Red Door 36 - TRUTH n the PARADOX

RED DOOR 36
REDDOORMAGAZINE.COM
TRUTH & THE PARADOX
FEATURING HG MADSEN
SUMMER 2024
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RED DOOR
PATRICK HORNER
MADAM NEVERSTOP
DOKTOR HANSEN
SHOWROOM FIGUR
LALO BARRUBIA
LITERATUR HAUS
DANIEL MALPIKA
37-38
OS PRESSAN
KULTURNATTEN
comes to Nørrebro.
We’re throwing a FIMARA
street party and you’re
invited!
PABLO SABORIO
CIRCLE WORK
A multilingua,
multimedia,
multicultural bookfair
with independent
publishers and
bookshops from the
Nordic region.
39-40
BAREN I KRONBORGGADE 3
02
16 - 17
NATTEDAGBOG / DIARIO
DE LA NOCHE / JOURNAL
OF THE NIGHT
by Pita Ochoa
now out with RED PRESS

SPILLESTEDET STENGADE
25-41
For the 15th
anniversary of Red
Door, we decided to
throw a party. Then it
went overboard and
became a whole fringe
festival.
Come dance?
THE POET BASTARDS
ART LAB _ 21
LA FEE VERTE
MORTEN MEJER
27-28
Poetry takeover
featuring Pita Ochoa
Stephen James Smith
Lalo Barrubia
and Dominic Williams
Bring YOUR POEMS!
CAPPELENS FORSLAG
SPEAKERS KORNER
ARK BOOKS
50
KIRSTEN REYNOLDS
The POETIC
PHONOTHEQUE
...A Copenhagen popup
at arkbooks on
Møllegade, and more!
WRITE4WORD
07-15
RED DOOR 36:
Featuring the art of
H.G MADSEN.
CHRISTIAN PALLIN & MAG
KULTIVERA
ESCHO
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RED DOOR MAGAZINE, #38
The Truth & The Paradox
SUMMER, 2024
Founder & Director:
Elizabeth Torres
(Madam Neverstop)
www.madamneverstop.com
Poetry Editor:
Pablo Saborío
Nature & Culture
International Film Fest
co-director
Patrick Horner
Correspondents:
Melaine Knight
The Neon Rebel
Australia
Tanya Cosio,
Mexico
Brandon Davis,
Germany / DK
Mario Z.Puglisi
Mexico
Miller Almario
Red Visions
Colombia
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Featured artist
HG Madsen --------------------------------------- pgs. 07-15
NATTEDAGBOG / JOURNAL OF THE NIGHT
DIARIO DE LA NOCHE
By Pita Ochoa on Red Press -------------- pgs. 16-17
POETRY submissions ------------------------ -pgs. 18-24
featuring:
Allison Hummel ..........................................18
ScarlettPeterson ........................................19
Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán.......................20
Mitch Reyes .................................................21
Ronald J Pelias ...........................................22
L. Ward Abel ..............................................23
Stephen James Smith ..............................24
RESONANS FRINGE FESTIVAL --------pgs.25 - 41
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESONANS FRINGE FESTIVAL
IS HERE! ---------------------------------------------- pg. 25-41
NATURE & CULTURE
International Poetry Film Fest ----------- pgs. 42-47
WHAT’S NEW in the
POETIC PHONOTHEQUE-------------------------- pg.50
Kultivera
Sweden
Write4Word
Wales
Cover & featured art by
HG Madsen
RED DOOR MAGAZINE #36
summer 2024
Red Press, Copenhagen
ISBN:978-87-94003-27-8
www.reddoormagazine.com
All rights reserved to the
corresponding authors.
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FROM THE DESK OF MADAM NEVERSTOP
EDITORIAL
THE PROCESS IS THE PRODUCT / THE PRODUCT IS THE PROCESS
Dear worldthreaders,
As it turns out, 15 years ago I was probably making the
best of a New York heatwave by walking around LIC,
Queens, where 5Pointz used to reign; A gigantic building
full of graffiti and street art by some of the most renown
artists in the world, which gloriously appeared like a
vision once the 7 train came out of the underground,
away from Manhattan and into my neighborhood, LIC,
back then a haven of musicians, poets and artists... now,
a lego-like collection of corporate blue glass buildings
and wealthy sons-of-bankers walking their chihuahuas.
