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I had a former life in the hinterlands of America working first as a journalist and then as an economics professor. I emigrated from the US in May 2018 to begin a new life as a citizen of Ireland. The real reason I write poetry now is simple. Not to be published, but just to share thoughts, memories and feelings about the world, and to experience both the immediate and long-lasting joy from creating, reading and sharing poetry -- not under deadline, but as a lifeline. Poetry is not a job, but it is much more than merely a hobby. Sharing is the perfect word to use here -- it is very meaningful to bring my work done in solitude, and see it become part of a literary collective. And it is equally meaningful to listen to all of the other poems which are read in each session. I want to learn what everyone else is thinking and feeling. I need to hear other voices besides my own, especially now!

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This crash course into podcasting and working with audio, either to do solo work or document the voices of those around you.
About the facilitator: Poet, multimedia artist, translator and podcaster Elizabeth Torres
(Madam Neverstop) host of the Red Transmissions Podcast
Equipment required from audience: smartphone with audio recording app or an audio recorder, computers welcome but not
mandatory.

What does it do to you to parade your insecurities, to showcase them, to accentuate them? Through this performance Muñoz takes an aspect of herself that has been hidden from her own eyes and others, something that has fascinated her for a long time, something with lots of cultural significance: hair. Muñoz own relationship with hair has always been influenced by the gaze of others and the gossip that comes from having “unwanted” hair on a female-read body.

The Clown on the Fifth Floor is a music, performance and visual art show that transports the audience into a momentary reality. The Fifth Floor, an isolated world on the border between chaos and emptiness, reality and fiction. The show embodies Storm´s tumultuous relationship with reality. Through explosive and dynamic musical arrangements, lyrics, and visual art it tells the story of a creature that just wants to know if they were the hero, or the villain, or just a child.

FRANCESCO NCHIKALA — singer-songwriter-guitarist — from the DR Congo (Katanga), presents his “Katanga roots 'n beats” project. A music full of energy and humor, with songs always engaged in Kiluba, Swahili and French .Inspired by the ethnic music of Katanga, this project aims to promote a forgotten rhythms of Katanga. He is accompanied by Angelo Moustapha on drums and Clariste Guedegbe on bass.

Unbearable Error återgå till ursprunget med en distad gitarr som Löken från Rövsvett och 16 BUH spelar och ett gäng med poeter som läser till punk: Elizabeth Torres, Joakim Becker, Magnus Grehn, Colm O´Ciarnáin, Dominic Williams och Millica Denkovic.

Astronaut/2x2m is a multimedia workshop around the theme of the pandemic and its impact on people's daily lives, emotions, and mental health. We will use the mediums of modern dance and performance, scenography, stop motion video, and literature to express our own experiences during the pandemic.
What had we felt and thought during those days? What were the routines we had? The imagined space is a room of 2x2m in which we would try to stage those emotions and thoughts. The outcome depends on the participants, but it would be multimedia work: performance and projections of video/images/collages.
Everyone with an interest is welcome. No prior experience is needed. We will work in both English and Swedish. The workshop is cost-free.

Writing the Scape: Rural and Urban.
Stephen’s passion for poetry is deeply rooted in the landscape of rural west Wales. A walk in Gelli Aur in the Tywi valley is a restorative and creative process. However he also finds inspiration and stories in the built environment, industrial, family and social history.

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Under workshopens två timmar kommer vi introducera dig till bilderbokens fantastiska värld. Du kommer få möjlighet att skapa en egen bilderbokskaraktär utifrån enkla men utmanande övningar.
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Joke Guns är en etablerad barnboksförfattare med belgiska rötter. Hon älskar att skriva om små saker som har stor betydelse. Att illustrera gör hon mest med blyerts, ritkol, akvarell och gouache.
Vilma Andersson är konstnär och illustratör, uppväxt och verksam i Småland. Hon målar gärna grönskande landskap i olja, akvarell, gouache, blyerts bland annat men att teckna människor ligger närmast hjärtat.
Joke och Vilma är medlemmar i Bilderbokskollektivet, en nystartad förening med syfte att skapa en fysisk och digital mötesplats för bilderboksskapare.

Ariadne of Crete is a one-woman puppet show about love, labyrinths and lost identities. It’s mixing the antique myth of Ariadne with Dionysos - the god of theatre and pleasure, Lapland with palace of Knossos, from being in love with a bull with being an underdog. On stage we see one puppeteer, a lot of strings and puppets made of wool. Some great manipulation and not so great ventriloquism, trying to get its creator out of her corona-tumb and the spectators to laugh and cry.

Cartwheeling into the fabric of space-time, Navigate reshapes the universal feeling of being an outsider. Shadow puppets, movement and soundscape construct the fantastic journey of a mysterious pirate captain off the edge of the world. This show is for people who feel like science isn’t for them and for all of us figuring it out on our own. And of course, the lesson is that we aren’t actually alone. You need a crew to navigate a magical sailing ship through outer space. So welcome aboard!

Med början vid Tranås Bibliotek tar den allkunnige bibliotekarien Magnus Grehn deltagarna i litteraturresidenset och allmänheten på en stadsvandring över Tranås litterära marker. 

FILM SCREENING

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BEING HUMAN: A bunch of films showing how difficult, sad, crazy, grand and terrific is to be humans.

AWARENESS: Where do you choose to put your conscience?

Hej Förresten! är en rörelsebaserad teaterföreställning om vänskap identitet och isolering. Där blir barnens lek en mötesplats och vägen till kommunikation. Föreställningen är en hyllning till barns fantasi och förmåga att skapa vad som helst ur ingenting. Skapad under en tid när inget längre kunde tas för givet. Produktionen innehåller lite verbal kommunikation och är tillgänglig för alla barn/familjer såväl som en internationell publik.

​"Do you hear?" is a cross disciplinary performance of live music and dance. By sampling the background sounds of our home (cooking in the kitchen, using the toilet, cuddling in a blanket), we present a semi-improvised dialogue between the dance and the musician with various emotional expressions. We aim to give these sounds new interpretations - How does the body respond to the sounds of the house? Is he influenced by them for a pleasant dance or accompanied by inner restlessness?

Damboben återkommer till the Fringe och bjuder på en musikalisk odyssé där de spinner loss i sina vansinneskupletter. Under färden bjuds det på en häxbrygd bestående av svartvit pilsnerfilm doppad i en industriell ljudkuliss som mynnar ut i en veritabel skrämma-hästar-i-sken kakafoni. Ett band för finsmakare.