p.m. ENCUENTRO EN LA ESNAQUI<br>—Vídeo proyección: 'LA PALABRA VISTA' de Lilián Pallares y Charles Olsen—</blockquote><p>Lugar: AUDITORIO FÁBRICA DE CULTURA DE BARRANQUILLA<br>
Esquina de la Carrera 50 Calle 40<br>
Aforo: 350 PAX<br>
Entrada gratuita<br><br>
Más información y programación completo en: <a href="https://fundacionmccausland.com/" target="_blank">fundacionmccausland.com</a></p>
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charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-3855680605771192532022-11-04T00:11:00.005+01:002022-11-04T00:11:34.035+01:00Documental 'Videopoesía en Portugal y España' en Maldito Festival<p>Online: 3-6 Noviembre en <a href="https://www.filmin.es/festival/maldito-festival" target="_blank">Filmin–Maldito Festival</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.filmin.es/pelicula/videopoesia-en-portugal-y-espana" target="_blank">Aquí puedes ver el documental</a> que he realizado sobre la Videopoesía en Portugal y España, basado en dos ensayos que preparé para el libro ‘The Poetics of Poetry Film’ (‘La poética de la videopoesía’, Ed. Sarah Tremlett, Intellect Books, 2021).</p>
<p>Dedicado a la memoria del poeta aragonés Ángel Guinda (1948–2022) se mostrarán dos videopoemas realizados con él.</p>
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<p>El documental incluye entrevistas con Eduardo Yagüe, Alejandro Céspedes, Alexandre Braga, Agustín Fernández Mallo, Belen Gache, Celia Parra Díaz y fragmentos de videopoemas de Santiago Parres, Jordan T. Caylor, David Argüelles. Incluye dos videopoemas hechos con Angel Guinda, 'De cara a la muerte' de Sándor M. Salas, y 'Libro de huellas' de Charles Olsen y Lilian Pallares.</p>
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<p>Se puede consultar la programación completa del festival en <a href="https://malditofestival.com/" target="_blank">malditofestival.com</a>
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charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-1070113263023366292022-09-22T20:26:00.001+02:002022-09-22T20:33:20.656+02:00Poetry Film in Filmetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_ZKvj9e0mnUNoD0Uy8fl8TfUoJNTfdl4ONzpdPntoi45gF6ITlDg5jk0noDW9m0j91GnkZL33fOrzSpJfpWQrW1ALRRwKZt49OlqkKm5RhHfhTwJBiu-XwY1q7KkxQQkYlfRcgjMHJvYb5pxP7ogb4ve-LuSGL7PuZIf9qEqXKqaBM5MpYrN5B5E-w/s1500/still_extra_mom_laurel.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_ZKvj9e0mnUNoD0Uy8fl8TfUoJNTfdl4ONzpdPntoi45gF6ITlDg5jk0noDW9m0j91GnkZL33fOrzSpJfpWQrW1ALRRwKZt49OlqkKm5RhHfhTwJBiu-XwY1q7KkxQQkYlfRcgjMHJvYb5pxP7ogb4ve-LuSGL7PuZIf9qEqXKqaBM5MpYrN5B5E-w/s600/still_extra_mom_laurel.jpg"/></a></div><p>In its 4th year, FILMETRY invited filmmakers to adapt selected work from the 2022 themed edition of the MSU Library Short Edition, "Home," from which I chose a poem by Christine Jones titled '<a href="https://msu.short-edition.com/story/mom-asks-me-to-write-her-a-poem-about-the-sky" target="_blank">Mom Asks Me to Write Her a Poem About the Sky</a>' </p><p>My piece with the title of the poem has been selected and will be shown on Friday 30 September in the Lansing Public Media Center, Michigan, at 7pm. Further information in <a href="https://filmetry.org/" target="_blank">filmetry.org</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://filmetry.org/" title="filmetry.org" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="792" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbR16ni-rcbeFP6KncciC8rhYj7-5TK9P0QFv8p1s7o4RilII68URDRxas_QFyomTLh3IurTNLWAnG5ALSAF-rnqEg6AZmJnhr5RlOSFtt7Q2y6Ys6sJW7c60oyPYjNPtArx6GUWNC10x8rv84nSYPTvosjaVRnio4NAjeGfckEwXPYXUdEACCcJZRg/s600/filmetry_poster_02.jpg"/></a></div>
charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324064269506892363.post-18421132862042703732022-09-13T12:11:00.006+02:002022-09-13T12:11:48.376+02:003 films, 3 festivals, in Berlin, Michigan and Barcelona<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBz6q_CT1Rsql1j-Tq0uAmTh44LLtnU09QvPb_OQBpFnAnpXg_YSCsZmhrw216GZlggGL_QkU52USwVtQTFQ1_xvBje57_30T0BBxQnGA39DTB_1OxgEElw6KmSvKWWeScOg3_oaQQSfbw5K4eQpVAEYJs3GpEoJv9sJOsl-vRe52N840tKaVV3yvVg/s2237/3posters.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBz6q_CT1Rsql1j-Tq0uAmTh44LLtnU09QvPb_OQBpFnAnpXg_YSCsZmhrw216GZlggGL_QkU52USwVtQTFQ1_xvBje57_30T0BBxQnGA39DTB_1OxgEElw6KmSvKWWeScOg3_oaQQSfbw5K4eQpVAEYJs3GpEoJv9sJOsl-vRe52N840tKaVV3yvVg/s600/3posters.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>I'm looking forward to three poetry film festivals coming up later this month and in October. Firstly, in its 4th year, FILMETRY invited filmmakers to adapt selected work from the 2022 themed edition of the MSU Library Short Edition, "Home," from which I chose a poem by Christine Jones titled '<a href="https://msu.short-edition.com/story/mom-asks-me-to-write-her-a-poem-about-the-sky" target="_blank">Mom Asks Me to Write Her a Poem About the Sky</a>' My piece with the title of the poem has been selected and will be shown on 30 September in Michigan. Further information in <a href="https://filmetry.org/" target="_blank">filmetry.org</a>.</p>
