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ARTIVAL TALKS- WRITING PROCESS AND PRACTICE

Time: 24.8.2023, 17.00 – 18.30
Address: Nordic Culture Point library, Kaisaniemenkatu 9 / online
Language: English

As part of ARTIVAL RE:CONNECT, a Nordic multilingual cultural festival spearheaded by IMMART, Red Door Gallery is pleased to invite you to “Writing Process and Practice”, an ARTIVAL Talk on multilingual, multicultural, multimedia writing, by poets, storytellers and playwrights, characters intertwining their stories and writing experiences with the cultural landscape of the Nordic communities they’re a part of.

Some of the subjects discussed will include overcoming language barriers and navigating multilingualism in writing, transitioning from the paper to the stage, and working in multimedia formats to engage the audience and feed back the important conversations relevant to our time.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Yemmi Butterman is a Nigerian poet and narrative fiction author, who finds solace in all forms of creative symphonies. Yemi is the author of Two Geniuses and a Fool and Pride of the Middle One. In his recent poetry titled Symphony Village, he delves into the intrinsic motivation to confront the fears of uncertainty, drawing inspiration from the interplay between his Yoruba roots, the English Language, and the contextual Nordic region.

FB: @yemibutterman
IG: @buttermanbreathes

Vladislav Nenchev originates from Bulgaria where he worked for two decades in academia and the IT sector. Since he moved to Finland in 2017, he has shifted increasingly from abstract scientific research to the concrete study of human nature and interactions. This shift has resulted in a multitude of short literary works – play manuscripts, stories, poems, and spoken word monologues – several of which have seen the light of stage among Helsinki’s amateur theater companies. Vladislav is a member of two creative collectives: Helsinki Writers’ Group and The Finn-Brit Players. He has also contributed to select issues of “Marvin – The Lehti” a fiction newspaper published by the Helsinki University Science Fiction Club.

FB: @lucxfer

Elizabeth Torres is a Colombian-American poet, multimedia artist, literary translator and cultural organizer. Editor in chief of the arts & culture quarterly publication Red Door Magazine, director of Red Door Gallery, host of the Red Transmissions podcast, founder of the Poetic Phonotheque. Elizabeth creates under the moniquer Madam Neverstop, and is a frequent collaborator in festivals and cultural projects in the Nordic region, the US and Latin America.

FB: @madamneverstop
IG: @madamneverstop

Read more about ARTIVAL Talks:www.globeartpoint.fi.

This event is co-organized by Nordic Culture Point, Globe Art Point, Red Door and IMMART.