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?
Victor Sonkin, the author of this prize-winning guidebook to Ancient Rome, will talk about the everyday details of ancient Roman life, concentrating on (sometimes deceptively) simple questions of what the ancient Romans ate and drank for supper and how they calculated time. An authority on this culture, with public appearances from education, to television, and ship cruises, he makes the layers and quirks of history amusing, as much as his treatment is informative and in-depth.
Most fiction published in English is originally written in English. In many countries, including Russia, the situation is almost reversed, and translated fiction dominates the market. Borisenko and Sonkin will talk about Soviet-era translation and its influence, the great changes inpost-Soviet times, and the challenges that Russian literary translators encounter today.
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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?
Стихи, переводы, разговоры oб Украине, на русском и украинском языках.
Поэт и переводчик Аркадий Штыпель представит свой проект перевода полного свода сонетов Шекспира, расскажет о принципах подхода к текстам и о том, почему поэты и переводчики спорят с канонической версией Маршака.
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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that the performance of this heartily acclaimed piece is coming back on stage soon. With our original cast working on the material since our first run, new faces, a musical score to complement it.
The book – discussed on Goodreads
If you were there, you’ll want to see it again. And if not, this is the version that we have all been waiting for. This time around, the stage is set in the red velvet twilight of our Sands Films cinema. Continue reading “MARINA TSVETAEVA’S КРЫСОЛОВ – THE RATCATCHER”
