The poeSIA in Moreland Festival will not only be part of a wide range of arts and cultural activity in the city, but it will also proudly celebrate cultural diversity by creating cross-cultural engagement between Italian poets, writers, translators and musicians and other ethnic groupings within Moreland, thus promoting a wider Australian literary/arts consciousness.
While this festival is primarily targeted at the Italian community in the City of Moreland, it is very important that the festival be inclusive by presenting original readings or recitals in both Italian and English text and in translation.
The intention is to give the listening audience the opportunity to experience a poem or song in English from another language with the same intensity and purpose as it was originally meant, which can only therefore be made possible by the “art of translation”.
This festival features Italian language writers & musicians in collaboration with artists from other cultures, i.e, Malaysian, Congolese, Middle Eastern, Irish/Australian and others. Venues include the Coburg Library, the Brunswick Town Hall, the Brunswick Asylum Seekers Welcome Centre at the Uniting Church, the Belfiore Café and the Rinaldi Gallery also in Brunswick.
Full programme coming soon! Watch this space…
