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AWARDS AND GRANTS – Premios y becas
PUBLISHED WORKS – Obras publicadas
FILM – Vídeo
PERFORMANCE
FESTIVALS AND READINGS – Festivales y lecturas
EXHIBITIONS – Exposiciones



AWARDS AND GRANTS – PREMIOS Y BECAS



PUBLISHED WORKS – OBRAS PUBLICADAS

Books
  • (2022) La rebeldía del sol, ('Rebellious Sun') Zaragoza: Olifante Ediciones de Poesía, Colección Antonio Machado
    Poems inspired by the Antonio Machado Poetry Fellowship of Segovia and Soria, which Charles received in 2018. Includes winning poems from special editions of the Given Words competition and Charles' translations of two poems by Machado.
    Available in the Turnbull Library, Wellington
  • (2016) Antípodas, 94 pages, Madrid: Huerga & Fierro
    I wrote most of the poems originally in Spanish between 2011 and 2016 and worked on my own English translations. It includes one poem translated into Maori by Barry Olsen and Ko Te Haeata: He Kongakonga Moemoeā.
    Available in the Turnbull Library, Wellington
  • (2011) Sr Citizen, 120 pages, White, Pat (Foreword), Madrid: Amargord
    Published in the poetry collection Hecho en Lavapiés (‘Made in Lavapiés’) directed by Hipólito García Fernández, ‘Bolo’. Poems in Spanish and English, inspired by Spain, flamenco, art, dance and Colombia, and it includes my paintings, drawings and photographs spanning the 90s and 00s. Printed in full colour.
    Available in the Turnbull Library, Wellington, and the National Poetry Library, London

Anthologies including my poems and short stories
  • (2024) 'Ni un alma' read by Lilián Pallares in Metaverso: 'Especiales de verano 2024 | Capítulo 03', RNE, August, https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/metaverso/metaverso-especiales-verano-2024-capitulo-03-19-08-2024/16207145/. Accessed 22 Sept 2024
  • (2021) ‘Inland’ and 'Venice', in Olhão, Portugal: POESIA A SUL 8, Cadernos de poesia
  • (2019) ‘When you least expect’, in Italy: Medium Poesia, http://www.mediumpoesia.com/almanacco-nuova-zelanda-poesia-contemporanea/. Accessed 14 Dec 2019
  • (2019) ‘When you least expect’, in Almanacco dei poeti e della poesia contemporanea n. 7, Rimini: Raffaelli Editore
  • (2019) ‘Harvest’, in Places of Poetry, UK: placesofpoetry.org.uk. Accessed 1 May 2020
  • (2019) ‘The Chess Game’ and ‘When you least expect’, in More of Us, Wellington: Landing Press
  • (2018) ‘Mar adentro’, ‘Venecia’, ‘Alquimia’, ‘Kimono Rojo’, ‘La Poeta’ and ‘Al loro’ (Into the deep, Venice, Alchemy, Red Kimono, The poet and Al loro), in Revista Marcapiel, July, https://web.archive.org/web/20181014164621/http://marcapiel.com/2018/10/poemas-de-charles-olsen-nueva-zelanda/. Accessed 6 Oct 2022
  • (2018) ‘Alquimia’ and ‘Fragmento de un sueño’ (Alchemy and Dream fragment), in Poetas de Otros Mundos, Resistencia y verdad (‘Poets from Other Worlds, Resistance and truth’), A. Guinda (ed.), Zaragoza: Olifante, pp.137­–140
  • (2018) ‘The Merry Peasant’, in Landfall 235, E. Neal (ed.), Dunedin: Otago University Press, p.39
  • (2017) ‘La Poeta’ and ‘La Trompeta’ (The Poet and The Trumpet), in Voces del Vino, Palitachi (ed.), New York: Books&Smith, pp.183–184
  • (2017) ‘When you least expect’, in Poetry NZ Yearbook 2017, J. Ross (ed.), Massey University Press, p 148
  • (2015) حلم المزارع, المساء, مقطع من حلم, صلاة and بصمت (Farmer’s Dream, The Afternoon, Dream Fragment and In Silence), in قاب قوسين (qabaqaosayn.com) (trans. Abdul Hadi Sadoun), March, http://goo.gl/OA6svw. Accessed 20 Aug 2018
  • (2015) ‘Snap’, ‘In Silence’ [poetry film], ‘Dream Fragment’ and ‘He Kongakonga Moemoeā’ (trans. Barry Olsen and Ko Te Haeata), in blackmail press 39, D. Poole (ed.), March, http://www.blackmailpress.com/COlsen39.html. Accessed 20 Aug 2018
  • (2013) ‘En Silencio’ (In Silence), in Postales Al Viento (‘Postcards to the Wind’), Javier Jimeno Maté (photos and ed.), Ouka Leele (Foreword), Madrid: Publixed S. L., pp. 80–81
  • Pallares, Lilián and Olsen, Charles (2012), ‘La Balada de los Peces Voladores’ (‘The Ballad of the Flying Fish’), in Las mejores historias de amor (‘The Best Love Stories’), A. Nieto Rodríguez, (ed.), Madrid: Pigmalión, pp. 158–165.
    Short story in Spanish, written jointly with the Colombian writer Lilián Pallares
  • (2012) ‘Fragmento de un Sueño’ (Dream Fragment), in ÁLORA, LA BIEN CERCADA, J. M. Lopera (ed.), 28, Alora: Concejalía de Cultura del Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Álora
  • (2010) ‘El Avefría’, ‘La Cantina’ and ‘Paisaje Urbano’ (The Lapwing, The Cantina and Urban Landscape), in Poetas bajo Palabra en el Caribe Colombiano, Barranquilla: Fundación Casa de Hierro y CLAF, pp. 31–34
  • (2010) ‘Al Loro’, ‘Certeza’, ‘Paisaje Urbano’, ‘La Poeta’ and ‘Kimono Rojo’ (Al Loro, Certainty, Urban Landscape, The Poet and Red Kimono), in blackmail press 28, D. Poole (ed.), http://www.blackmailpress.com/CO28.html. Accessed 18 Nov 2018.
    This edition of blackmail press also features my paintings Totara Street and Kitchen. The poems, originally written in Spanish, are accompanied by my English translations
  • (2010) ‘Al Loro’, in Madrid, La Nueva París Literaria - Antología de la Jam Sesión Internacional de Poesía, L. Zelada (ed.), November, pp. 68–69, https://issuu.com/charlesolsen/docs/lanoche. Accessed 20 Aug 2018
  • (2010) ‘Certeza’ (Certainty), in I Gira Internacional Homenaje a Miguel Hernández, Alcossebre: Poetas de la Tierra y Amigos de la Poesía (POETAP), p. 253
  • (2010) ‘La Cantina’ and ‘En Silencio’ (The Cantina and In Silence), in Congreso Global Metapoesía, Madrid: VERLUZEMA S.L.

