Ù Ơ digital residency
THIS OPEN CALL IS NOW CLOSE
Ù Ơ – a digital residency for exchange between emerging Vietnamese and Welsh women / non binary poets and artists
We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and we are looking for up to 5 Welsh participants for this project. Each selected poet/artist will receive a bursary of £400.
Deadline for applications: 22 November 2021
Supported by the British Council, Ù Ơ is a digital residency which will bring together emerging Vietnamese and Welsh women poets and artists in a series of digital workshops to exchange ideas and collaborate on production of new work that experiments with translation between cultures, languages and art forms.
The title Ù Ơ plays with the ‘first’ sounds – of lullabies or sounds parents make when speaking to small children – referring to origins of language. Rhyming with ‘thơ’ (poetry), the title denotes a way to refresh our understanding of poetry.
Through a series of facilitated workshops the participants will explore poetry from the viewpoint of women working in a literary landscape until recently dominated by male creators, and will be encouraged to respond to each other’s work with multilingual poems and audio-visual recordings. The residency will result in a week-long public livestream that will aim to create an interactive poetry gathering,
The co-curators Nhã Thuyên and Alexandra Büchler will facilitate the workshops and prepare the work for showcasing and publication. Poet Menna Elfyn will join the project as guest speaker.
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Applications are invited from early career women / non-binary poets and artists. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. You can access the bilingual open call here: Ù Ơ Vietnam-Wales Digital Residencies
Applications in English or Welsh containing a short biographical note and a motivation statement (no more than 2 pages) should be sent to: alexandra@lit-across-frontiers.org and nici@lit-across-frontiers.org
Literature Across Frontiers (LAF) has initiated and coordinated international literary and artistic cooperation projects for two decades, with many collaborative exchange residencies across Europe and beyond. We are experienced in cross-cultural work and have worked with partners in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau. This is our first collaboration with a partner in Vietnam.
Image: Nhã Thuyên