See, it was here, right by the MOMA PS1 and surrounded
by galleries, bars and restaurants, that the idea of Red
Door Magazine was born. And it was while walking
through the floors of this now-extinct building, filled
with gorgeous art studios, that 15 years ago the name
for Red Door became the chosen one... simply because
it was the one door of an art studio, blasting great
music and with laughter and incense coming out from
its edges, that caused the most curiosity. We knocked
and knocked, but it wasn’t meant to be. What potential!
What mystery! What awaits on the other side of this
Red Door?
Since then, much has happened. It’s been a decade
since relocating to Denmark, and here Red Door is
also a gallery (and bookshop)... and a publishing
project called Red Press, and a multimedia archive
called The Poetic Phonotheque, and a podcast called
the Red Transmissions, and an international network
of creators that covers the Americas, Europe, and
Australia, where we have many correspondents and
collaborators. To say that it hasn’t been easy would be
an understatement. The reason why Red Door started
as a virtual magazine, back when that concept wasn’t a
popular idea, was because the main goal was to disrupt
the concept of paywalls and exclusive access that only
certain classes would be able to access. If I/we created
a magazine that was accessible online for free, without
any corporate sponsors, government grants or other
types of advertisements, we could focus on the quality
of the content and the freedom of speech, taking upon
us the sole responsibility of running it as a DIY project.
In many ways this afforded us the freedom to fail and
succeed frequently and well. To reach communities and
spaces that otherwise would not have been attentive or
capable of collaborating with us... and to do a project
that truly and fully has been done in the name of art,
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by artists and for artists, wherever we are. Here I must
mention Kultivera, who took the files of issue 20 of the
magazine and shipped it to my address so as to very
convincingly persuade me to begin the life of Red Door
as a printed magazine as well, about darn time.
The most surprising thing, every single time, has been
experiencing people saying yes. From Dieglo La Torre,
an illustrator and musician working for DC comics who
became the first featured artist of Red Door, to the
hundreds of poets and visual artists, among them Per
Adolfsen, Molly Crabapple, Daniel Martin Diaz, among
many other fantastic creators who through the years
have shared their work and knowledge and made of
this magazine such a rewarding process. Because in a
neverstop circular creative existence, that is the mantra:
The process is the product - The product is the process.
And now, 15 years later, we will gather this October, my
dear worldthreaders, most of whom I know thanks to
Red Door and by guidance of poetry itself, to celebrate
in exactly the same way RED DOOR has always existed:
Through collaborations, through worldthreading,
through me coming up with the strangest ideas and
you saying yes and us making it happen. It all started
with the idea of throwing a party but as usual, we’ve
gotten carried away and now it’s a whole festival.
RESONANS Fringe Festival is of course centered
on the idea of marking this milestone, by
celebrating those who have been a part of the
magazine through the years. But it is also the
breathing of new life, to our gallery, to our street,
to our neighborhood, to our friendships. We focus
on humanity’s connection with nature, and start
with local activation, Nordic participation, and
international collaboration, this October 8th to the
13th in Copenhagen.
And most importantly, you can already draw a big
RED heart on your calendar for that week, so that
you too can be part of the celebration, because
you belong here, among us, levitating in music,
poetry, multimedia art, good conversations, new
ideas, friendship... and who knows, probably that
poem you’ve been seeking for.
Looking forward to this and so much more,
Madam Neverstop.