Articles

Translations of books from Spanish to English
  • Pallares, Lilián (2019) Bestial, (unpublished)
  • Pallares, Lilián (2018) Bird, vertigo, (unpublished)
  • Galán, Ilia (2017) In the Wilderness of Signs, 81 pages, Oxford: Albion Beatnik Press
    Translation of 25 poems by the Spanish writer Ilia Galán
  • Galán, Ilia (2017) All, 126 pages, Oxford: Albion Beatnik Press
    I translated the extensive Afterword of this book, which purports to ‘offer a lesson in aesthetics and, more specifically, art theory’
  • Pallares, Lilián (2016) Sleepwalking City – stories from the streets of Madrid, 96 pages. Kindle e-book, https://www.amazon.com/Sleepwalking-City-Stories-streets-Madrid-ebook/dp/B01B3IX5LI
    Includes 17 short stories. As in the original Spanish version, (2010) Ciudad Sonámbula – Crónicas y Relatos de Calle, it is also illustrated with my photographs

Summary of other translations
Translations from Spanish to English

Colombian poets:
Spanish poets:
Iraqi poet:
  • Hadi Sadoun, Abdul (2015) ‘Garden of Heaven (Mother’s House)’ and ‘Near the Tigris’, the latter published in Fund for Cultural Education and Heritage http://www.fekt.org/abdul-hadi-sadoun/. Accessed 20 Aug 2018
Translations from English to Spanish
(In collaboration with the Spanish poet and publisher Miguel Ángel Arcas)

