Don’t miss out! Defying the divisiveness of our times, the Lit & Luz Festival keeps on bringing worlds together.
—Cristina Rivera Garza, award-winning author, Director of Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston, and 2017-18 alum
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Press Contact: Sarah Dodson sarah@makemag.org, 773-552-7440
August 27, 2019
Sixth Annual Lit & Luz Festival, "Movement," Looks at Migration, Social Movements, and Bodies in Motion
CHICAGO—MAKE Literary Productions is proud to present the sixth annual Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art October 12-19, 2019, at venues throughout Chicago.
The only US cultural festival to feature Mexican writers, Lit & Luz fosters the creation of new art through international collaboration and essential dialogues between residents of Mexico and the United States. This year’s festival theme, “Movement,” asks the participants and audience to consider migration, social movements, and bodies in motion.
This year's festival features more than a dozen free bilingual events, including conversations, film screenings, live storytelling, and much more. Award-winning Mexican American author Luis Alberto Urrea will present the festival's inaugural keynote address at the Chicago Cultural Center on Sunday, October 13 at 3 PM. The festival’s closing event is on Saturday, October 19, when the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago partners to present the Live Magazine Show from 6-8pm. The “Live Magazine Show” is a ticketed program in which paired Mexico- and US-based participants debut their multimedia creative collaborations.
Other highlights of the 2019 Chicago programs include interactive printmaking with Undocumented Projects; a conversation on 50 years after Stonewall and Latinx identities; #MeToo and the women writers' movement in Mexico; live storytelling about migration experiences; readings and interviews; an experimental music performance, and a film screening. For a full schedule of events, visit litluz.org.
"At its heart, Lit & Luz is a cultural exchange between writers, visual artists, and musicians from Mexico and United States," says Lit & Luz Managing Director Sarah Dodson. "With the festival taking place first in Chicago in the fall and Mexico City the following winter, it is an evolving conversation between two countries. We choose to focus on collaborations in order to foster meaningful and lasting professional relationships and cross-cultural friendships." Past participants include luminaries such as Cristina Rivera Garza, Valeria Luiselli, Julián Herbert, José Olivarez, Jac Jemc, and Erika L. Sánchez.
The festival is honored to host an exemplary cohort of Mexican writers and artists, including:
Diana del Ángel, poet, essayist and human rights defender, and author of Procesos de la noche
Verónica Gerber Bicecci, a visual artist who writes and author of Empty Set, translated by Christina MacSweeney (Coffee House Press, 2018)
Israel Martínez, an internationally-exhibiting artist who with works with sound and other mediums.
Sara Uribe, Lit & Luz Writer in Residence and author of the critically-acclaimed Antígona González, translated by John Pluecker (Le Figues Press, 2016)
Dalia Huerta Cano, award-winning cinematographer, editor and director on documentaries and fiction films
Chicago participants include:
Eula Biss, author of On Immunity: An Inoculation, Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays, and more
Emily Jungmin Yoon, poet and author of A Cruelty Special to Our Species (Ecco, 2018)
Yvette Mayorga, multimedia artist and Art Design Chicago ambassador
Michel Rodriguez Cintra, dancer and Lucky Plush Productions ensemble member
Sebastián Hidalgo, an award-winning photojournalist, digital producer, and 2019 City Bureau Photojournalist Fellow
Sadie Woods, an award-winning artist, curator, and dj
"As institutions become more polyphonic and diverse across programs, practices, and publics, the MCA is thrilled to continue to partner with Lit & Luz," says Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Assistant Curator Gibran Villalobos. "This international exchange with artists, writers, and musicians between Chicago and Mexico in the form of a live show highlights the vibrant power of the Spanish language. It is these types of programs that pierce divisive walls towards community and social change."
MAKE Literary Productions, NFP promotes contemporary literary writing, translation, and visual art through the annual print publication, MAKE: A Literary Magazine; diverse arts events and the annual international Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art.
This project is supported in large part by the National Endowment for the Arts and a growing list of generous partners.
Lit & Luz is an awesome festival that showcases the power of collaboration. As a Chicano, it meant the world to be able to perform poems in México and Chicago and have both shows feel so welcoming and loving.