Passing Missiles
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FEATURED ARTIST
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Flying carpets by HG Madsen

Hattedamer by HG Madsen
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HG MADSEN
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Henrik Gødsbøll Madsen lives and
works in Copenhagen. His showroom
Figur is located on the street next to Red
Door’s, at Peter Fabers Gade 11... so
imagine the surprise of encountering
his art during one of our neighborhood
explorations: These windows of
passive moments at the edge of the
world, these massive figures allowing
us to see their apathy and exhaustion
at will, oh the comfort of fine living! oh
the sublime expressions of comfort,
even at a time of much incertainty.
These sharp visual critiques of our
species will leave you pondering, yet
eager to return to their planet.
HG Madsen’s primary practice
is figurative acrylic painting. He
investigates aspects of society and
modern civilization by portraying
specific human figures and characters
from everyday life, aiming to frame
what you could call a human paradox.
A typical motif in his work is the
tourist. A figure that represents the
personification of living “the good life”
but also simultaneously incarnates
the devastating effects of over
consumption in the Western world. The
individuals in HG Madsens paintings
are often displayed in a flawed non
flattering manner. This “tribute” to
imperfection in the character building
is important in HG Madsens work,
because by this approach you can
trigger a more fragile and naked
depiction or as the late Leonard
Cohen pronounces it:
“There is a Crack in Everything. That’s
How the Light Gets In” (L. Cohen)
HG Madsen holds a master’s degree
in educational anthropology and you
could observe his work as a sort of
visual anthropology. Parallel to his
work as a painter HG Madsen has been
working professionally in the field of
web design and animation.
Sunset by HG Madsen
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Alien visitor by HG Madsen
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We are all in this together - by HG Madsen
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RED PRESS PRESENTS
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Natten strækker sig ud
det klare lys får mig til at gyse
jeg flyver i den kolde tåge
glasmosaikker vibrerende i vinden
hviskende klokker
istapper i øreflippen
jord hobet op i struben
Strubens tørre tavshed
svøber liglagen om mine dybe floder
Translation by Malene Thorborg
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La noche se tiende
la claridad me tiembla
vuelo en la niebla fría
vibrantes vitrales en la brisa
campanas susurrantes
carámbanos del lóbulo
tierra agolpada en la garganta
El silencio seco de la garganta
amortaja mis ríos profundos
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Night stretches out
clarity trembles within me
I fly in the cold mist
vibrant stained glass in the breeze
whispering bells
icicles from the lobe
earth crowding up in my throat
The dry silence in my throat
shrouds my steep rivers
Translation by Elizabeth Torres
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POETRY
Sanderac
Adages prevail. We all
live in equidistance.
Flexing roots between
the head of heaven
and the feet of work.
In contrast: an impossible
softness. A pliant brush of green.
Soft belly of a wild thing,
resin gum of a cypress.
The winds
and defy
Servants to
kick forward again
our notions.
ineffable ends,
they show the way,
and we don’t take it, which is
our way.
Cupping smoke, shellacking
relics and streaming with tears.
Allison Hummel is based in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on environment, history and religious
traditions, and has recently appeared in Bloodletter magazine. Work is forthcoming from Up The
Staircase Quarterly and Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal.
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CANONICALLY
or because I have to reread Tender Buttons and am reminded that Stein is was a lesbian and
synonymous with lesbianism (and fascism) but first this book and its domestic objects its title
which might mean nipples and I think clitoris which is the first thing anyone thinks of when they
think of a lesbian (right) the clitoris and perhaps the tongue two objects I am naming so
nominally with so many nouns that I cannot seem to drop and have thought also of the tongue
and the clitoris and the lesbian bed in which one becomes a sort of sacred food to the other
meanwhile I am considering form and shape and how the mind wanders when given no real
boundaries consider this lack of punctuation like Stein’s a way of bucking at hierarchy and
remember also this is so much like Picasso who painted women green and lay it all out there
especially in the painting I once saw at The Tate where some woman had clearly angered him
and so remade her body, showed it splayed to the world her tender buttons (every one) exposed
her legs open her face turned towards us staring from two different eyes remember Picasso who
stole who colonized in an effort to be brilliant and perhaps this inspired her too perhaps Stein
was stealing something and hid it within the rooms the stanzas the little squares little cubes
perhaps it means nothing perhaps it is a code perhaps
Scarlett Peterson is a poet, memoirist, and college instructor. Her first poetry collection, The Pink I
Must Have Worn [Kelsay Books] was published in August 2023. She completed her PhD at Georgia
State University. She has published poetry, nonfiction, and fiction in dozens of journals.