Australian poet:
New Zealand poets:
The following translations are all published in the Spanish poetry project Palabras Prestadas (Given Words) between 2015 and 2017. http://libropalabrasprestadas.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Poetas de Nueva Zelanda. Accessed 20 Aug 2018
  • Ross, Jack (2017) ‘Camionero sobre hielo’ (Ice Road Trucker)
  • White, Pat (2017) ‘De repente’ (Quite Suddenly)
  • Barford, Serie (2017) 'Cada parada de autobús cuenta una historia' (Every bus stop tells a story)
  • Beynon, Claire (2016) ‘Cada Pieza Cae’ (Each Piece Falls)
  • Eggleton, David (2016) ‘Creencia en el Pacífico’ (Belief in the Pacific)
  • Neale, Emma (2016) ‘Un Sol Hacia Dentro’ (An Inward Sun)
  • McCurdie, Carolyn (2016) ‘Sembrando Repollos’ (Planting Cabbages)
  • Tibble, Tayi (2016) ‘Pequeñas Muertes’ (Small Deaths)
  • Todd, Penelope (2016) ‘Cuestión de Corazones’ (Regarding Hearts)
  • Baker, Hinemoana (2015) ‘Mi Melliza Canta’ and ‘Papel de Plata y los Manguitos de los Rotadores’ (My Twin Sister Sings and Al Foil and the Rotator Cuffs)
  • Green, Paula (2015) ‘Playa Bethells’ and ‘Mi Padre’ (Bethells Beach and My Father)
  • Stead, C. K. (2015) ‘Tu’ (You)
  • Ricketts, Harry (2015) ‘Gap’ and ‘Wellington, a Finales del Verano 2014’ (Gap and Wellington, late summer 2014)
  • Poole, Doug (2015) ‘Pouliuli’ (Pouliuli)
The following translations were the winning poems from the Given Words competitions for NZ National Poetry Day and are published in Spanish in Palabras Prestadas (Given Words).
The translations since 2021 are also published on the Spanish literary journal for island cultures Trasdemar.
  • Harley Mackenzie, Elliott (2023) 'transmutaciones' (transmutations)
  • Harris, Boh (2023) 'La escuela rota' (The Broken School)
  • Saunders, Tim (2023) 'Mi madre, efímera' (My Mother, Deciduous)
  • Simons, Sarah-Kate (2022) ‘Pronóstico’ (Prognosis)
  • Peterson, Saphra (2022) ‘Duda’ (Doubt)
  • White, Pat (2021) ‘Después de visitar la UCI’ (After visiting the IC ward)
  • Yang, Savarna (2021) ‘Anochecer’ (Eventide)
  • Whelan-Kopa, Aine (2021) ‘Hiki Te Hoe’
  • Airey, Stuart (2020) ‘Soy un corazón de la ballena azul’ (I am a Blue Whale Heart)
  • Simons, Sarah-Kate (2020) ‘Ático’ (Attic)
  • Holloway, Lily (2019) ‘de viaje con ángela’ (commuting with angela)
  • Peterson, Thalia (2019) ‘Vides’ (Vines)
  • McGeady, Craig (2018) ‘Procesional’ (Processional)
  • Prileszky, Jemma (2018) ‘Poema de estaciones’ (Seasons Poem)
  • Brooke-Carr, Elizabeth (2017) ‘Todo esto’ (All this)
  • Earl, Hannah (2017) ‘Una visita mágica’ (A Magical Visit)
  • Wootton, Sue (2016) ‘Vacaciones de primavera en la casa de campo Ballena Franca’ (Spring break at Right Whale Cottage)
  • Milne, Elizabeth (2016) ‘Estuario: Parque Infantil’ (Estuary Playground)


FILM – VÍDEO

Poetry Film
As Poet and Director:
  • (2021) La exposición, (The Exhibition), Olsen, Charles (poet), with collaborations from Eduardo Yagüe and Sarah Tremlett, among others. 8:24 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Selected for Berlin: FilmArte Festival, Granada: VIII Festival Cinemística 2022 El Refugio, Mexico City: Fotogenia Vol.4, Madrid: FilmArte Festival 2023
    Awards: Honorable Mention FilmArte Festival 2023, Madrid
  • (2020) Urban Landscape/Paisaje Urbano, Olsen, Charles (poet), 5:12 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Selected for Barcelona: Festival Nudo, Wellington: Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival (New Zealand Poetry Film Retrospective)
  • (2019) Vertigo, Olsen, Charles (poet), 1:18 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Selected for Cork: 7th Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition, Albacete: V Maldito Festival de Videopoesía, Barcelona: Nudo Festival 2023
  • (2017) Lucas, Olsen, Charles (poet), 4:10 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Selected for Cork: 5th Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition, Italy: Salerno Letteratura Festival, Portugal: Festival Literario de Madeira, Ireland: Clare Island Film Festival, Penzance: Newlyn Film Festival, Barranquilla: PoeMaRío XIV International Poetry Festival in the Caribbean
  • (2017) Mañana de Pesca (Morning’s Fishing), Olsen, Charles (poet), 5:14 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Selected for Rio de Janiero: Cinema do Mar.
    Featured in Atticus Review: https://atticusreview.org/mornings-fishing/
  • (2015) La Tarde (The Afternoon), Olsen, Charles (poet), 1:09 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/138450381.
    Selected for Poetry+Video touring programme curated by Marie Craven (Australia: Murwillumbah, Temporary global digital arts biennale: TheWrong, Cork: Ó Bhéal Winter Warmer, Split: Kino Klub, Athens: 8th international poetry video festival, Foggia: In Absentia Digital Pavilion, Versopolis: Festival of Hope, Sweden: at the fringe), Lisbon: Festival Silêncio, Barcelona: Festival Sinestësia.
    Featured in Poetry Film Live: http://poetryfilmlive.com/the-afternoon/
  • (2014) En Silencio (In Silence), Olsen, Charles (poet), 2:30 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/139246810.
    Selected for Madrid: V Festival Internacional Febrero Poético, Massachusetts: Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival, Berlin: ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Bristol: Liberated Words, Grimsby: Lightworks Film Festival.
    Featured in Poetry Film Live: http://poetryfilmlive.com/in-silence/
  • (2011) Kimono Rojo (Red Kimono), Olsen, Charles (poet), Sakai, Yoshie and Sakai, Eva (music), Noguchi, Ryoichi (artist) 5:14 min, Spain: antenablue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSRbRrQI_F4.
    Selected for Antwerp: Filmpoem Festival.

