Aase Berg from Sweden, Luis Chaves from Costa Rica and Sinéad Morrissey from Northern Ireland read their full selection of festival poems. Translations into Dutch and/or English will be projected directly along. The readings will be preceded by an introduction to the poets' work. Presentation: Feline Streekstra.
Ever since her first collection Hos Rådjur (1997), Aase Berg writes direct, harsh and compressed poetry full of alliteration and neologisms, in which she dissects and distorts the world as we know it with uncanny precision. In her new collection Hackers involving both hackers and parasites, Aase Berg delivers her intelligent observations and intriguing assertions with convincing poetic fury.
Luis Chaves' work balances between simplicity and complexity; simplicity is in the tone, form and the colloquial directness of his sentences, complexity comes from the situations and human confrontations described. With slightly ironic and humorous undercurrents, Chaves manages to highlight the whole spectrum of human existence while writing about football, boxing, snapshots, family customs or life on the streets.
Sinéad Morrissey's poems hit the mark. The setting is clear but not infrequently unusual. A subtle play begins to capture in words all aspects of the given situation. As the poems unfold, the perspective shifts and inner and outer worlds, history and current events become intertwined. The resulting images and fluid associations give the poems a strong dramatic force.
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