What Is Poetry to You?

Cecilia Vicuña

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Staff Picks

What Is Poetry to You?

Cecilia Vicuña
1980

23 Minutes
Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Date
April 1-30, 2024

Vicuña asks passersby on the streets of Bogotá—including fellow artists and poets, sex workers, children, a police officer, and a scientist—the question: “What is poetry to you?” The surprising answers she elicits reveal the richness of oral culture in Colombia.

Presented as the April 2024 edition of e-flux Film’s monthly series Staff Picks.

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