As Director:
  • (2024) En una casa flota una nube, (In a House a Cloud Floats), poems by the girls of Our Little Roses, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Olsen, Charles & Pallares, Lilián (Directors). 17:30 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Presented in Madrid: Festival Centroamérica Cuenta 2024, Oeiras: MOON Festival de Videopoesia 2024
  • (2023) silencio gris, (Grey Silence), Orellana, Gissel (poet), Olsen, Charles & Pallares, Lilián (Directors). 4:06 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Selected for Berlin: ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival in the competition ZEBRINO for poetry films for children and young people, San Pedro Sula: Museum of Anthropology and History, Wisconsin: Midwest Video Poetry Festival, Mexico City: Fotogenia
    Presented in Madrid: Festival Centroamérica Cuenta 202, Oeiras: MOON Festival de Videopoesia 2024
  • (2023) A-Dentro, (In-Side), Jiménez, Dayana (poet), Olsen, Charles & Pallares, Lilián (Directors). 2:32 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Selected for Seattle: Cadence Video Poetry Festival 2023, Albacete: VIII Maldito Festival de Videopoesía, Granada: 9º Festival Cinemística – Espejos de Amor
    Presented in Oeiras: MOON Festival de Videopoesia 2024
  • (2022) Mom Asks Me to Write Her a Poem About the Sky, Jones, Christine (poet), Olsen, Charles (Director). 3:00 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Selected for Michigan: Filmetry Festival, Barcelona: Nudo Festival 2023
    Awards: Third prize, Michigan: Filmetry Festival
  • (2021) The Calm Sea, Gill, Mia (poet), Olsen, Charles (Director and Original music). 2:37 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Selected for Tenerife/Barcelona: Festival Nudo
  • (2020) Llanto Congelado (Frozen Cry), Pallares, Lilián (poet), Olsen, Charles (Director), Pallares, Lilián (actor), Gill, Mia (actor), 5:08 min, Spain: antenablue.
    Selected for Palmerston North: 'Poesía sin fronteras/Poetry without Borders' in Papaioea Festival of the Arts, Athens: 9th International Video Poetry Festival, Melboure Australia: FILM+ GLOBAL CURRENTS, Wellington: Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival (New Zealand Poetry Film Retrospective), Lisbon: JÁ Festival (Top Ten Finalists)
    Awards: Honorable Mention (Collaborations) Seattle: Cadence Video Poetry Festival 2022
  • (2020) Noho Mai (‘Sit Here’), Tunui, Peta-Maria (poet), Tunui, Peta-Maria; Aniwaniwa McGee, Waitahi; Bailey-Edmonds, Shania; Harris, Jesse-Ana; Pallares, Lilián; and Olsen, Charles (Directors), 5:33 min, New Zealand/Spain: antenablue. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/433581860
    Selected for New Zealand: Wairoa Māori Film Festival, Berlin: ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival (Competition), Cork: 8th Ó Bhéal International Poetry Film Competition, Honolulu Museum of Art: Aotearoa New Zealand Film Showcase 2020, Ōtaki: Māoriland Film Festival, Seattle: Cadence Video Poetry Festival, Athens: 9th International Video Poetry Festival, Barcelona: Festival Nudo, Wisconsin: Midwest Video Poetry Festival, Madrid: ZEBRA Screening in Capítulo Uno Matadero Madrid 2021, Granada: Cinemística 'Los Alredadores del Silencio'
    Presented in Oeiras: MOON Festival de Videopoesia 2024
    Awards: 'Best Poetry Film' 8th Ó Bhéal International Poetry Film Competition
    Featured in Love in the Time of Covid (Ed. Witi Ihimaera, Michelle Elvy)
  • (2019) Catarsis (‘Catharsis’), [Booktrailer for Bestial] Pallares, Lilián (poet), Semedo, Artemisa (actor), Cámara, Marisa (actor/dancer), Mitú (music), 1:20 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/346196504
    Selected for Houston, TX: Poesía sin fronteras/Poetry without borders curated by Dave Bonta for REELpoetry, Palmerston North: 'Poesía sin fronteras/Poetry without Borders' in Papaioea Festival of the Arts
    Featured in Moving Poems: http://movingpoems.com/2020/05/catarsis-catharsis-by-lilian-pallares/
  • (2019) Viento Soplao (‘Whispering Wind’), Pallares, Lilián (poet), Madrid, Manuel and Paz, Nestor (music), 3:55 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/355420087
    Selected for Madrid: V Festival Internacional Febrero Poético
  • (2017) Cuerpos de Agua (‘Water Bodies’), Pallares, Lilián (poet), Madrid, Manuel and Paz, Nestor (music), 3:10 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/227491907.
    Featured in Moving Poems: http://movingpoems.com/2017/08/cuerpos-de-agua-water-bodies-by-lilian-pallares/
  • (2015) Alba (Dawn), Pallares, Lilián (poet), Olsen, Charles (music), 3:54 min, Spain: antenablue.
  • (2014) Pequeña Muerte (‘A Little Death’), Pallares, Lilián (poet), Nooten, Pieter (music), 6:15 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/93668753.
  • (2014) Libro de Huellas (‘Book of Traces’), Guinda, Ángel (poet), 3:16 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/90691536 [with English subtitles].
    Selected for Berlin: ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Argentina: VideoBardo Festival de Videopoesía
    Featured in Poetry Film Live: http://poetryfilmlive.com/the-book-of-traces/, Moving Poems: http://movingpoems.com/2014/11/libro-de-huellas-the-book-of-traces-by-angel-guinda/
  • (2014) Y Sonó la Alarma (And the Alarm Rang), Pallares, Lilián (poet), Rubén Maldonado, Pablo (music), 3:00 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/86795690 [English version].
    Selected for Houston, TX: Poesía sin fronteras/Poetry without borders curated by Dave Bonta for REELpoetry, Massachusetts: Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival (finalist and nominated for Best Music), Grimsby: Lightworks Film Festival, Palmerston North: 'Poesía sin fronteras/Poetry without Borders' in Papaioea Festival of the Arts, Mexico City: Festival Fotogenia (presentation by Sarah Tremlett)
    Featured in Moving Poems: http://movingpoems.com/2015/05/y-sono-la-alarma-and-the-alarm-rang-by-lilian-pallares/
  • (2013) Memoria de un Hijo Surgido, Monsalve Vergara, Juan Guillermo (poet), 4:21 min, Spain: antenablue. https://youtu.be/LxVaMqFuTt4
  • (2012) Besos Rotos (‘Broken Kisses’), Pallares, Lilián (poet), Nooten, Pieter (music), 2:43 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/53900389

