{"id":17008,"date":"2021-05-30T15:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T19:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=17008"},"modified":"2021-05-30T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T19:54:10","slug":"karstic-actions-works-luxembourg-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/karstic-actions-works-luxembourg-more\/","title":{"rendered":"KARSTIC ACTIONS\/WORKS Luxembourg & More!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello everyone!
\nAfter a year & more sheltering at home in Brooklyn we are happy to head out to Europe, fully vaxxed, to pick up on gigs delayed by the pandemic. Four events are central, all taking place in Luxembourg:
\n1) our most recent KARSTIC ACTIONS\/WORKS\u00a0at\u00a0Galerie Simoncini<\/a>;
\n2) Pierre Receiving the\u00a0Batty Weber Award<\/a>;
\n3) the CNL celebrating his 75th birthday on 14 July (details to be announced)
\n4) the \u201cfinissage\u201d of the KARSTIC ACTIONS\/WORKS show on 15 July.
\nVoil\u00e0! Details below & looking forward to reconnect other that virtually.<\/p>\n

1). Nicole Peyrafitte & Pierre Joris
\nACTIONS\/TRAVAUX\u00a0KARSTIQUES<\/a>
\nJune 4th \u2014 July 15, 2021
\nOpening with a Performance Action on Friday, June 4th at 6:00PM<\/em><\/p>\n

This exhibition\/performance of paintings, texts, videos will occupy the gallery\u2019s three levels:
\n\u2014Sanctuaire\/Sanctuary: basement
\n\u2014Abri\/Shelter:\u00a0street level
\n\u2014Canopy\/Canop\u00e9e : upper floor
\nGalerie Simoncini<\/a>\u00a06, Rue Notre Dame, Luxembourg.
\nFor more details on this see:
\nCommuniqu\u00e9 de Presse<\/a>
\nPress Release<\/a><\/p>\n

2) Just before the KARSTIC ACTIONS\/WORKS, exhibition\/performance, a long-delayed (because of covid) event will take place on 1 June: Pierre will receive the\u00a0Batty Weber Prize<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Luxembourg\u2019s life-time achievement award in literature). The ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. at the CNL (Centre National de Litt\u00e9rature) in Mersch in the presence of Minister of Culture, Sam Tanson & the director of the CNL, Nathalie Jacoby.\u00a0A\u00a0laudatio<\/em>\u00a0will be read by Jean Portante, celebratory poems sung by Nicole Peyrafitte accompanied by Pascal Delal\u00e9e on violin, &\u00a0Pierre will read the essay he wrote for the occasion & which will be available as a pamphlet from the CNL (Various Variable Words Variably Arranged in the Form of a Celebratory Talk-Essay on Language & Luxembourg)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

3) We\u2019ll be back in Mersch on July 14 as the CNL has proposed to celebrate Pierre\u2019s 75th birthday by creating an event that will include poetry readings & performances by Nicole & some others of our friends, a public interview of PJ by Florent Toniello for a future book, and more. Details to be announced.<\/p>\n

4) Finally on 15 July, the\u00a0finissage<\/em>\u00a0will happen at the galerie Simoncini, possibly with a final performance as we take down the paintings, pack the videos & get ready to return to Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Other news:
\nNicole\u2019s<\/strong>
\n\"\"\u2014\u201cKarstic-Action<\/em>\u00a0Je me d\u00e9-suffit\/\u00a0D\u00e9-suffice<\/em>\u201c: Official Selection of the\u00a09th International Video Poetry Festival.\u00a0<\/a>The premiere of the festival will be on Sunday June 6th & will accessible to everyone in the entire world in the Video Art Zone 2021 section.
\n\u2014Things Fall Where They Lie<\/em>\u00a0\/Les Choses Tombent o\u00f9 Elles Reposent:
\nis\u00a0now available on VOD to rent\/buy
\nEnglish subtitles<\/a>\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0Sous-titres Fran\u00e7a<\/a>is<\/a>
\n\u2014The Museum of the\u00a0Women Library in Glasgow acquired the painting Nicole made during our performance\u00a0at the CCA on 5th October 2016 as part of the Outside-In \/ Inside-Out poetry festival and symposium held in Glasgow and\u00a0\u00a0here it is\u00a0<\/a>
\n\u2014Karstic Actions\u00a0featured<\/a>\u00a0 in Periodico de Poesia UNAM (Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico)<\/p>\n

Pierre\u2019s<\/strong>
\nupcoming online events include:
\n\u2014\u00a0Workshop \u201cCelan \u00fcbersetzen\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(FU Berlin, Literarisches Kolloquium Berlin), 14.-15. Juni 2021. This will be a zoom occasion. DTBA
\n\u2014 A\u00a0Claude P\u00e9lieu Symposium<\/strong>\u00a0in Paris to be held at the University of Chicago Center Paris, On 8\/9 July. Still uncertain if this will be live or zoom. DTBA.
\n\u2014 Pierre\u2019s\u00a0two 2020 Celan books<\/strong>,\u00a0Paul Celan:\u00a0Microliths<\/em>\u00a0(Posthumous prose)\u00a0(CMP) &\u00a0Paul Celan: Memory\u00a0Rose into Threshold\u00a0Speech \u2014 \u00a0Collected Earlier Poetry<\/em>\u00a0(FSG) have garnered quite some\u00a0reviews<\/strong>. Here are links to some of these:<\/p>\n