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POETRY
Return
Into the museum of our people, I take you by the hand, through the
exhibits.
It means something to kiss you here.
By the exhibit on Native skateboarding and (land)surfing,
I take your tongue into my mouth; and you, mine.
We are protected.
Our art and bodies, for once, protected. People
need to go through security to get to us. Perhaps this is where we are
most safe: behind glass.
People can’t say shit,
or there’ll be consequences.
Who knew this is where our kiss-ins should be?
You gonna say something
to two queer Native boyz
in a Native museum?
We come home.
At places the general public can’t
enter with weapons. Past the electric wands and gates,
guards, you have to pay admission to see us.
Perhaps they will bring offering. Centuries in waiting.
Perhaps this is where
queer powwows can occur, urban Indianz can go.
Where we can make out. Have our 49er songs.
security
Grand Entry.
Imagine 1491.
Amidst other works of art.
We seal the deal with a kiss.
I take you before I make love to you. There is a pattern,
processional. Protocol for mating.
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I take you here; then we eat. Then we will eat again.
You, so good against my tongue.
You, the one treasure I stole from the museum.
Repatriated.
Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán is the
author of Archipiélagos; Antes y
después del Bronx: Lenapehoking;
and South Bronx Breathing Lessons;
editor of Yellow Medicine Review: A
Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art,
and Thought’s international queer
Indigenous issue; and co-editor of
Movement Research Performance
Journal’s Native dance/movement/
performance issue.

WET PLATE
find in a book on the library steps
a farmhouse in ohio
where a lightning flash
permanently etched in the glass
of an upstairs window
the image of a face
these streets are like that
shadow of a bird in flight
brushes peeling off a wall
over a painted sky
picture the face of a child
long departed
framed by a house
do it with any window
any face
Mitch Rayes is a second generation Lebanese-Irish American from Detroit, based in Albuquerque.
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POETRY
Seven Ways to Live Life While It Disappears
1.
Be ready to empty your pockets of winter.
Let the daffodils push you into optimism.
See how the sky can still fill with swallows
and how worms can still work the soil.
Forget the troubles weather can bring.
Plant another bulb. Feel the brisk breeze.
2.
Live the life of the ascetic, alone, away
from the news that tells tales of our stupidity
and destruction, away from those who would
impose their will on others, away from all
lies, hypocrisy, and greed. Develop faith
in your ignorance. Commit to a Spartan life.
3.
Be present, mindful of each moment.
Don’t let history haunt or speculation sour.
Keep a gratitude journal. Notice how the grass,
the azalea bush, and agapanthus leaves are
difference shades of green, how a brush stroke
creates, how the mirror tells your simple story.
4.
Leave your church and other organizations
that proselytize, preach the superiority
of their views. Remove yourself from political
parties whose primary interest is maintaining
power. Escape from friends and partners who take
pleasure in argument. Win by stepping aside.
5.
Become a hedonist. Indulge in a selfish orgy
of pleasures. Serve yourself your desires
without regard to how your gratification
might infringe on others or transgress norms.
Remember, nothing matters but just you
for as long as you can keep satisfying yourself.
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6.
Repeat Vonnegut’s phrase, “And so it goes”
whenever needed. Accept there’s nothing you
can do. Recognize that you are incapable
of changing current circumstances, of stopping
what’s to come. Acknowledge the end is near,
that you are helpless. Say, “And so it goes” again.
7.
Fight. Fight for survival. Be like a wild animal,
caged. Escape from the logic your own comfort,
from convenience becoming necessity. Claw
yourself free. Do with less. Do without. Cover
your tracks. Commit. Take risks. Save your habitat.
Act relentlessly. Believe it’s not too late. Roar.