Animation

Video Story
  • (2017) La pequeña niña en la Cueva del Silencio (‘The little girl in the silent cave’), Pallares, Lilián (author and narration), Olsen, Charles (music and illustrations), 7:48 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/248754446 [with English subtitles]

Short Film
  • (2014) Método para convertirse en el mejor de los tristes (‘Method to become the best sad person’), Ruiz Gil, María Paz (writer, narration), Eusse, Daniel (actor), Barragán, Felipe (animation), Olsen, Charles (music), Pallares Lilián and Olsen, Charles (film script, filming and edition), Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/90505306
  • (2010) La Danza de los Pinceles (The Dance of the Brushes), 8:49 min, Spain: TwentyFourSeven Films. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Lz0jY3yrU.
    Awarded second prize in the I Flamenco Short Film Festival (FFLAC2010), Sala Berlanga, Madrid. Selected for Nîmes: Flamenco Festival, Jerez: 21º Festival de Jerez, Mont-de-Marsan: 27º Festival Arte Flamenco, Alcalá de Guadaíra: Ciclo Miradas del Flamenco, Rodalquilar: Festival Flamenco340, Maracaibo: III Bienal Internacional de Flamenco, Montreal: 1ª Festival Flamenco, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Helsinki: Loikka Dance Film Festival, Coslada: Muestra de Cine y Flamenco, Madrid: Etereal Festival, Sevilla: XVI Bienal de Flamenco

Documentary
  • (2022) Las Muallaqat para millennials, 15:38 min, Spain: antenablue
    Interviews with translators into Spanish of the Mu'allaqat, pre-Islamic poems. Made with the support of the ithra Foundation.
    Presented in the poetry festival Febrero Poético 2023, Madrid.
  • (2021) Videopoesía en Portugal y España (Poetry film in Portugal and Spain), 52 min, Spain: antenablue. Premiere link: https://youtu.be/U2qom5yFHek. Version with subtitles available in English: https://vimeo.com/645692169
    Includes interviews with Alexandre Braga, Celia Parra, Agustín Fernández Mallo, Alejandro Céspedes, Eduardo Yagüe and Belén Gache. Also fragments of poetry films by Santiago Parres, Jordan T. Caylor, David Argüelles Redondo, Jokin Pascual, Sándor M. Salas and Ángel Guinda, and an introduction by Sarah Tremlett, editor of The Poetics of Poetry Film. It closes with a selection of pieces related with Charles's essay Poetic Sound from the same book.
    Presented in Argentina: 25th International Videopoetry Festival, VideoBardo, Europe: Brave New Literatures, Versopolis, Albacete: Maldito Festival V Ediition
  • (2011) Agita Flamenco, 13:25 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/31256602.
    Travel diary of the presentation of the recital ‘Agita Flamenco’ in the Venice Biennale. Charles Olsen (NZ) and Lilián Pallares (Colombia) recite their poems accompanied by Flamenco pianist, Pablo Rubén Maldonado (Granada, Spain), who plays the piano of the New Zealand sculptor, Michael Parekowhai, with its Maori carvings.
    Selected for the II Flamenco Short Film Festival (FFLAC2011), Matadero, Madrid

