Matadero Madrid center for contemporary creation
FESTIVAL POETAS
13th edition
Institution
POETAS, run by publishers Arrebato Libros and Matadero Madrid, in collaboration with Feria del Libro, celebrates its 13th edition with a vast programme including international artists such as Joan La Barbara, Anne Waldman & Fast Speaking Music, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido, Hollie Mcnish, Manuel García and Lixo Luxo Poético.
At a national level, the festival includes the presence of great poet from Leon, Antonio Gamoneda, one of Spain´s major artists, awarded with Premio Cervantes 2006; the peculiar group from Seville Mansilla y los Espías (Fernando Mansilla, Jasio Velasco and Daniel Abad); Madrilean poet Mercedes Cebrián; artist Héctor Arnau from Valencia, who will join his group Víctimas Civiles; artist and musician Marc Vilanova from Barcelona and Basque electronic musician Rrucculla.
The festival´s second day is devoted to Accidents Polipoètics, a superb artistic duet formed by Xavier Theros and Rafael Metlikovez, who passed away last year and whom the festival honours, along with artists Xavier Theros, Pascal Comelade, Pau Riba, Ajo, Josep Pedrals, Frank T, Richard C. Moore, Barba Corsini (Eduard Escoffet and Pope), Martí Sales, Javier Pérez Andújar, Peru Saizprez, Pep Pascual, Consuelo Bautista, Ivan Telefunken and MacroMassa.
This year´s festival image reproduces the cover of a mythical record Tapesongs by Joan La Barbara produced by Chiaoscuro Records with the collaboration of John Cage. The original picture was taken in 1968 by Hank O’Neal, one of the most prestigious photographers in the United States, who also photographed major figures of the Beat Generation such as Allen Ginsberg or William Burroughs. Poets, now in 2018, has gathered again Joan La Barbara and Han O’Neal in New York to re-take the same picture 40 years later. Both artists will visit Matadero Madrid on July 2, to share the story of this picture, and Joan La Barbara will perform a very special act. On that same day, the festival will include the performance of American poet, performer and activist Anne Waldman, one of the few artists that remains active from the Beat Generation.
The festival collaborates for the third time in a row with Madrid´s annual book fair, Feria del Libro de Madrid, and will include the presence of national and international publishers who care about the object and a more personal distribution. The festival also features several installations and collaborative workshops for all audiences.
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At a national level, the festival includes the presence of great poet from Leon, Antonio Gamoneda, one of Spain´s major artists, awarded with Premio Cervantes 2006; the peculiar group from Seville Mansilla y los Espías (Fernando Mansilla, Jasio Velasco and Daniel Abad); Madrilean poet Mercedes Cebrián; artist Héctor Arnau from Valencia, who will join his group Víctimas Civiles; artist and musician Marc Vilanova from Barcelona and Basque electronic musician Rrucculla.
The festival´s second day is devoted to Accidents Polipoètics, a superb artistic duet formed by Xavier Theros and Rafael Metlikovez, who passed away last year and whom the festival honours, along with artists Xavier Theros, Pascal Comelade, Pau Riba, Ajo, Josep Pedrals, Frank T, Richard C. Moore, Barba Corsini (Eduard Escoffet and Pope), Martí Sales, Javier Pérez Andújar, Peru Saizprez, Pep Pascual, Consuelo Bautista, Ivan Telefunken and MacroMassa.
This year´s festival image reproduces the cover of a mythical record Tapesongs by Joan La Barbara produced by Chiaoscuro Records with the collaboration of John Cage. The original picture was taken in 1968 by Hank O’Neal, one of the most prestigious photographers in the United States, who also photographed major figures of the Beat Generation such as Allen Ginsberg or William Burroughs. Poets, now in 2018, has gathered again Joan La Barbara and Han O’Neal in New York to re-take the same picture 40 years later. Both artists will visit Matadero Madrid on July 2, to share the story of this picture, and Joan La Barbara will perform a very special act. On that same day, the festival will include the performance of American poet, performer and activist Anne Waldman, one of the few artists that remains active from the Beat Generation.
The festival collaborates for the third time in a row with Madrid´s annual book fair, Feria del Libro de Madrid, and will include the presence of national and international publishers who care about the object and a more personal distribution. The festival also features several installations and collaborative workshops for all audiences.
CHECK FULL PROGRAMME AND SCHEDULES