<p>Then on 3rd October my poetry film 'La exposición' (The Exhibition) will be shown in the Filmarte Festival in Berlin, a festival 'for Art Films & Films about Art(ists)'. The Exhibition is an irreverent take on the art world. A poetic hybrid combining essay, documentary, journalism, and video art. It is a collaborative poetry film including specially created pieces by Eduardo Yagüe and Sarah Tremlett, alongside interviews with artist and philosopher Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, professor of art aesthetics and theory Ilia Galán, videos from Instagram artists Jan Erichsen and Ángel Rivas, artwork by the Olive brothers, movement in a museum by Mia Gill, and the Argentinian actor Ignacio Kowalski. The idea of play and a child's approach to art runs through this piece. Featuring original music by New Zealand musician Nic Clay. Further information soon in <a href="https://filmartefestival.com" target="_blank">filmartefestival.com</a>.</p>
<p>And before these, on 28th September, in Barcelona, 'The Calm Sea', a film I made with Mia Gill who wrote the poem. The <i>II Mostra de Videopoesia V2 VERSOS&VISUALS</i> as part of 'NUDO, festival de poseía desatada' takes place in the Centro Civic Pati Llimona at 6:30pm. Further information and tickets in <a href="https://www.festivalnudo.com/mi%C3%A9rcoles28sept" target="_blank">NUDO Programación</a>.</p>
<p>You can watch the trailer of The Exhibition here:</p>
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>I</span>'ve known the Spanish filmmaker Jesús Pulpón since we participated in the I Flamenco Short Film Festival in 2010 and were invited to France to present our award-winning films in the Nîmes Flamenco Festival. On one occasion he rescued me from disaster when Lilián and I were filming a documentary in Seville, but that's a whole other story.</p>
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<p>In 2020 we coincided in the presentation of his film <i>Die Beschreibung der Bilder</i> ('Describing the Pictures') in <a href="https://www.documentamadrid.com/documentamadrid20/en/films/die-beschreibung-der-bilder" target="_blank">Documenta Madrid</a>, where he mentioned he was working on a script with me in mind for the lead role. There is something captivating about his way of filming – time stretches out, the camera lingers on the spaces between, the story is continuous and disjointed at the same time, the audience is taken outside the frame of the shot. You can get a small taste of this in the trailer of <i>Describing the Pictures</i>:</p>
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<p><b>Trailer of 'Describing the Pictures'</b></p>
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<p>Just over a year later Jesús sent me the text to read and as it was about a couple he asked if Lilián would play the other part. His son would play our child. And so we began learning our lines.</p>
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<p>I've had roles in school plays, and I learn my poems by heart so I can connect with the audience when I recite them. I have filmed myself in my own poetry films, such as 'The Afternoon'. I'd also recently done a presentation for children on stage in the Reina Sofía Museum, bringing to life through poetic actions and stories, a series of animations from Mexico and South America in indigenous languages. But this was to be my first time in front of the camera working with a film director, and it was a fascinating experience.</p>
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<p>With Jesús in Munich and us in Madrid, we began rehearsals via video-calls; Jesús asking us to move the camera to focus on one or the other as we read through our lines so he could focus on each person as they spoke, or listened. The whole process of rehearsing via a computer's camera in the light of the pandemic made us think about the possibility of making a whole film in this way with people around the world.</p>
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<p>The question whether to learn the text in Spanish or English was interesting. Initially is wasn't clear which language the film would be in. The script was written in Spanish and I began learning it as it was, because Jesús was interested in how it would work if I were to translate into English as part of my thinking process in the moment. However, we ended up working the other way around and I created a naturally sounding English translation, which, being a native speaker, was much easier to learn by heart, and then filming in Spanish.</p>
<p>It still wasn't easy though, as my script included a long monologue. So I took the text with me when I went running and sat in the park repeating my lines. I looked up techniques for memorizing scripts. I would watch the same videos my character watched, and Lilián got fed up with me as I introduced my lines into our normal conversations.</p>
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<p>And so Lilián and I flew to Munich for the filming with Jesús Pulpón, his son Beleno and Karla Bauer. I love how stories are created, how they become a script, how the process of making a film has its own story – friendship, cooking and eating together, the creativity needed when working with children, the moments of doubt, of trying different locations, working with changing light and sound – and we were also able to visit Munich, dance in the Hofgarten, eat pizza by the river, wander the streets.</p>
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<p>The story continues with Jesús visiting us in Madrid a month later to film extra material, and the process of editing and preparing the film to send to festivals. It is part of his master's project at the HFBK film school in Hamburg. I've only seen a rough edit so far but I'm really looking forward to seeing the final work.</p>
<p>—Photos of the filming in Munich by Lilián Pallares and me.</p>charles olsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206255961797511012noreply@blogger.com0