Videoclip
  • (2015) Camino a Samaín, 14:57 min, Spain: Juan d’Ors. https://youtu.be/dVUgZX8d5F8.
    Charles Olsen: edition and animation of illustrations
  • (2014) FLAMENCO—un videoclip de Juan d’Ors, 5:19 min, Spain: Juan d’Ors. https://vimeo.com/106972105.
    Charles Olsen: principal camera, edition, animations, and effects
  • (2011) La Piragua, 3:32 min, Spain: antenablue. https://vimeo.com/26964969.
    Videoclip for Colombian artist Álvaro Llerena Martínez
  • (2008) The Moment, 3:33, Spain: Charles Olsen. https://youtu.be/nWQwdYsuDu8.
    Videoclip for UK artist Hope Gee
  • (2008) I won’t call, 4:31 min, Spain Charles Olsen. https://youtu.be/VHXHlJ0Ag7c.
    Song by Charles Olsen. Camera: Paloma Etienne & Charles Olsen. Edition: Charles Olsen

Video Art
  • (2010) Cuentos de Anderson (‘Anderson’s Tales’), Spain: Charles Olsen and Pedro María Sánchez. Trailer: https://youtu.be/eRr1l6l6OYI.
    Series of four videocreations for a live multidiscipline concert-poem. Composer: Jesús Torres. Narration and direction: Pedro María Sánchez. Music: Iñaki Alberdi, accordion, and the Arbós Trío

Making Of
  • (2018) Behind the scenes during photography sessions for publicity for the theatre production of 'Alguien voló sobre el nido del cuco' by Dale Wasserman, for La Dalia Films, 2:38 min, Spain: Charles Olsen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZS8JITsfvw
  • (2014) 'FLAMENCO – Un videoclip de Juan d’Ors – Making-of' 4:00 min, Spain: Charles Olsen. https://vimeo.com/105231827

Trailer

Book Trailer


PERFORMANCE

  • (2021) Poetic actions and narration during But Tomorrow the Light Will Be for Others – Film and Indigenous Lives in the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, during Session 4. Stories. Children’s Programme, together with the cultural association 'La Parcería Infancia y Familia', Madrid
  • Palabra Azul – poesía del agua, performance by Pallares, Lilián (poet and actress) and Olsen, Charles (music), with video-projection of Aguirre, Daniel (narrator), in:
    • Expoesía 12, Palacio de la Audiencia Theatre, Soria, 2019.
    • Black Barcelona Festival, Barcelona, 2019
    • Centro Cultural Buenavista, Madrid, 2020
    • Casa de la Lectura, Segovia, 2021
  • (2018) Poesía para despertar (‘Poetry to wake to’), live recital, performed by Pallares, Lilián (poetry) and Olsen, Charles (poetry and piano), Huerga & Fierro publishers, Madrid
  • (2017) No hay dos sin tres, Barbara Fritsche Dance Project, contemporary dance, Olsen Charles (video art, photography and soundscape), Pallares, Lilián (poem), Madrid, Spain
  • (2017) Parpadeos, Flamenco Biënnale Netherlands, La Compañía Parpadeo. Olsen, Charles (video art)
    Trailer (edited by Charles Olsen): https://vimeo.com/99846261
  • antenablue, live audiovisual poetry recital, performed by Pallares, Lilián (poetry) and Olsen, Charles (poetry), in:
    • La Expositiva, Asociación del Diente de Oro, Granada Book Fair, 2015.
    • University of Mysticism (CITeS), Avila, 2014.
    • Voix Vives Poetry Festival, Toledo, 2014
  • (2012) Agita Flamenco, live recital, performed by Muñoz, Selene (flamenco dance), Rubén Maldonado, Pablo (flamenco piano), Pallares, Lilián (poetry) and Olsen, Charles (poetry), Vhanguirald, Louis (stage direction), Sala Manuel de Falla, General Society of Publishers and Authors (SGAE), Madrid. Excerpt: https://vimeo.com/44334487
  • (2011) Agita Flamenco, live recital, performed by Rubén Maldonado, Pablo (flamenco piano), Pallares, Lilián (poetry) and Olsen, Charles (poetry), New Zealand Pavillion, Venice Art Biennale (during the exhibition of Michael Parekowhai), Italy


