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Saturday 4th March: Rosanna McLaughlin and Jen Calleja in Conversation at The Common Press, London
Hosted by Montez Press, authors Rosanna McLaughlin (Sinkhole: Three Crimes, Montez Press) and Jen Calleja (Vehicle, Prototype) will be in conversation about each of their novels.
Rosanna McLaughlin is an author and cultural critic. Double-Tracking, her debut collection of satirical essays and short fiction on the subject of middle-class duplicities, was published by Carcanet in 2019. An original proposal for the book was shortlisted for the Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize in 2016. Rosanna has written on subjects including Ariana Grande, the legacy of Section 28, and the weaponisation of Ana Mendieta. In 2017, she was writer-in-residence for the British Council Caribbean, researching the political fallout following Mendieta’s death. Her reviews and essays have been published in frieze magazine, ArtReview and the Guardian, among other places. She is co-editor of The White Review.
Jen Calleja is a writer, translator and publisher based in Hastings. Her latest books are Vehicle: a verse novel (Prototype) and the book-length poem Dust Sucker (Makina Books). She has translated nearly twenty works of German-language literature and was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019. She is also co-publisher at Praspar Press, which publishes Maltese literature in English and English translation.
The event starts at 7pm, Saturday 4th March at The Common Press, 118 Bethnal Green Rd, London E2 6DG. Booking is essential via the link below.
→ Book your tickets here
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February Interjection: EL BOSQUE CARDINAL / THE CARDINAL FOREST by Pansy Bbes
Pansy Bbes is a gardener, poet, singer, DJ, promoter and co-founder of Maricumbia, a queer Latinx club night based in London. They have published online with the 87press, [removed], and Writerz and Scribez. They have performed at the Roundhouse, the Albany, the Young Vic, Richmix, the Tate Modern in London, Soup Kitchen in Manchester and Star and Shadow in Newcastle. They were a poet/singer in residence at Star and Shadow with Generator and Brighter Sound and are currently working on a self-sustaining food garden. Their work is a playground of horticulture, poetry, music, tarot, and astrology.
Read Pansy Bbes’s work at the link below:
→ Interjection-009-02_Pansy [removed]
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Friday 10th March: Anja Dietmann “nicorette” LP release at Bar Collo, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg
The LP “nicorette” contains 10 performative songs, which deal with everyday situations in an uncanny light, like a cat with no swimsuit, a dog with no watch but a sharp view, or failed eye contact on a Skype call. As with Anja Dietmann’s motifs, the instruments on the recording often include articles of daily use and invert expectations. Saltshakers serve as percussion instruments; a midi Casio guitar substitutes the sound of a piano. The result is an auditory space in which—without much vocal technical interference—the narrative stands in the foreground.
“The performative as well as pictorial aspect of the work is also visible in the leaflet that comes with the LP, which shows the artist’s staging alongside text images. Anja Dietmann slips into roles and creates images that are characterised by a captivating accessibility. Her art is based on the idea of understanding language as something through which society not only communicates, but also constantly questions its [removed]#8221;
– Nadine Droste, Director of Kunstverein Bielefeld
Enabled by art grants from the Zeit-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, in cooperation with the Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg (Germany).
→ Release 10 March, 7pm at Bar Collo, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof
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MPR February Schedule: NYC & London, UK
Tuesday the 21st from NYC with a Fall 2022 Greetings Readings Medley featuring Terrence Arjoon, Maddie Braun, Ted Reese, Alex Tatarsky, Parker Menzimer, Lisa Rogal, Peter Bushyeager, Marko Pogacar, Karen Weiser, Basie Allen, Valerie Hsiung, Filip Marinovich, Brittany Dennison, John Yau, Christie Towers, Anabel Lee, Wendy Xu, Garrett Caples, Dan Veksler, Cliff Fyman, Brenda Hillman, Evelyn Reilly, Elinor Nauen, Amy Matterer, Greg Fuchs, and Maggie Dubris with musical interludes by Ambulance Hot Five (Jarrod Annis, Eddie Berrigan, Ben Miller, Jeffrey Joe Nelson and Jed Shahar).
Wednesday the 22nd with Zine Fest NYC, Craig Kalpakjian, Arto Lindsay, Masaaki, Europa, Canal Street Research Association, Aria Dean, Emmanuel Olunkwa, Allie Wist, Christian Hendricks, Peter Burr, Nick Klein, Hugo Esquinca, Tim Lessick, Thanh Nguyen, and Club Cringe.
