17>19.03 – Heidsieck, écrire à haute voix – Maison de la littérature – Québec

Rhizome (Québec) and its partners, the House of Literature and Le Lieu – the contemporary art center, offer a mini festival built around the legendary figure Bernard Heidsieck. This event is both a tribute and a look at current practice, both in its richness in diversity, poetry-action and sound poetry today.

At the House of Literature of Québec, one can discover  the documentary film “Bernard Heidsieck: Poetry in Action’ directed by Anne-Laure Chamboissier Franck and Philippe in collaboration with Gilles Coudert, attend discussions on the work of this great French poet-performer , lectures  and a panel discussion on the importance and influence of oral literature and especially to experience performance related to his poetry … performed by poets from Quebec, France and the Federation Wallonia-Brussels (Jean-Pierre Bobillot, Richard Martel, Anne-James Chaton, Renée Gagnon,& Stuff aka Éric Therer + Philippe Franck, André Marceau, Chantal Neveu, Jonathan Lamy, Jean-Yves Fréchette).