—José Olivarez, author of Citizen Illegal and 2018-19 Lit & Luz alum
MAKE Literary Productions, NFP promotes contemporary literary writing, translation, and visual art through the annual print publication, MAKE: A Literary Magazine; diverse arts events and the annual international Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art.
Meanwhile, sign-up for our Lit & Luz newsletter for more details and special notices. Be sure to follow MAKE Lit on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Keep up with the Fest and contribute your own Tweets and IG pics by adding #litluz.
Boletín de prensa
Festival Lit and Luz de lenguaje, arte y literatura
Contacto de Prensa: Sarah Dodson sarah@makemag.org, 773-552-7440
Aclamados artistas y escritores mexicanos se unen a sus pares de Chicago en una semana entera de conversaciones y eventos culturales
CHICAGO, 2 de agosto de 2019 - En su sexta edición, el Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art , organizado por MAKE Literary Productions, continúa promoviendo la creación artística a partir de colaboraciones internacionales al tiempo que crea un espacio para generar diálogos esenciales entre habitantes de México y Estados Unidos.
El tema de esta edición, “Movimiento”, busca promover reflexiones sobre la migración, los movimientos sociales y los cuerpos en tránsito entre los artistas participantes y la audiencia del festival.
El festival se llevará a cabo del 12 al 19 de octubre con más de doce eventos gratuitos que tendrán sede en distintas locaciones de Chicago. La clausura ocurrirá con el Live Magazine Show el sábado 19 de Octubre en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de esta ciudad, de 6 a 8 PM. Este magno evento consiste en un programa en el que se presentan las colaboraciones realizadas entre los artistas y escritores de México y Estados Unidos que participan en el festival.
Además de las lecturas, conversaciones y performances, este año el festival incluye una conferencia inaugural , en la cual el multipremiado escritor mexicano-estadounidense Luis Alberto Urrea hablará sobre los temas centrales de esta edición. La cita es en el Chicago Cultural Center el Domingo 13 de octubre a las 3 PM. La programación completa del festival estará disponible en litluz.org.
En esencia, Lit & Luz consiste en un intercambio cultural entre escritores, artistas visuales y músicos de México y Estados Unidos. Al ocurrir primero en Estados Unidos y luego en la Ciudad de México, el festival busca abrir un diálogo entre ambos países. El énfasis en las colaboraciones, por su parte, busca crear lazos y relaciones profesionales, así como vínculos amistosos entre las dos culturas. En ediciones anteriores han participado reconocidos artistas y escritores, como Cristina Rivera Garza, Valeria Luiselli, Julián Herbert, José Olivarez, Jac Jemc y Erika L. Sánchez.
Este año, el festival se complace en presentar a un grupo excepcional de escritores y artistas mexicanos, entre otros:
Diana del Ángel, poeta, ensayista y defensora de derechos humanos, autora de Procesos de la noche
Verónica Gerber Bicecci, artistas visual que escribe, autora de Empty Set, traducido por Christina MacSweeney (Coffee House Press, 2018)
Israel Martínez, un artista de renombre internacional que trabaja con sonido y distintos medios audiovisuales.
Sara Uribe, Escritora en Residencia de Lit & Luz y autora de Antígona González, traducido por John Pluecker (Le Figues Press, 2016).
Entre los participantes de Chicago se encuentran:
Eula Biss, autor de On Immunity: An Inoculation, Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays.
Emily Jungmin Yoon, poeta y autora de A Cruelty Special to Our Species (Ecco, 2018)
Yvette Mayorga, artista multimedia y embajadora Art Design de Chicago
Michel Rodriguez Cinta, bailarina y miembro del ensamble Lucky Plush Productions
Además de más participantes por anunciarse
Este proyecto es posible gracias al apoyo del National Endowment for the Arts.
MAKE Literary Productions, NFP promueve la escritura literaria contemporánea, la traducción y las artes visuales a través de la publicación anual MAKE: A Literary Magazine, así como de una gran diversidad de eventos y del festival internacional Lit & Luz de Lenguaje, Literatura y Arte.
Mantente al tanto de nuestras actividades y los detalles de todos los eventos dándote de alta en el Lit & Luz newsletter. Además, te invitamos a seguir a MAKE LIT en Facebook, Twitter, e Instagram! y a compartir nuestras actividades y eventos con el hashtag #litluz.
