Pride is an idea for an interactive poetry project that blurs the lines between poem and petition, where people would be able to read and listen to the poem online and record their own versions of the part in different fonts, stating their names and (pro)nouns or adjectives which describe them best. This part is actually a parody on the words of the prime minister of Italy: 'Io sono Giorgia' and acts as a counterweight to the growing right-wing sentiment. Afterwards they would be able to download their version and share it with the world in support of the LGBTQIA2S+-community, but also act against discrimination in general.
Materials below act as a preview of the incoming project.
The project is part of the subthemes Technological innovations in literature, and Literature as a tool for social equality.
Author
Kenneth Swaenen
2023:
Literatuur Vlaanderen | Author reading
LIGO Gent
Competition (ont)LEZEN DNG | Winner
'De plank'
Weesgedichten | Project Poëzieweek
°60
Literatuur Vlaanderen | Author reading
WICO campus Sint-Jozef
Poëziefestival CoStA | Performance
Schrijvers, letters en groenten| Performance
2022:
Stadsgedicht Ronse | Jury
De 44 beste gedichten van de HDP | Publication
'Wintergroen'
Poëziekrant, NBD Biblion | Review
About 'Witte dwergen'
Het was de achtste dag | Publication
'Ontwikkeld'
Literatuur Vlaanderen | Author’s Residency
TA Niel Den Biezerd
Sintel Tijdschrift | Publication
5 poems
Ballonnenvrees | Performance
Buurthuis Unik | Performance
Nacht van de Turnhoutse Poëzie | Performance
2021:
Zeef Poëzieprijs | Winner
publication poetry collection 'Witte dwergen'
Poëziekrant | Publication
poetry review 'Atlas' en 'Nestvlieder'
roer.land | Publication, interview
contribution to the series gruis
PidOP | Performance
Cultuurweekend Ronse | Performance
Antwerpse voorronde BK Poetry Slam | Jury
