Brazil is the Guest of Honor country for version 36 of FILBo
Photo: Private Archive
It is the first week since the start of the Bogotá International Book Fair. The programming of the ninth day of the International Book Fair will be marked by activities that continue the theme around The Voragine, and also the presence of Brazil as a guest country, with the central theme of “Reading nature.” The day will offer a varied cultural agenda for all tastes and ages. Filbo 2024 will be open from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, with tickets sold at the box office from 9:00 am The prices are $12,000 for adults, $9,500 for children from 6 to 12 years old and $10,000 for students with license.
For its part, the El Espectador stand, located in pavilion 16, at stand 1224, will continue with special programming, where different guests will meet for talks on literature, current communication challenges and others. issues of national and international reality.
The Spectator at FILBo
Presentation of the talk “Queen Dido and the founding of Carthage”
5:00 pm
Literary study of the influence and power of women in the ancient world. Conversing: Ridha Mami (Tunisia), Maher Abderraman (Tunisia), Basilio Rodríguez Camada (Spain).
EE Youtubers
6:00 pm
Talk about EE Youtubers with Élber Gutiérrez.
Some events on the April 25 schedule
Tolima Day celebration at the fair
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
It consists of showing Colombia all the literary wealth of Tolima, with the presence of more than forty writers from the region, who exhibit their books at the Tolima Government stand at the Fair. Likewise, the launch of the II Tolima Book Festival will be held in Ibagué and the presentation of the Special Safeguard Plan for Sanjuanero Tolimense.
AFRO CYCLE -Afro cultures as a civilizational element
10:00 AM – 11:29 AM
At the panel discussion, we sought to explore the multifaceted influence of Afro-descendant cultures on global society, addressing issues such as the persistence of African identity through music, dance and religion, despite historical oppression. We aim to analyze the resilience and resistance strategies adopted by these communities to combat marginalization and preserve their rich cultural traditions.
Imagine, edit and publish
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Presentation of the “Women’s Press” website, the result of an investigation into women’s periodical publications from the first half of the 20th century in Colombia. Winning project of the research grant on the collections of the National Library.
AFRO CYCLE – Literature and the production of new political imaginaries
11:30 AM – 12:59 PM
The panel aims to explore how literature contributes to the creation and dissemination of new political imaginaries that question dominant narratives and offer alternative perspectives on identity, power and resistance. This debate will emphasize the role of Black writers in articulating worldviews that challenge structures of oppression and promote intercultural understanding and social justice. It will be discussed how literary works help to make visible the historical and contemporary experiences of Afro-descendant communities, thus contributing to the fight against racism and discrimination.
Documentary discussion “Thinking without thinking”
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Description of the event: Documentary that talks about Afro identity in a reflective and poetic key. In it, six Afro people from different sectors, origins and influences will share the feelings and thoughts that arise from their being when they answer the question what it means to be Afro-Colombian.
Mavecure Duo Presentation
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
The Mavecure Duo was born in 2023 under the premise of enjoying Latin American music in a format with typical instruments from the Colombian Andean region: tiple and guitar. This duo is made up of Santiago Marín on the tiple and Juan Diego Bogotá on the guitar. Both musicians have academic training and performing experience.
Photopoetics Workshop: Crosses between word and image in the poetic experience
2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
This workshop explores processes of poetic language in which the intersection between image and word functions as an opening to energize poetic expression. By observing the presence of photography and other visual arts in some poems we will see how these two disciplines relate and mutually enrich each other. Through practical exercises we explore the nature of the poetic image, cross the boundaries between literary genres, learn about the value of poetic ekphrasis and explore the beyond of the image and the word.
Butterfly Tongue, artisanal ice cream parlor with pure knowledge of Valle del Cauca
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM
Live cooking show by Evelin Amelia Potes, cook and ice cream maker, who presents her project Lengua de Mariposa, an artisanal ice cream shop that highlights the local product of Valle del Cauca and the flavors of Colombia.
The hand that heals
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
There is a recent interest in rescuing ancestral knowledge that delves into the connection that we have as human beings with the life that travels in the deepest and most enigmatic part of this Earth. Some call it magic, power, healing, and we have returned to a time in which we turn our gaze to nature searching for forgotten answers. Lina María Parra Ochoa (The Healing Hand) and Ingrid Vanessa Canizales (Azul de Bolsillo) talk with Vanessa Velásquez about the vindication of the use of herbs and the knowledge of our ancestors.
image mingas
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
In 2016, the collaborative and intercultural experience of Mingas de la Imagen began. In this journey we expand conversations and dialogues around the ancestral wisdom of the world, thanks to the contribution of thoughtful and heartfelt members of indigenous and mestizo peoples. The art of orality, the word, writing, image, sound and spirituality have guided us to co-generate spaces of intergenerational, relational and interdisciplinary solidarity. In this space we will share some of the activities and forms of twinned collaboration that have allowed us to redefine the practices of the MINGAS.
Music: Josyara
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Josyara, singer and songwriter from Bahia, presents a show in voice and guitar format, with a repertoire that covers songs from her entire career, such as her original albums ‘ÀdeusdarÁ’ (2022) and ‘Mansa Fúria’ (2018), in addition to the EP released in 2023 ‘Mandinga Multiplicação’ where it pays tribute to the contemporary group Timbalada. Originally from Juazeiro, in the interior of the state of Bahia, Josyara brings to her compositions a sensitive look at her daily life and her history, rocked by a powerful percussion guitar.
Launch of the publication “Transpasos, La Danza y el Territorio”
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Launch of the publication “Transfers. Dance and Territory”, which aims to present the results of methodologies, strategies or pedagogies to promote research processes of studies, practices, experiences and works around dance, as well as the relationships between knowledge and practices in training. , creation, appropriation and circulation of works, artists and dance agents in the national territory.
Launch of the Sol de Letras de la Guajira collection for Colombia
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The launch of the collection “Sun of letters from La Guajira for Colombia” will be held, where we will have a person who will present the event and moderate the participation of each author of the Collection; We will also have a gastronomic tasting and a musical exhibition.
Presentation of the book Garden in Tierra Fría, by Fátima Vélez.
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
This novel narrates twenty-four hours in the life of Primera V, caretaker of the garden in Tierra Fría that for years Papa V has built with plants brought from distant places and ruins of colonial palaces. She suspects that the father wants a garden of daughters at his service and that he has buried the mothers there. She also suspects that her boyfriend and her best friend are having an affair: she thought she heard them together in the shower. In Tierra Fría, with scarce water and cloudy air, sisters, doubts and doubles coexist. At the launch of her second novel, Colombian author Fátima Vélez talks with Diana Obando.
