I arrived at midnight on Sunday. I loved the city immediately but was struck with altitude sickness yesterday. The people are very kind and today I am much better. We had a press conference this morning with around forty journalists. There were great questions ranging from the secret of poetry to Soundwalk Collectives’ process. Then we made some adjustments in the Correspondence exhibition which was exciting. There are eight screens with subject matter concerning climate change, underwater seismic guns that are devastating the whale and dolphin communities, the death of Pasolini, the rage of Medea, and the artist and acolyte seen through the eyes of Tarkovsky. Tonight we will be performing these pieces at the late eighteenth century opera house.
I am including some pictures. It was raining today so I didn’t take many. But I am including work in progress shots of Correspondence. I hope all is well with everyone. My heart is heavy thinking of fires everywhere. I hope you are all safe. I will report tomorrow. Incidentally, the soup comes with fresh avocado and a roasted ear of corn….
Hi! Yesterday I went to see the installation Correspondences in Bogotá and despite the fact I missed your performance in July here, I was lucky to hear Santiago Gardeazabal, I guess, doing a “guided” tour in the exhibition when I finished watching the exhibition. He explained wonderfully everything and mentioned all the references to film directors I'm not familiar with, he told us about the story you told him about lost whales and dolphins ( I had no idea that was happening down deep in the oceans of our planet), Chernobyl, Medea. By reading your Correspondence with Stephan, I could grasp better the whole message of the exhibition despite my ignorance :) what I loved the most about Correspondences is how your poems are presented, socialized in such a multimodal way. It made me dream of my own poems presented that way an not in a hardcover printed book. Thank you for showing me there are many other ways to socialize poems. Thank you for putting down your words alongside soundscapes, video, imagery. Thank you :)
On of my sisters lives in Bogata , maybe 50+ years , with intervals in other Columbian. cities. Hope you enjoy!!~