Between April 25 and May 11, Trust financial cooperative reaffirms its commitment to culture and reading participating in the Bogotá International Book Fair (FILBo) With a literary and sensory proposal in Pavilion 3, stand 536 of Corferias. As part of its commitment to free access to knowledge, the cooperative will deliver more than 17,000 copies of its editorial line.
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The main event will be the launch of the book Rituals Repetitions for time to takea publication that invites you to reflect on everyday acts as spaces for resistance, care and meaning. This work, which becomes the Twenty publication From your story collection, it is also a celebration of the 20 years of the editorial line to trust, a cultural initiative that has allowed to deliver More than 1 million 398 thousand copies Since 2003, thanks to an investment of More than 1.9 billion pesos from the social surpluses of the cooperative.
The new publication is a tribute to the small repeated gestures that make time a habitable experience: prepare a family recipe, look at sunset or preserve an inherited tradition. Under this premise, the book proposes to conceive reading and writing as Rituals that generate deep links with oneself and others, and as resistance tools against vertigo and contemporary individualism.
“Perhaps the rituals are not so much to give time to life, but rather of give life to time”, It is affirmed in the presentation of the book, which seeks to challenge the reader about which of his daily practices embellish existence and which contribute to the lively.
Trusting argues that in a world crossed by inequalities and speeches that deny rights and identities, culture is a Act of trust. “For 53 years we believe that another world is possible. We bet on a culture that generates knowledge for the Freedom of action and thought”, The organization reiterates.
In addition to free book delivery, the stand to trust will be a place to experience reading in a playful and sensory way. Among the outstanding activities are:
- The whisper: A character who invites us to reflect on everyday rituals, reading literary fragments to the ear of the visitors.
- Literary cabin: A sound space where stories with closed eyes can be heard, appealing to the imagination.
- Concentrate literary: A memory game that connects the attendees with the characters and themes of the editorial collection.
- Editorial Stickers Collection: Illustrations inspired by the books to trust, which will be delivered as a gift to those who interact with the social networks of the cooperative.
In each specimen, in each gesture of shared reading, trust invites to stop, to imagine and to believe in the value of the everyday. “That another possible world is none other than this, but lived in another way”they claim from the cooperative, which culture understands as a form of Believeda collective practice that deserves to be careful and repeated.
More information about the editorial line to trust:confiar.coop/programas-confiar/confiar-en-la-cultura/linea-editorial
