Poetry does not always demand calm and silence. It can also be born of hunger, desire, or the need to break with established ways. It can be a cry, a movement, or a provocation, but also emerge from the page, occupy a stage, mix with music, or transform into an image. TThis is the "unbridled" verse championed by NUDO, Festival of Unbridled Poetry, the literary gathering celebrating ten years of bringing poetic creation to Barcelona that knows neither borders nor formats.
Running through 4 October, the festival will once again fan out across different venues throughout the city (from Casa Seat to the Convent de Sant Agustí, taking in Casa Amèrica Catalunya, the Bar Trampolí at Fundació Joan Brossa, and even an open-air terrace) with a line-up that sets poetry in dialogue with other disciplines and creative practices. Paula Melchor, Elsa Moreno, Raúl Quinto, Míriam Cano, Esmeralda Berbel, and Martí Sales are among the featured voices taking part in a programme that will also embrace collage, videopoetry, music, rituals, and performance. This edition takes appetite as its premise – the hunger to create, to discover, and to plunge into the unknown – framing it also as an act of resistance.