POETS BUILDING BRIDGES: World Poetry Day 2022 Triangulation Project
The second in a month-long series of triangulations between international communities of poets, conceived, produced and directed by series host George Wallace.
Attendance at this zoom event, which will also be streamed live on Facebook and recorded and posted on YouTube, is free. Register through Eventbrite. Please note morning start!
Featured on March 6 are the following:
From BULGARIA; Anton Baev, Elka Dimitrova, and poet/musician Ivan Hristo (poet / musician)
From GEORGIA: Shota Iatashvili, Paata Shamugia, and musician Erikle Deisadze
From NYC: Billy Cancel, Patricia Carragon, Chatham Grey, and musician Ptr Kozlowski
In addition to Wallace, comperes for the event are Anton Baev, Shota Iatashvili. fb livestream will be hosted by great weather for MEDIA. YouTube recording courtesy of Cultivating Voices.
This event is the second in the inaugural World Poetry Day Triangulation Project, an arts collaboration joining poets and musicians worldwide for six days in March, 2022. They include
Mar 5: UK, US, Colombia
Mar 6: Bulgaria, US, Georgia
Mar 12: Korea, US, Lower Rio Grande Valley
Mar 13: Italy, US, Armenia
Mar 19: Italy, US, Romania
Mar 20: UK, US, India
On each of those days three different groups of performers representing world nations and cultures will gather by zoom to share their work and directly demonstrate the power of the arts to join the world's people together. In all, a dozen international communities will present their work, representing regions of the US, UK, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Armenia, Georgia, South America, India and Korea.
'Poets practice looking at the world differently, and sometimes it takes the vision of poets to see the world in a new way," said Wallace. "For example, most people look at New York City and think 'city of towers', with all the positives and negatives which towers suggest -- towers that reach like Babel to the firmament of money or gods, icons of human accomplishment and aspiration. But if you look at it another way, a city is also a place of tunnels and bridges. This project tells the world to pause for a moment, forget gods and money and other aspirations – and let us busy ourselves together, building bridges to each other."