Saturday 20 October 2018
7:30-9pm
Proyecto AMIL
Lima
In the context of Coliflor, Esteban Igartua’s exhibition, Proyecto AMIL is pleased to invite you to Imaginary Processions; a literary journey through the show specially designed by two of the most promising voices of contemporary Peruvian poetry and narrative: Tilsa Otta and Richard Parra.
During the event, Otta and Parra will read texts (both from their own and other writers’ work) in relation to a series of Igartua’s paintings, while inviting the public to move with them across the Proyecto AMIL exhibition spaces. Imaginary Processions will be a stimulating exercise that conceives writing as a tool that, instead of limiting interpretations and meanings, seeks to multiply the possible stories suggested by the artist’s work.
Free entry / Limited capacity
Tilsa Otta (Lima, 1982) has published Mi niña veneno en el jardín de las baladas del recuerdo (2004), Indivisible (2007) (Álbum del universo bakterial editorial) and Antimateria (Ediciones Neutrinos in Argentina, 2014; Editorial Pesopluma in Lima, 2015; and Juan Malasuerte in Mexico, 2016); as well as the book of stories Un ejemplar extraño (Solar, 2012) and the comic book VA (Contexto Editorial, 2017) in co-authorship with Rita Ponce de León. She studied film direction and photography and has produced around 20 audiovisual pieces. She has been awarded by the DAFO (Ministry of Culture of Peru) and Pasaporte para un artista (French Embassy) for her video production. http://www.tilsaotta.com
Richard Parra (Lima, 1976) is the author of the novel The Dead Children (Best novel 2016, Perú21), the short stories collection Contemplation of the Abyss, and the novellas Necrofucker and Lynch. He won the Cope Essay Prize for The Tyranny of the Inca, a book on the political writings of The Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (Best literary criticism essay 2015, Caretas). He co-wrote the screenplay for the Peruvian animation movie Black Head, now in production. He has published his writing in important newspapers and magazines such as: El País (Spain), Vice (Mexico), and El Asombrario (Spain). He has a PhD in Latin American Literature from New York University. He is currently working on his second novel.