Thursday 23rd live from London with Emily Pope, Théo Casciani, Thelma Cappello, Mengting Zhou, Pascale De Graaf, Habib William Kherbek, Erica Scourti, Chloée Maugile, Ruth Angel Edwards and Roadmanprincess, followed by a segment from Guadalajara brought to us by Cydiagang x Hoogar with Yung Gasper, Stinky Gaming, Conico, Cheapqueen2000, Pretty Prieto, Tripple O, Jso. Data B2B Naraka with special edits, deep cuts, and post production magic by Yung Gasper.
→ Upcoming on Montez Press Radio
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Introducing Bi-Monthly MPR Broadcasts from Mexico
Montez Press Radio is excited to announce the launch of regular bi-monthly programming from Mexico, curated and organized by independent curator Fabiola Talavera and editor/researcher Leah Whitman-Salkin. Please join us on air or, or better yet, over snacks and drinks at El Cisne for live readings, talks, and performances this Friday and Saturday, February 24th and [removed];
Here’s the schedule:
Friday, February 24, Live from El Cisne
4PM CDMX / 5PM NYC – Kit Schluter: Feast, Fright: Translating Bruno Darío – A prerecorded discussion of an ongoing translation project of late young Mexican poet Bruno Darío whose three books will be coming out in a bilingual edition from Ugly Duckling Presse later this [removed];
5PM CDMX / 6PM NYC – APRDELESP: Decolonial Jukebox – We’ll hear a selection of the sounds soon-to-be-played from a jukebox at the Mexico Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, titled “Utopian Infrastructure: The Campesino Basketball [removed]#8221; The selection consists of recordings of speeches on decolonization by political actors in Mexico and the rest of the world, all played in their original languages.
6PM CDMX / 7PM NYC – Frieda Toranzo Jaeger with Emilio Gómez Ruiz – Frieda will talk about three paintings by three Latin American painters exploring the critical relevance of their practices, the importance of historical revision, and their influence in her work. Between each painting, there will be prelude, interlude, and postlude by the sound and ceramic artist Emilio Gómez Ruiz, playing live with his [removed];
7PM CDMX / 8PM NYC – Diego Del Valle Ríos, Gaby Cepeda, and Milagros Rojas: ¿Dónde estamos ante la temida pero ansiada crítica en México? – Curators/critics/writers/artists/poets Diego, Gaby, and Milagros will discuss the possibility and potential of art criticism in Mexico/En este segmento de una hora, Diego Del Valle Ríos, Gaby Cepeda y Milagros Rojas discutirán sobre el panorama y las posibilidades de la crítica de arte en México y establecerán algunos apuntes sobre la potencialidad de la práctica esté[removed];
8PM CDMX / 9PM NYC – Casual Encountersz – Readingz of rage and romance with Sammy Loren, Mario Bellatin, Katie Ebbitt, Amado Cabrales, Sara Martinez, Cristopher Cabello, Milagros Rojas, Jorge Pedro Uribe Llamas, Mark Doten
9PM CDMX / 10PM NYC – Diles que no me maten: Dron 090 – Three fifths of Diles que no me maten will perform ambient and drone music with a harmonium, electric guitar, drums, synthesizers, saxophone, and voice.
🎶 And a 🔥 cumbia mix will play between segments provided by Sonido Confirmación 🎶
Saturday, February 25th, Live from El Cisne
7PM CDMX / 8PM NYC until late – [removed]: Organized by Jerónimo JH featuring: Rolando Hernández, die Reihe, Alina Maldonado, SPARQL, Juan Pablo Villegas, Lucy Lie, Jero Route 66, Eric Frye, and Jorge Bobadilla
El Cisne (in the basement of APRDELESP) is located at: Agustín Melgar 73, San Miguel Chapultepec II Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11850 Ciudad de México, CDMX
→ Listen here
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Montez Press Radio Website Update
Enjoy listening to all of the above and our 2,000+ segment archive on MPR’s newly revised website. Add shows from the archive to our public playlist, surf channels, or listen on demand to MPR Picks. For instant access to our entire, ever-growing archive, sign up as a Montez Press Radio Supporter. With so many amazing segments in our archive, we hope these changes will make the website easier to navigate. Email us and let us know what you think!
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With love,
MPR & Montez Press
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