Ronald J. Pelias spent most of his
career writing books, e.g., If the
Truth Be Told (Brill Publications),
The Creative Qualitative
Researcher (Routledge), and
Lessons on Aging and Dying
(Routledge), that call upon the
literary as a research strategy.
Now he just writes for the
pleasures and frustrations of
lingering in bafflement.

The Small Words
The small words
almost no words
have the most force
exceed their sources
like weather from nothing
or barely a breath or
a thought all but there
a look that could show
strewn letters or
half-sentences full of novels
or half-mornings full of
lifetimes.
L. Ward Abel’s work has appeared in hundreds of journals (Rattle, Versal, The Reader, Worcester
Review, Riverbed Review, Honest Ulsterman, Main Street Rag, others), including two nominations
for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and he is the author of three full collections and ten
chapbooks of poetry.
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POETRY
Russian Fruit
For Ирина
On my birthday,
you sent me fruit,
from Moscow with love.
The sour taste of long distance
made palatable by the fructose kiss of
orange, pear, kiwi.
Even an avocado,
which is a fruit of sorts.
Finally, a lemon,
as we need some bitterness in us
to know what sweetness is.
I peeled back the flesh, thinking of you.
How I want you in my mouth again, soon.
I added the fruit to my morning porridge.
You sustain me now.
For some unknown reason,
I think of Russian mushrooms,
and picking these earthly white stars
with you amongst chamomile petals.
And other things like
what restaurants to dine in,
or children’s clothes.
This is what living tastes of...
Stephen James Smith, born in Dublin, is an Irish poet, writer, performer, playwright, and educator.
Their short poetry films have captivated millions, earning them the opportunity to perform
alongside notable names like Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Patti Smith, Shane MacGowan, Bono
(U2), Imelda May, and Glen Hansard. With close to 1,000 gigs worldwide over the past 20 years.
As a recording artist, Stephen’s work has been lauded both nationally and internationally, leading
to Stephen being dubbed “Dublin’s unofficial poet laureate.” Stephen’s creations have been
extensively published, translated into eight languages, and have received numerous awards and
nominations.
Connect on social media @sjswords
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PARTICIPATING POETS :
MAGNUS GREHN
SWEDEN
KRISTIN SVAVA
ICELAND
PITA OCHOA
MEXICO
KARL LARSSON
SWEDEN
PATRICK HORNER
CANADA / DENMARK
ELZBIETA WOJCIK-LEESE
POLAND / UK / DK
THE POET BASTARDS
NEW ZEALAND / DK
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ELIZABETH TORRES
COLOMBIA / US / DK

DOMINIC WILLIAMS
WALES
STEPHEN JAMES SMITH
IRELAND
ANGELA GARCIA
COLOMBIA / SWEDEN
NATHALIE SALLEGREN
AUSTRALIA / FINLAND
MICHAEL AMITIN
FRANCE
DUVAN OCAMPO
COLOMBIA
ANNA VALDIS KRO
ICELAND
LALO BARRUBIA
URUGUAY / SWEDEN
...and more!
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If you wanna get it done
right, it must start with
poetry.
In the following pages, a report of RESONANS FRINGE festival preparations
by Madam Neverstop.
On October 8, 2024, we will meet at Red Door for a
welcome reception and official opening ceremony,
accompanied by the live music of Thomas Büchelm
from 14 to 18. Red Door is located at Møllegade 23a
kld, 2200 Nørrebro.
From there, after the proper meet and greet with the
many artists, poets, performers and creators joining
us to the festival, the idea is to leave together, in a
type of “masa alegre” or poetic mass, to do the short
walk towards La Fee Verte. There might or might
not be poetic interruptions along the way, but you
should keep in mind it is approx a 15. min walk
from Red Door to La Fee Verte (and much longer
on the way back since one leaves this absinthe bar
zigzagging).
