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MADAM<br />

NEVERSTOP<br />

ELIZABETH TORRES (MADAM NEVERSTOP)<br />

PERFORMANCE & MULTIMEDIA ARTS, VISUAL POETRY,<br />

WORKSHOPS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY CREATIVITY.


ABOUT<br />

ELIZABETH TORRES (MADAM NEVERSTOP)<br />

Colombian/American poet, translator and multimedia artist.<br />

She has a background in Media & Film and Fine Arts from Kean University,<br />

NJ, and an MFA in Performing Arts from Den Danske Scenekunstskole (Writing<br />

Specialization).<br />

Winner of the Ambroggio Prize 2022 by the Academy of American Poets,<br />

<strong>Eli</strong>zabeth is the author of over 20 books of poetry published in Spanish,<br />

English, Danish and German, and her poetry has also been included in<br />

anthologies and literary journals around the planet. <strong>Eli</strong>zabeth is a<br />

frequent speaker at universities, poetry and culture festivals and other<br />

events across Europe, Latin America and the US, having traveled to over<br />

30 countries with her work.<br />

Host of the Red Transmissions Podcast, and initiator of the international<br />

audio collection Poetic Phonotheque, as well as a cultural organizer in<br />

the Nordic regions.<br />

<strong>Eli</strong>zabeth is the director of Red Door Magazine & Red Door Gallery, with<br />

which she provides a platform to local and international artists. She is<br />

also project coordinator for other initiatives in Europe and abroa, and<br />

director of the yearly Nature & Culture Poetry Film Festival.<br />

www.madamneverstop.com


MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE<br />

Her work intertwines poetry, visions and soundscapes with language and<br />

performance across various art forms and media.<br />

Creating under the name of Madam Neverstop, her interests involve<br />

soundscapes, visual arts through textile/fabrics/papers/paintings, and<br />

presented as installations which often also involve film, animation,<br />

and performance… all of this centered around conversations on agency,<br />

identity and territory. These live performances usually include video<br />

projections, tape recorders, synthesizers, vox pedals and microphones<br />

to combine live poetry and soundscapes.<br />

www.patreon.com/madamneverstop


INTERVENTIONS OF<br />

A SPACE<br />

ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE:<br />

This performance is an intimate<br />

space for the audience to experience<br />

individually, share their secrets,<br />

fears and dreams, and get a typed poem<br />

in response.<br />

It can be performed at 2 hour<br />

intervals, and requires volunteers to<br />

invite the audience to enter the cave,<br />

preferably in the style of bouncers<br />

at the entrance of a club.<br />

Includes soundscapes and typewriters.<br />

Concept inspired by the cut-up of<br />

William Burroughs and the collages<br />

and drawings of HC Andersen.<br />

A conversation about sexual diversity,<br />

intimacy and human connection,<br />

presented as an artistic intervention<br />

in the main hall of the HC Andersen<br />

museum in Denmark, 2022.


EXHIBITIONS<br />

Due to her extensive background of over a decade in the performing<br />

arts as an interdisciplinary artist, <strong>Eli</strong>zabeth has an array of works<br />

of visual poetry involving stop-motion, animation, experimental film<br />

and experimental music. They can be screened individually in a gallery<br />

or museum, or as a headphones installation for a curated compilation<br />

exhibition.


PANELS AND TALKS ON MULTIMEDIA POETRY<br />

As a cultural promoter and director of<br />

the international archive THE POETIC<br />

PHONOTHEQUE, <strong>Eli</strong>zabeth gives talks in<br />

museums, libraries and other cultural<br />

spaces, which combine a discussion on<br />

the importance of the diversification<br />

of cultural spaces, combining<br />

conversations with international and<br />

local guest artists, culminating in a<br />

poetry reading and the presentation of<br />

a selection of videos from around the<br />

world that are part of this archive.<br />

As of 20<strong>23</strong>, these events have taken<br />

place in 7 countries and over 20<br />

cities.<br />

www.poeticphonotheque.com


INTERDISCIPLINARY CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS<br />

The interdisciplinary creativity<br />

workshops focus on the use of poetry<br />

as a channel for important messages<br />

from our communities, represented<br />

in written, then visual and audio<br />

form. Multimodal forms of expression<br />

and how to tap into these resources.<br />

Participants first hear a talk about<br />

<strong>Eli</strong>zabeth’s career, her accomplishments<br />

and lessons learned along the way,<br />

and view a selection from The POETIC<br />

PHONOTHEQUE of international voices<br />

and videos from around the world that<br />

are part of the archive.<br />

Using various tools, such as analog or<br />

digital audio recorders, computers,<br />

typewriters, papers, their mobile<br />

phones or other objects, they develop<br />

a concept that is then presented as<br />

a sound or audiovisual poem, which at<br />

the end of the workshop, are added to<br />

the collection of the sound library.<br />

These workshops have recently been<br />

commissioned by the University of<br />

Copenhagen and the University of<br />

Wales, the international performing<br />

arts festival Artival and the Finnish<br />

organization Kirjan Talo.<br />

Each festival and event is documented<br />

at www.reddoormagazine.com.<br />

madamneverstop@gmail.com<br />

www.madamneverstop.com<br />

@madamneverstop


X SPECIES: A multimedia show with live soundscapes, visual mapping and<br />

multilingual poetry in two voices to create a fascinating space where the<br />

audience could relax and immerse themselves in a conversation about our<br />

role in the conservation of the planet and the species that inhabit it,<br />

including our own.<br />

Daniel worked on the visuals creating moving images that he intertwined with<br />

sounds I created with vocal loops on my synthesizers, droning noise through<br />

my #lyra8 and a tape recorder, and all linked with poetic interventions<br />

from one or both of us.<br />

Tranås Fringe Festival, 2022, Sweden.


COLLECTIVE MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCES:<br />

X SPECIES: Second collaboration of the series X, 20<strong>23</strong>, with the participation<br />

of Daniel Malpica, <strong>Eli</strong>zabeth Torres and Pablo Saborio.<br />

“X-changes” is a poetic multimedia show that explores species loss,<br />

abandonment and the haunting specter of oblivion. With three captivating<br />

voices, evocative soundscapes and fascinating projections, it confronts<br />

the fragility of our planet and the consequences of human actions.<br />

Images made live with overhead projectors by Daniel Malpica and <strong>Eli</strong>zabeth<br />

Torres.Soundscapes activated through layers of cassette players, music by<br />

<strong>Eli</strong>zabeth Torres and Pablo Saborío.Live poetic performance in 3 voices by<br />

Daniel, <strong>Eli</strong>zabeth and Pablo.<br />

Theater Jarmo, Tranås Fringe Festival, 20<strong>23</strong>, Sweden.


FOR BOOKING, CONTACT:<br />

madamneverstop@gmail.com<br />

GIVE YOUR SUPPORT ON PATREON:<br />

www.patreon.com/madamneverstop<br />

Follow on Social Media:<br />

@madamneverstop<br />

Sign up for the newsletter and learn more at:<br />

www.madamneverstop.com

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