Russian–speaking, UK and European artists and scholars, from a transcultural perspective.
On 19 October. Sands Film Studio. 19-30
Prize-winning poet and writer Fiona Sampson asks whether we ignore the influence of ecology and even geology on the ways we chose to live. Do we miss something that is both politically important and intimately concerned with our quality of life? And what do we learn by comparing experiences across cultures?
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Arcola’s new season investigates a world on the brink of profound change. It explores the causes and the colossal impact of the Russian Revolution 100 years on, and considers the people and ideas which could shape the next century.
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Alexei Makushinsky addresses the subjects of the Russian Revolution and Civil War, particularly the psychology of revolution; the mental and ideological premises of the revolutionary action.
Алексей Макушинский, Интервью в журнале Eclectic.
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The Chernobyl accident of 1986 is one of the greatest catastrophes of the nuclear age, yet its aftermath was followed by a wave of local solidarity and international co-operation. Does it take a disaster to get people to help one another? Should such an event make us think again about the potential of new technology?
We invited wonderful poets from Russia and England, like Dmitry Vodennikov, Dmitrij Kuzmin, Dmitrij Vedenyapin, Maria Stepanova, Lev Rubinstein, Fiona Sampson, and Mario Petrucci for readings and conversation;
is a 1964 film adaptation in Russian of William Shakespeare’s play of the same title, based on a translation by Boris Pasternak. It was directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Iosif Shapiro, and stars Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Prince Hamlet.
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One after another they
reveal themselves
stepping solemnly
into the light
creatures great and small
all of them strangers
all of them naked as the white
moths that skitter
round them
only half surfacing
from the deep dream place
where they live
and from where they greet you
emissaries
who arrive out of dark hedges
gradually
like sight clearing
or all at once
who stand and wait to address
your bright path
(…)
from Fiona Sampson – The Border
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Итак, я здесь!
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И вот…
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И вот я здесь…
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(Откуда ты? Тебя уже не ждали…)
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И вот…
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И вот я здесь! Как можно описать те чувства…
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…те ощущенья… Continue reading “Лев Рубинштейн – Чтение из разных книг”
