¡Slam Diáspora: Grand Slam!

About this event

The first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago returns in-person!

Primera llamada to this year’s GRAND SLAM! Winners go on to Abya Yala Poetry Slam and Circuito Nacional Poetry Slam México – así que échenle todo el power a sus versos que con la poesía se viaja. All participants have a chance to compete at the international level at the final slam hosted by a Latinx country. Hosted and curated by Crystal Vance Guerra and Luis Tubens “Logan Lu.”

Open to poets of all styles and ages! From anyone who is just starting, to anyone who has been writing for decades, are all welcome to participate. SIGN UP HERE.

Requirements:

Slam– 2 poems in Spanish/Spanglish

Open Mic– Any genre of performance art in any language!

We believe that poetry pertains to everyone, and that all of us carry it within us. This slam is to experiment, play, and to let the words flow.

Remember: the point is not the points, the point is the community. We want to nurture a poetic community, and invite new people to participate as audience members, as poets, and as spoken-word lovers.

Slam Diáspora is the first Spanish slam in the U.S. and aims to create a space that unites Latinx poets in the US with poets in Latin America, to form a poetry community despite borders. Participants and winners from last year can participate again!

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¡Abierto a poetas de todos estilos y edades! Desde quien apenas esta empezando a escribir, a quienes llevan décadas escribiendo– todos están bienvenidos a participar. REGÍSTRATE AQUÍ.

Requisitos:

Slam– Dos poemas (en español/spanglish)

Open Mic– Música/Poesía/Cuento etc, en cualquier idioma

Creemos que la poesía le pertenece a todxs, y que todxs traemos poesía adentro. Este Slam es para experimentar, jugar, y dejar que la palabra fluya.

Recuerden: el punto no son los puntos, sino la comuna. Queremos crecer como comunidad poética, e invitar a nuevas personas a participar como audiencia, cómo poetas, y cómo amantes de la palabra viva.

Slam Diáspora es el primer slam de poesía en español de los EEUU y busca crear un espacio que une

poetas Latinx en los EEUU con poetas en Latinoamérica para fomentar una comunidad poética a pesar de las fronteras. ¡Participantes y ganadores del año pasado pueden participar de nuevo!

JUEZ DE HONOR: ÉRIKA ORDOSGOITTI

Érika Ordosgoitti (Caracas, 1980) lives in Chicago, Illinois. A performance, audiovisual, and poetry artist, Ordosgoitti holds a degree in Fine Arts with a concentration in New Media from the Instituto Universitario de Artes Armando Reverón in Caracas. For the last 25 years, her research has focused on studying the concept of freedom in relation to art.

Ordosgoitti is known for her site-specific interventions in public space, which she calls «photo-assaults» («fotoasalto»). These are performative declarations of freedom intended to bear witness to her fleeting existence and inspire new acts of disobedience. Risk is a significant element in her artistic practice.

Her work explores the mechanisms of power that operate on behavior, using her own body as the fundamental signifier and a space of contention, recognizing it as power’s primary target and, therefore, the sole vehicle for freedom.

From Guild Literary Complex