FESTIVALS AND READINGS – FESTIVALES Y LECTURAS

Festivals
  • (2024) MOON Festival de Videopoesia, Oeiras, Portugal. Round table with Charles Olsen and Lilián Pallares (antenablue), Marta Angela and João Alves (Von Calhau!) and Nuno Miguel Guedes (moderator) followed by a screening of our collaborative poetry films Noho Mai, A-Dentro, Silencio gris and En una casa flota una nube.
  • (2024) Festival Centroamérica Cuenta, En una casa flota una nube: screening of two poetry films made with the girls of the Our Little Roses orphanage during the Our Little Roses Poetry Fellowship, and conversation with writer Gabriela Lovera.
  • (2023) Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival, Roundtable 'How to Film a Poem' and New Zealand Poetry Film Retrospective as well as Festival Jury, Wellington, 2–3 November
  • (2022) 26th Poetry Festival of Cartagena 'Poesía en la Ruta de la Paz' ('Poetry on the Path of Peace'), Colombia, 1–10 December
  • (2022) Presentation of the poetry collection La rebeldía del sol in the Bibioteca Piloto del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia, 2 December
  • (2022) Projection of poetry film 'La Palabra Vista' and conversations with poets and filmmakers Charles Olsen and Lilián Pallares in Esquina Fest 2022, Barranquilla, 18 November
  • (2022) Conversation with filmmakers 1 (English) in Festival Fotogenia, noviembre 2022
  • (2022) Presentation of the poetry collection La rebeldía del sol at the Soria Book Fair Expoesía, 4 August
  • (2022) Presentation of the documentary 'Videopoetry in Portugal and Spain' in Brave New Literatures festival organised by Versopolis, 4 February
  • (2021) Presentation and interview together with Sarah Tremlett on 'The Poetics of Poetry Film' in VideoBardo Festival de Videopoesía, Buenos Aires, 4 December
  • (2021) Guest poet in PoeMaRío 2021, XIV International Festival of Poetry in the Caribbean. See: Recital in alliance with the Biblioteca Piloto del Caribe, and in conversation with Miguel Iriarte and Lilián Pallares about our poetry filmmaking in: Poesía visual: una perspectiva desde antenablue, Barranquilla, Colombia
  • (2021) Presented Poesía sin fronteras/Poetry without Borders in Papaioea Festival of the Arts – Curated by Dave Bonta and produced and presented by Charles Olsen, Palmerston North City Library, 19 February, New Zealand
  • (2019) Presentation Antonio Machado Poetry Fellowship of Segovia and Soria in Expoesía 12, Soria Book Fair
  • (2018) Presentation of the anthology Poetas de Otros Mundos, Resistencia y verdad in Expoesía 11, Soria Book Fair
  • (2017) Presentation 'Antípodas', on my artistic and poetic journey from New Zealand to the antipodes, during the Oceania Week at the CajaCanarias Foundation, Tenerife
  • (2016) Presentation of poetry films during the 9º Festival Internacional de Poesía en el Caribe, PoeMaRío, in Barranquilla, Colombia
  • (2015) IX Encuentro Internacional de Literatura '3 Orillas' in The Canary Islands, Canarias Cultura
  • (2015) International Poetry Festival of Madrid "Poetas cantan a la vida", Complutense University, Madrid
  • (2015) Festival MEDMAD in the Ateneo, Madrid and in La Granja, Segovia
  • (2015) Recital in the cycle La luz del callejón in La Expositiva in the Granada Book Fair
  • (2014) Voix Vives, Toledo
  • (2014) Guest poet on the Tren de los poetas (Poet's train), Cuenca
  • (2013) Primer preparatorio El Festival Internacional de Poesía en el Caribe, PoeMaRío 2013, Auditorio Mario Santo Domingo, Biblioteca Piloto del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia

Readings
  • (2024) Guest poet in Poetry Slam Madrid, El Intruso, Madrid, 4 September
  • (2024) Encuentro en torno del libro 'La rebeldía del sol' en Big Tree Books, Madrid, 15 de mayo
  • (2024) Guest poet in Poesía Fugitiva, Los Pequeños Seres Bookshop, Madrid, 24 March
  • (2024) Summer Readings 'Aotearoa & Elsewhere', The Undercurrent, Wellington, 10 January
  • (2023) Salon Series Reading, invited guest reader with Robert Sullivan and Lola Elvy, Dunedin, 3 December
  • (2023) 34ª Jam Session de Poesía, Fe De Erratas, La Noche de los Libros, el 21 de abril
  • (2022) Recital with Leo Castillo and Lilián Pallares in the 'Patio de los vientos perdidos', Casa Morón, Barranquilla
  • (2022) Reading in the Book Fair of San Pedro Sula 2022, Honduras, with Lilián Pallares, October
  • (2019) Poetry reading in 'el foro', Madrid, organised by Nikodim—Divna Níkolic, February
  • (2018) Reading and presentation of poetry films La Palabra Vista in Salón Rojo, Antonio Machado Institute, Soria, November
  • (2018) Día de las Escritoras, Casa de la Lectura, Segovia, October
  • (2018) Poetry films by Olsen and Pallares in Espácio Abierto para la Poesía, Biblioteca Pública de Segovia, October
  • (2018) Presentation of the anthology Poetas de Otros Mundos. Resistencia y verdad in Aragón House, Madrid, and Espacio Ronda, Madrid
  • (2018) Recital en La Noche Boca Arriba (with Lino Bolaños, Verónica Aranda, Andrés Izu, Gonzalo Muñoz Barallobre and Lilián Pallares), Madrid
  • (2018) Recital with Instantes O'Clock, in the Ateneo, Madrid, and in FotoPoesía + Foto-Retratos, Mercado de Las Ranas, April, May and June
  • (2017) Guest poet at the Tertulia Literaria Hispanoamericana Rafael Montesinos, Madrid
  • (2017) Poetry reading with Lilián Pallares at The Albion Beatnik Bookshop, Oxford
  • (2017) Encuentro Febrero Poético, Espacio Ronda, Madrid
  • (2016) Presentation of Antípodas (Huerga y Fierro, 2016), Fundación Arcilla, Madrid
  • (2016) Recital in the cycle Pensamiento Marginal (Marginal Thought), Ateneo of Madrid
  • (2015) Recital with Lilián Pallares in the Gerardo Diego Sala of the Casino Amistad Numancia, Soria
  • (2015) Guest poet in "Vuelos Migratorios", FNAC Castellana, Madrid
  • Film poem ALBA (poem "Dawn" by Lilián Pallares) presented in the Colombian Embassy, Madrid
  • (2014) La Nueva Paris Literaria, Café Comercial, Madrid
  • (2014) Universidad de la Mística, Ávila
  • (2014) Guest poet in the Miguelturra International Poetry Festival
  • (2012) ANTÍPODAS - 2 New Zealand Poets, recital in La Marabunta, Madrid with Ron Riddell
  • (2012) Presentation of "Sr Citizen" and short films in the Albion Beatnik bookshop, Oxford
  • (2012) La Noche Incandescent, recital in El Despertar, La Noche de los Libros 23 April, Madrid with Lilián Pallares, Juan Guillermo Vergara Monsalve and singer-songwriter Alex Florez
  • (2012) Presentation of Sr Citizen and the collection Hecho en Lavapiés in Sala Triángulo, Lavapiés, Madrid
  • (2012) 3ª edición Un hipopótamo muy pequeño - recital with Miguel Angel Arcas and musician Shangó Dely
  • (2011) Guest poet in Poetry Slam, Café Libertad 8, November 2011
  • (2011) Enlaces, Recital with poet Jesús Malia in Café Libertad 8
  • (2011) Kiwis con Cumbia, Presentation of Sr Citizen alongside Voces Mudas by Lilián Pallares, in La Central, the bookshop of the Reina Sofía Art Museum
  • (2011) Jornada Literaria Alternativa, Cuesta de Moyano, Madrid
  • (2011) IV Recital de Poesía Internacional Poetas Antología s.XXI, Diablos Azules, Madrid
  • (2011) Presentation of Sr Citizen, with the participation of Diego Valverde Villena, Bárbara Allende Ouka Leele, Hipólito García Fernández 'Bolo', Javier Lostalé and the Reverend Barry Olsen, Bookshop/gallery Gloria, Madrid
  • (2011) Recital of poetry of John Keats – Presentation of Antología de John Keats, Olifante Ediciones (Spanish translations: Rafael Lobarte), alongside poets Angel Guinda and Javier Lostelé, Café Libertad 8, Madrid
  • (2011) Homage to Enrique Tierno Galván, PSOE, Organised by Antonino Nieto, Madrid
  • (2011) Colectiva Poética La Latina - World Poetry Day, Madrid
  • (2011) The Imagined Voice, Guest poet with Labarca Ebria collective, Calvario Bar, Madrid
  • (2011) Presentation Anthology of poetry POETAP, Foundation of Progress and Culture, Madrid
  • (2010) Seminar of video-poetry, Etereal Festival, Foundation of Progress and Culture, Madrid
  • (2010) Sopa de letras. Colombian radio (sponsored by the ministry of culture), Colombia
  • (2010) Homage to the poet Miguel Hernández. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
  • (2010) Homage to the poet Miguel Hernández. University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
  • (2010) Biblioteca Popular del Barrio de La Paz, Barranquilla, Colombia
  • (2010) Poetas Bajo Palabra. Centro Penetenciario, Barrio del Bosque, Barranquilla, Colombia
  • (2010) Poetas Bajo Palabra. Teatro Amira de la Rosa, Barranquilla, Colombia
  • (2010) V Congreso Metapoesia, Madrid, Spain
  • (2010) V El Insomnio de los Escombros. (Bolo Producciones) Dr Piga 7, Lavapiés, Madrid, Spain
  • (2010) La Noche en Blanco en Diablos Azules, Madrid, Spain
  • (2009) Palabras Trashumantes - Homage to sweetcorn. Centro Hispano-centroamericano, Madrid, Spain
  • (2009) Acentos de fondo. Raices del Mundo, Madrid, Spain


EXHIBITIONS – EXPOSICIONES

Solo Exhibitions
  • (2011) deflamenco gallery, Moratín 6, Madrid
    https://www.deflamenco.com/revista/galeria/exposicion-charles-olsen-pinturas-y-fotografias-1.html
  • (2007) La Casa de los Jacintos, La Latina, Madrid, Spain
  • (2006) Los Artistas del Barrio – puertas abiertas – Lavapies, Madrid, Spain
  • (2005) Retratos - La Plaza de las Artes, Madrid, Spain
  • (2003) Windsor Street Gallery, Chertsey, UK
  • (2001) Plimmer Steps Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
  • (1999) The Caravan, Lyne, with music by “Drunk on Logic”, UK
  • (1999) St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions

(Last updated: 22 September 2024)

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