Bearing Witness
Bearing Witness asks the question: how do poets and artists continue to create art while witnessing devastation?
This event brings together artists who have fostered community spaces in Scotland and beyond, and whose activism is deeply intertwined with their creative practices. With performances by Marjorie Lotfi and Nat Raha, with a final speaker to be confirmed, this event will hold a reflective and safe space for those impacted by intersections of violence and who want to see radical change. These performances will be followed by a discussion that emphasises anti-facism, anti-colonialism, and global solidarity, navigating what it means to be a creator and activist in the present moment.
Chaired and curated by Alycia Pirmohamed.
Similar Events You May Enjoy...
AI and the (Un)translatability of Poetry
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
At this event Pip Thornton and Evan Morgan, the minds behind Machine Whispers, and poet and translator Rachel Rankin will come together to discuss and debate AI’s role in translation. Are machines capable of translating human communication, let alone poetry? How has this new technology challenged and changed the field of translation?
Supported by Design Informatics and Edinburgh Futures Institute
Get Tickets
Rock the Boat
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Prepare to be moved! Join us for Rock the Boat, Push the Boat Out’s longstanding monthly poetry open mic. Register online to perform your work or come by to just listen. You especially won’t want to miss the rapid-fire feature poets who will close out the evening!
Get TicketsBirds / Humans / Machines / Dolphins
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
A performance which fuses poetry, music, and the acoustic recordings of dolphins and birds, Birds / Humans / Machines / Dolphins gives voice to the non-human in surprising and original ways. Poet Genevieve Carter, in collaboration with composer Lucie Treacher, will perform works from her pamphlet, Birds / Humans / Machines / Dolphins, and the EP, Hydrophonica. Sponsored by Book Week Scotland.
Get Tickets
