meetings: “ ‘round us”

who are we and who is ‘round us?

virlana tkacz (new york) — director of yara arts group from la mama theatre

svitlana matvienko (kyiv) — editor of newspaper “literature plus”

what is our interest and language?

· word, color, gesture

· sound, shade, movement

· poetry, painting, theatre

· ukrainian, english, buryat, hebrew, crimean tatar

what you’ll hear

“on poetry”

an evening with poet

oleh lysheha

and

the presentation of his new book “to snow and fire”

(lilea NV press, ivano-frankivsk)

thursday

30 january 6:00 PM

kyiv-mohyla academy campus building #1 second floor

1. what is presence? and what is the (per)ception of (pre)sence? can you hear it? see it? experience it? capture it? imagine it?

2. presence is the knowledge of experience, existence. presence is communion. communion is interaction.

3. everyday we witnesses numerous phenomenon. try to forget everything and experience again something for the first time, and for the first time become conscious of the revelation of presence, all its tension, its movement through the air. its movement ‘round poetry. its dialog with images. experience the range of the sounds of poetry and song.

4. your presence is required

see Natalia Feduschak’s article in <A HREF= http://www.brama/yara/kolonas2-kyivpost.html> Kyiv Post </a>

see also information on previous kolo nas events <<A HREF= http://www.brama/yara/kolonas3.html /a> <<A HREF= http://www.brama/yara/kolonas2.html /a>