Napolipoetry. 2001

The sound of time passing brings back the echo of a children's game: "if it were a flower, if it were a fruit, if it were an animal...". Let's try to play with Napolipoesia: if it were a natural element what would it be? It is difficult to give up the water of the sea of ​​Naples, the fire of Vesuvius, the materiality of the earth and bodies, but in the end we would say air. Because birds and electrical impulses, planes and kites, music and voices travel in the air. And the wind. An impertinent breeze that disturbs dusty volumes, that brings new life into rooms that have been closed for too long, whose access is forbidden by priests and vestals of Culture. Carried by this wind, on a spring night, the migrants of the word will land and the spell, at least for three days, can be broken: poetry can return to life. He will whisper, or perhaps shout, to each of us, that "tenderness is revolutionary", that love is subversive, that diversity is richness, that change is possible, indeed essential to prevent the offense done to the world from turning against us all. For this magic of the encounter between reality and utopia to come true, we considered it essential to also build this second edition of Napolipoesia starting from the primary element of the body of the poet who reads his text, thus reuniting with the orality of the genesis of the poem. So we have once again reduced to the bare minimum what stands between this event and the listener, allowing (also through the video projection of the translations) direct, almost physical contact, a sort of embrace from the public who recognizes its poet. But at the same time we continued to encourage contamination between languages, insisting on multimedia not as a gadget, but as a space for experimentation and documentation. We continue to favor the interaction between poets and musicians, which in our opinion offers a new dimension that is not only emotional, but above all expressive. We are also aware of having made choices that may make academics turn up their noses: we don't love pure poetry (assuming it exists), we prefer those poets who know how to express themselves as a voice of everyday life, who are a living part of history or rather of stories, we like voices that know how to give substance to dreams and passions. In conclusion we hope that the Maschio Angioino in these three evenings is not the castle of purity, but the happy Tower of Babel in which everyone brings their own identity, emerging richer in imagination and desire, in humanity and poetry.

Program

Castel Nuovo - Maschio Angioino Napoli 27/28/29 April 2001 PROGRAM 27 April 2001 7.00pm – 9.00pm “The voices of poetry” (Audiobox: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Jayne Cortez, Michael McClure & Ray Manzarek, etc.) 7.00pm – 9.00pm “Videopoesie” United States of Poetry (A. Ginsberg, A. Baraka, L. Cohen, L. Reed, D. Walkott, L. Ferlinghetti, Czeslaw Milosz, Joseph Brodsky, Sandra Cisneros, Rita Dove, etc.) 9.00 pm Inauguration Napolipoesia 2001 Reading: Michele Bàino (Italy) Paul Dakeyo (Cameroon) Christopher Dewdney (Canada) Antonio Gamoneda (Spain) Alberto Masala (Italy) Izet Sarajlic (Bosnia) Janine Pommy Vega (United States) April 28, 2001 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm “The voices of poetry” (Audiobox: Mario Benedetti, Alvaro Mutis, Pablo Neruda, Clara Janes, Dulce Maria Loynaz, etc.) 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm “Videopoems” The Life & Time of Allen Ginsberg; Oye familia by Piri Thomas; Every child is born a poet by Piri Thomas, etc. 9.00 pm Reading: Casimiro de Brito (Portugal) Tommaso Di Francesco (Italy) Jack Hirschman (United States) Devorah Major (United States) Juan Carlos Marset (Spain) Roger Robinson (Great Britain) Ciril Zlobec (Slovenia) April 29, 2001 7.00 – 9.00 pm “The voices of poetry” (Audiobox: Seamus Heaney, Tony Harrison, Ken Smith, Sonia Sanchez, Serge Pey, Piri Thomas, etc.) 7.00pm – 9.00pm “Videopoems” Lament 99 by Marko Novacovic (Lament over Belgrade by Milos Crnjanski); V by Tony Harrison; Ungaretti's rivers; Pasolini meets Ezra Pound, etc. 9.00 pm Reading: Gabriele Frasca (Italy) Sinan Gudzevic (Serbia/Croatia) Hawad (Tuareg) David Henderson (United States) Vicente Valero (Spain) Hugh Tolhurst (Australia) Carmen Yáñez (Chile) __________ Musicians: Carmela Cardone (harp) Maurizio Carbone (drums, percussion) Mauro Di Domenico (guitar and strings) Gaspare Di Lieto (piano) Ferdinando Gandolfi (traditional wind instruments) George Johnson jr. (drums, percussion) Alfredo Messina (accordion) Enzo Nini (saxophones), Massimiliano Sacchi (clarinets and keyboards).

Information

Municipality of Naples Department of Culture Thanks to: Instituto Cervantes of Naples and Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte – Dirección General del Libro, Archivos y Bibliotecas, Madrid The British Council Institut français de Naples PEN Club Slovenia Ministério da Cultura and Instituto Português do Livro e das Libraries, Lisbon Washington Square Film, New York Teche–Archivi Rai, Rome Prix Italia, Rome Australia Council for the Arts of Rome Embassy of Canada in Italy and Canada Council for the Arts Oriental University Institute of Naples, Department of American Studies