Haiti’s Major Writer-Artist Frankétienne in Edinburgh Tuesday 18 March and Glasgow Friday 21 March
Tuesday 18 March 2014, 5.30pm, University of Edinburgh, Appleton Tower Lecture Theatre 3 (Building 49 on campus map: http://www.ed.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.20490!fileManager/campus_maps.pdf): Join us for a special screening of a haunting film followed by a Q&A session with Frankétienne, star of the film. Evoking the aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake of 12 January 2010, the film (Une étrange Cathédrale dans la graisse des ténèbres [A Strange Cathedral in the Viscous Darkness] dir. Charles Najman, with English subtitles) was shot in the earthquake rubble of the ruined Cathedral of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital city. Shot in November 2010 to coincide with the Haitian Festival of the Dead, this requiem honours the more than 200,000 earthquake dead. This is a free event and the location is to be confirmed. Frankétienne will be introduced and the Q&A session led by Dr Rachel Douglas, author of Frankétienne and Rewriting: A Work in Progress<https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739136355>. No booking necessary, but for further information, please contact Prof. Marion Schmid ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Dr Rachel Douglas ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>). For more information, see: http://talkingabouthaiti.wordpress.com and http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/events/film-screening-with-franketienne.
Friday 21 March 2014, 6pm, Alliance française Glasgow, 3 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6AX, Grande Salle (website: http://www.afglasgow.org.uk/franketienne-mark-mulholland.html): Electrifying performance of Chaophonies–a dramatic reading of work by Frankétienne, accompanied by original music composed by Glasgow-born and Haiti-based musician Mark Mulholland. Acoustically, with a cacophony of voices rising out of the work, sound is used to echo the reverberations of the goudou goudou–the Haitian name for the killer earthquake of 12 January 2010, so-called because of the terrible earth-shattering noise it made. What can the role of art be in a time of disaster? Chaophonies heralds great changes, metamorphoses for Haiti to emerge phoenix-like out of the rubble. A magician with word, image, sound, and more, Frankétienne uses this work to present visions of great changes, and of Haiti emerging phoenix-like out of the rubble. Tickets are free, but strictly limited, please contact the Alliance Française Glasgow on 0141 331 4080 or by sending an email to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Dr Rachel Douglas
Lecturer in French
University of Glasgow
School of Modern Languages & Cultures
Room 313, Hetherington Building
Bute Gardens
Glasgow, G12 8RS
Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Tel: 0141 330 3660
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