With Uruguay as the guest country, this new version of the International Book and Reading Festival will feature free workshops, training days focused on debate, literary creation and reading promotion, fourteen presentations of national books and guest Uruguayan writers, six conversations and a live interview within the framework of these discussions and, in addition, each day will close with a musical show by prominent national artists.
On Thursday the 29th at 8:30 p.m. on the main stage of the Ñuñoa International Book and Reading Festival 2024, five Chilean poets will read five Uruguayan poets in a poetry recital accompanied by the Modular Ensemble directed by the musician. Gonzalo Henriquez.
The poet, musician and vocalist of the band González y Los Asís, spoke with The counter about the presentation:
“They called me from the municipality and I began to put together an ensemble, we could say music that was a little more experimental than traditional rock, so we prepared an ensemble of two electric guitars, a drum kit, a double bass and an electric bass. With the texts they sent me, I began to devise the music and we already met in a rehearsal with the poets who are going to read these Uruguayan poets,” said Henríquez.
This meeting is the reflection of one of the main nuclei of this new edition of FILL 2024, since what unites Chile and Uruguay from the literary tradition is poetry and its recognized exponents. For this recital, the Chilean poets selected their favorite authors, many of them whom they knew or who have been studying and teaching about their work for years, among whom Cristina Peri Rossi and Idea Vilariño stand out, two Uruguayan figures whose texts about love, eroticism and politics have been awarded internationally, occupying spaces of recognition that previously only highlighted male voices.
Among the participating poets, we will have Diego Alfaro reading to Circe Maia, Cristina Bravo reading to Delmira Agustini, Paula Ilabaca reading to Idea Vilariño, Simon Villalobos reading to Marosa di Giorgio, Catalina Rios reading to Cristina Peri Rossi, Veronica Zondek reading to Amanda Berenguer.
“The group is very entertaining, diverse and experimental. We improvise a little, we make noises and as always there is a little rock,” added the musician.
This show is free, open to the public, and does not require registration. The entire presentation will have LSCh interpretation.
The artist also talked about his influences and urban art, “there are some who work a little more with the texts and who make a good mix, some make music with folklore and as I say, I think that the word and the lyrics let us say if the urban workers start working on them, I think they could generate a very good progress,” he expressed.
Check out the full interview below: