The reTHiNK Possible Worlds crew dropped into the Planet FM studio yesterday and we’ve put together a highlights reel of the interview and live studio performance. Follow the link below to watch it on Youtube!
Tickets are still on sale now at www.theliteratti.com.
You can listen to the whole hour-long interview here on Planet FM for the next week.
The reTHiNK Possible Worlds dancers, poets and musicians are counting down to the big event, which opens on October 14th at Galatos. The Sunday matinee show scheduled for 1:00 pm on October 16th has been moved to Saturday October 15th at 1:00 pm. Anyone who has already purchased tickets for the previous Sunday show, please contact theliteratti@gmail.com.
Updated information is available on The Literatti’s website.
And while we have you – look what we saw on Scoop this morning:
The Literatti, a group of Auckland’s leading performance poets, are changing the world one word at a time.Saturday the 24th of September saw The Literatti taking poetry to the streets for 100 Thousand Poets for Change, the biggest poetry event in history. As part of the global movement made up of over 700 events in 550 cities across 95 countries, The Literatti chalked messages of hope and protest through central Auckland.
The Literatti have been working on reTHiNK Possible Worlds since May when they were awarded a reTHiNK Grant to use creativity in all its forms to change the way the Auckland public thinks about mental health. Creative director and grant recipient Christian Jensen says, “When we heard of 100 Thousand Poets for Change, we couldn’t wait to add the reTHiNK Possible Worlds message to the global mix of voices. A guerrilla-style poetry event seemed the ideal way to bring it to the street in a way that would get the public interacting with what we are saying.”
The reTHiNK Possible Worlds crew have teamed up with The Guerrilla Poets again! This time, they are adding their message to a global event called 100 Thousand Poets For Change – the largest poetry event in history. They’ll be taking poetry to the streets of central Auckland and everyone is invited to take part.
Meet at Myers Park by the children’s playground at midday on Saturday the 24th of September.
Take part in chalking a trail of poetry and messages for positive change from Myers Park to Albert Park, where the group will attempt to completely fill in the area around the fountain with poetry and art to inspire the public. Chalk is provided, so you only need to bring yourself and something to say. For those who don’t feel like chalking, a number of poetry flags and banners have been made so that anyone can take part.
Photographs from the event will be uploaded to the event’s section on the official 100 Thousand Poets for Change website, which will be archived by Stanford University immediately following September 24th, as a historic record of the event. So not only is this an opportunity to share our perspectives for a better world with the foot-traffic in Auckland on Saturday, it’s also an opportunity to share our perspectives with the rest of the globe.
The latest from the reTHiNK Possible Worlds Work in Progress Blog on The Big Idea. We were stoked to see this featured on the Big Idea homepage today and thought we’d share it on. It’s an inspiration to see so many different kinds of artists interacting with this subject material in so many different ways…
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Febe (Sarah) Holmes from Etched Dance Productions reflects on the process of creating dance for the reTHiNK Possible Worlds show.
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So far we have had a lot of fun working collaboratively with the poets and musicians of The Literatti for the reTHiNK Possible Worlds project. We have been with them all through-out their creative processes, seeing and feeling how each piece changes and progresses from its starting point.
I think this is a really great way to work. It makes it easier for us as dancers to have more of an understanding of their works and so we are able to create movement that hopefully compliments and expresses the ideas and feelings behind each poem. It’s also allowed the poets to get a sense of where we are going with the dance interpretation and it’s been great to see some of the poets start picking up on our movements in their own performances. It’s not often that we get to work in such a two-way relationship with our source of inspiration. …
Tickets for reTHiNK Possible Worlds are on sale now at The Literatti’s website.
Note: The submission deadline for the Youtube Competition has been extended until September 11th.
2Degrees Mobile has come on board to support reTHiNK Possible Worlds by donating a $500 Smart Phone for the grand prize.
So get creating your own video response to the statement ‘we are all human beings navigating the maze of life.’ All finalists will have their work exhibited at Corban Estate Art Centre. The top finalists will be incorporated into The Literatti’s final multimedia show and the ultimate winner takes out the grand prize – their very own Ideos X5 Smart Phone courtesy of 2Degrees Mobile.
Entries close on September 5th and project leader Christian Jensen says that they have already started flowing in.
Visit www.theliteratti.com to enter the special reTHiNK Possible Worlds website, download guidelines and upload your entry!
And don’t forget to help us spread the word.
The Ideos X5 is an Android Smart Phone with a 5 MP camera, high definition 3.8″ screen and an 800 MHz processor. It comes with no strings attached, you can use it with any network, though 2Degrees have thrown in a 2Degrees sim card, just in case you want to go with them.
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