Writers, artists, musicians, slam poets, researchers: photographer Giorgia portrayed the guests of the first edition. Each of them then wrote a sentence by hand on their photo. Here is the series, along with the biographies of those who spoke at Montbenon.
Portraits: Giorgia (@giorgigigigia). The sentences are transcribed exactly as they were written.
Read the biography« Ce sont des artistes du quotidien, des faiseurs de mémoire. » — Mama Anne, « Zigzag à Ziguinchor »
Translation: “They are everyday artists, makers of memory.” — Mama Anne, “Zigzag à Ziguinchor”
Read the biographyNoircir Wikipédia pour une vision pluriverselle de l’humanité.
Translation: Blackening Wikipedia for a pluriversal vision of humanity.
Le partage de la connaissance est l’affaire de chacun.
Translation: Sharing knowledge is everyone’s business.
« Look at me, do I look good in the picture? »
Afrique, sama Afrique… Berceau de l’Humanité qui nous rassemble…
Translation: Africa, my Africa… Cradle of Humanity that brings us together…
La communauté, l’humain, l’art… voici ce que nous rappelle le festival.
Translation: Community, humanity, art… this is what the festival reminds us of.
Read the biographyVoici ma profession de foi : « Une bonne histoire, ça doit faire rire et pleurer. Mais si ça fait pleurer de rire, c’est encore mieux. »
Translation: Here is my credo: “A good story should make you laugh and cry. But if it makes you cry with laughter, even better.”
Poétique, ludique, pédagogique : vive le slam !
Translation: Poetic, playful, educational: long live slam!
Poétique, ludique, pédagogique : vive le slam !
Translation: Poetic, playful, educational: long live slam!
La poésie à visage humain.
Translation: Poetry with a human face.
La poésie à visage humain.
Translation: Poetry with a human face.
Biographies of guests whose portrait has not been published (yet).
Bernard BOËTON, born in 1950, a French and Swiss citizen with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, has worked for four decades…
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is an artist, methodologist, and doctoral assistant at the University of Neuchâtel, as well as the founder and director of the Afropean…
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Expertise en Santé Globale, Action Communautaire et Promotion de la Santé. Le Dr Claude ISOFA NKANGA BOKEMBYA dispose d’une expérience confirmée en santé…
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François Burland is a Franco-Swiss artist based in Mont-Pèlerin (VD, CH). For over 25 years, his work has encompassed a wide…
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est autrice, présentatrice, chanteuse et fondatrice des Éditions Visibles, une maison d’édition engagée qui utilise la littérature jeunesse comme levier de prévention…
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Born in 1982, Lolvé Tillmanns grew up in the Vaud countryside. As a specialist in the energy sector, she worked in this…
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Marina is an author, entrepreneur, and founder of the cosmetics brand Gaïndness. Of Senegalese and Cape Verdean descent, she lives in Mont-sur-Lausanne.…
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Président de l’association Des Jeunes pour les Droits de l’Homme et de l’AEDH Actif professionnellement dans le développement immobilier en Suisse romande,…
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, alias Dynamike, est un animateur radio, rappeur, compositeur et producteur congolais, figure pionnière du hip-hop en Suisse romande.
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"For the past 20 years, the Lausanne Society of Word Lovers (SLAAM) has been organising regular slam poetry events in Lausanne…
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