La Mama Poetica: Voiceprints
To coincide with La Mama’s 40th anniversary celebrations, La Mama Poetica presents Voiceprints, a program of immersive performances by poets and sound poets who have made their mark by striking out alone against prevailing trends.
La Mama Poetica: Voiceprints features live works by visiting Japanese sound poet and composer Tomomi Adachi, TTO with visual artist Sandy Caldow, Ali Alizadeh with musicians Elissa Goodrich and Ria Soemardjo, Emilie Zoey-Baker, the improvising chorus Unamunos Quorum with poets jeltje and Peter Murphy, Ania Walwicz and Sydney-based poet Amanda Stewart. These performance-orientated poets present pieces of contemporary time and place that are informed by engaging with a constantly evolving and increasingly complex world. The artists create an eclectic "polypoetry" (literally meaning poetry of many possibilities) setting, where meaningful poetic expression evolves using theatrics, visual and performance art, musical composition and movement. The set design virtually references the spirit of the contributions made to La Mama Poetica by the Indigenous poet, the late Lisa Bellear.
Culminating with pieces that stretch the boundaries of what poetry is, La Mama Poetica: Voiceprints introduces Melbourne audiences to new and challenging poetic forms, including techno-automatic writing, Sufi-inspired World Jazz and poetry-in-motion.
For more information visit www.lamama.com.au/poetica.html
Credits
Director - Tania Beer Set Designer - Robyne Latham Lighting Designer - Jenny Hector Sound Designer - Harry Williamson
UQ - Sjaak de Jong, Mark Lewis, Anna Fern, Polly Christie, Eliane Mortreux Technical Production - Lyn Healy