SpokenWord Paris

Alison Grace Koehler is a poet, painter and maker of stained glass. Her work in these mediums is interconnected. She has written cultural reviews for the Copenhagen Post and contributed to research at The Scottish Stained Glass Symposium and Trust after receiving the Bourse Leonardo. Alison has curated and performed in shows for Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Les Nocturnes de l’Aude, and The Edinburgh Art Festival. One of the longstanding poets at the Bordel de la Poésie, Alison brings her words into intimate as well as public spaces. Her stained glass has traveled through its own diverse settings, from Auvers-Saint-Georges forest to Berkeley Books to recent artist residency at Carbone 17 in Aubervilliers. Alison lives in Paris and continues to create independently at Atelier Lengaï. Her poetry, like her stained glass, is imbued with personal expression as well as happenstance, and shards of transparency.

Oto Cronopio, 35 years old, from Nicaragua, writes poetry mainly in french and spanish, but sometimes also in english, portuguese or italian. Participates since three years in many poetic events in french, english and spanish communities (spoken word, Plu, open secret, Angora poets, slams at Culture rapide, Downtown café, Bnb, co-organizes a slam at Le Maximilien). Studied translation and hispanoamerican literature and civilization(Master). Actually spanish teacher at Éducation Nationale. Unpublished .

Open Secret! Your home for experiments in all the performing arts. Wednesdays (2nite!) at Le Bistrot des Artistes, 6 rue des Anglais, 5è. Métro Maubert-Mutualité (line 10) or Saint-Michel (line 4). At 8pm, nightlong sign-up starts, then at 9, poésie muse-ic theatre divine comedy performance art & dance. Make your own major. Tonight’s theme is Under Pressure. With special musical guest Tim Watt, whose work ranges from the sweetly melancholic to the existential to the Rock of ages. (Bio below)/

London musician, now residing in Paris, Tim Watt captivates an audience with haunting melodies and complimenting soulful vocals. He has performed a vast array of shows over the years, from the neon lights of Las Vegas to such legendary folk venues as The Troubadour in London and The Bitter End in New York City. His songs are sculptured with poetic lyrical content inspired by the works of Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Nick Drake, with more recent influences consisting of Jeff Buckley, Ryan Adams and Jack White to name a few. The eclectic collection of influences ranging from folk to the punk rock movement provides a unique body of individual compositions to the listener.

http://timwatt.co.uk/
http://facebook.com/timwattofficial

Nupur Saraswat is a passionate stage performer, who brings an electric energy on stage along with her bold words. Her volatile words and performance style has been praised by the most sought-after lyricist of Bollywood – Javed Akhtar with whom she has shared a stage in 2016. She has performed for big stages like UN Women, TEDx, India Conversations, Under 25 Summit, and DPS schools.
Nupur, who is from Singapore, also runs a collective where she curates artists (ask her about your artist needs at Beasts of Bed and Battlefield). At an age of 22, she is a lot of things – a recruitment consultant, an environmental engineer, a writer, and a spoken-word artist. But more than anything else, she is “that girl with a flower in her curly hair”.
Kate Black-Regan is a performance artist, vocalist, and poet engaged in expressive art therapy. At the root of her work is a deep trust in the power of transformative growth through creative expression. Her art explores the potential to reclaim, re-story, and re-envision roles and narratives with a dynamic feminist lens. Originally from Philadelphia, US, she collaborates with a wide range of creative makers globally, facilitates multidisciplinary workshops, and is currently residing in Bangalore, India. 

Open Secret! Your own personal experimental open mic – Wednesdays (2nite!) @ Le Bistrot des Artistes, 6 rue des Anglais. Métro Maubert-Mutualité (line 10) or Saint-Michel (line 4).

At 8pm, all-night open mic sign-up says “Hello, I love you! Won’t you tell me your name?” At 9 of the clock! 😉 Innovations in right-ing, muse-ic, divine comedy, wigged-out performance art, dream theater, & “You can dance if you want to.”

2nite’s theme is “Break on through (to the other side).” Let’s look beyond all surfaces & find real meaning…& break on through to the other side at Le Bistrot 2nite!

Benjamin Aleshire is based in New Orleans, and travels the world as a poet-for-hire, composing poems for strangers on a manual typewriter. His work is forthcoming in Iowa Review and Boston Review, and he was recently featured in El Mundo, in Spain, and on SinoVision TV, in China. This summer during a residency at the Künstlerhaus Vorwerk-Stift in Hamburg, he created an artist-book of visual poems, ‘Currency’, from rags picked in the St. Pauli market. You can commission him every afternoon in front of Shakespeare & Co.

Naniso Tswai is a Berlin-based author and academic. His work is strongly embedded in broader issues of justice and peace, particularly as these relate to human rights and identity. Over the past five years he has shifted his focus from academic writing to fictional writing, this has come in the form of short stories and novels. He is also a Spoken Word performer, an artistic outlet which allows him to express himself with a different voice. He is the founder and current co-director of Berlin Spoken Word (BSW). BSW is an international group working on various projects based in Berlin. Its main event – which draws an audience of over 60 people each week – is a weekly open mic night providing a familiar space for spoken word poetry, stories, music, comedy and more. Several times throughout the year it invites international artists to be featured performers at the event. In addition to the open mic night, BSW also runs various other projects. Most prominently, these include Sharing Words that Matter (SWTM) and Berlin Unspoken.  SWTM is guerilla poetry outreach project which aims to spread awareness and engage the community in current and continuing social and political issues. Berlin Unspoken is BSW’s literary magazine. It features both local and international artists and is published quarterly.