Wu Yan Poetry Event
language and spiritual space of poetry
language and spiritual space of poetry
Host:
David Galil, Theatrical Producer
Agenda:
1. Part I: Opening
Opening Performance: Chinese Zither (Guqin), played by Shiran 5 minutes
Greetings: Prof. Asaf Goldschmidt 5minutes
Yehezkel Lazarov 5minutes
prof. Zhang Ping 5 minutes
2. Part II: Topic Discussion
Romaine Scott: wordlessness: Language in crisis: The poetry of Yu Jingyi 10minutes
Sol Jaworowski: “Religious Texts and Contemporary Poetry” 8 minutes
Prof. Liang Hong: “spirit of poetry” 5 minutes
Yishai Knoll: “The present time is future in music composition” 10 minutes
3、Part III: speech and Reading
Yehezkel Lazarov: “Aphasic” or “by then” (Hebrew Poems) 3 minutes
Roni Toren: “Autumn in Beijing” 5minutes
Simcha Shirman: “in full sunlight” (Hebrew Poems) 3 minutes
Free reading
Yu Jingyi: “why poetry”; Reading: “what I was doing in the wind” 8 minutes
4、Part IIII: Closing
Remarks: David Galil
Photo Session
Reception
About the Author of Wu Yan (Wordless)
About the Author of A Poet Lost for Words
Yu Jingyi is a poet, producer, director, and founder of the China-Israel Culture and Art Foundation. She ran her own theater and producing company in China. Recently, she moved from Beijing to Tel Aviv and has been traveling between the two countries, producing dramas and facilitating communication in cultures and arts.
Her representative productions include the Israeli plays Requiem By Hanoch Levin. Jingyi’s other major literary publication is the JY Poem Collection. She is currently working on a collection of short stories and a stage production.
Guests of Honor:
Prof. Asaf Goldschmidt, Director of CITAU
Prof. Liang Hong, Chinese Director of CITAU
Yu Jingyi, Poet, Producer, Director, Founder of the Sino-Israeli Culture and Arts Foundation
Yehezkel Lazarov, Head of the Performing Arts Department at Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
Romaine Scott, Sinologist, Poet, Translator
Simcha Shirman, Artist
Prof. Zhang Ping, Tel Aviv University professor, scholar, Translator
Dr. Sol Jaworowski, Psychiatrist
Roni Toren, Artist
Yishai Knoll, Composer