We will have the great honor of featuring Pita
Ochoa, Stephen James Smith and Lalo Barrubia, with
our admired guest MC and collaborator Dominic
Williams. Bring your poems, in all languages. After
the open mic, the celebrations conclude (for the day)
with a glorious eperformance by the Poet Bastards.
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+ PERFORMANCE
BY THE POET
BASTARDS
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The 9th and 10th of October we
have quite a mixture of offerings
for you, prepared by yours truly,
Madam Neverstop, in a way so it
also represents the unfolding of
any issue of Red Door Magazine.
There must be great art, so it leaves
you speechless. For visual art is
poetry that speaks to any language,
and the base of Red Door has always
been to serve as a platform for
great art. So of course we begin the
exhibition offerings with someone
previously featured on Red Door,
British artist Kirsten Reynolds.
Reynolds conveys in paint a sense
of process in which the outcome
is not defined beforehand. Some
are like the essence of landscape,
where form is minimal. Others
though, look like a further stage of
dissolution. They don’t express an
aggressive sense of destruction, but
are gorgeously, sensually molten and
cataclysmic with shreds of landscape
whose shape eludes you on close
examination.’ Simone Witney,
Hastings Independent Press, 2017
You can listen to a conversation with
Kirsten on the Red Transmissions
Podcast.
Another great focus of this second
day of the festival must be the
diversity of our network,because,
how else to represent a proyect that
was started in the Big Apple, and
which has traveled to all continents
and received poetry, art, essays and
other material in so many languages?
We will be at Literatur Haus in
Nørrebro, a cultural space which often
serves as the background of literary
festivals, book releases and other
features of the Danish community.
For a multimedia, multilingual and
multicultural event, we will be
counting with the presence of several
local and international poets, among
them Michael Amitin who joins us
from France, Lalo Barrubia (Uruguay/
Sweden), Elzbieta Wojcik- Leese
(Poland / UK / DK), a novel debut
by Pablo Saborio, a presentation
of Miserabilia - my Swedish debut
collaboration with the poet Jonas
Ellerström, who will also join us
with his band Blago Bung... and to
conclude, an experimental music
performance by Chilean composer
Tomas Gubbins.
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Also at Literatur Haus, when visiting
the Cafe, you will be able to enjoy
the beauty and colorful contrast of
peaceful pale figures, possibly aliens,
who sometimes seem to be ever so
slowly being taken away by the rising
tide... I am referring of course to the
work of Danish artist HG Madsen,
whose curious, dormant, distant
characters adorn the pages of this
issue of Red Door.
So you see, on day two of RESONANS
Festival you’ll have already enjoyed
more art, music and poetry, than
most do in a normal month. So come
ready. The poetry takeover begins!
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On October 10th we will celebrate
the multimedia work of Danish artist
Esben Holk, whose exhibition FEED
will be at Red Door, and I too will
make that random apparition with my
paintings, taking over Figur.dk for a
solo show, something I haven’t done
since 2016... and there will of course
be receptions and bubbles, smiles
and good music at each happening.
But since what we’re doing is a
festival and not just a little talent
show, at our neighbors on Møllegade
ART LAB 21 we will have FIMARA,
a nomadic concert series that will
include 3 sets of a curated selection
of artists specific for this occasion.
And since the whole idea of
throwing a festival that celebrates
15 years of work is to show the world
how relevant, fresh, young and well
informed we remained, we figured it
was time to go dancing.
There will actually be two concert
nights at Spillestedet STENGADE,
which is a very special venue because
of its underground history and legacy
of music since the 70s. There will be
great DJs and bands performing, so
bring earplugs and dancing shoes,
because it’s only Wednesday and
we’re neverstopping.
On October 11, we start the day
with an exhibition by Colombian-
American artist Jose Osorio, and a
film screening of Umbrella House, by
Catalina Santamaria. To give you a bit
more context, Umbrella House is one
of the squatted houses in New York’s
Lower East Side, (the house I arrived
to when I was 13, and which saw Red
Door be born), and its great legacy of
underground poetry, art and music,
is displayed in this documentary...
featuring among the squatters that
made this house, our painter, Jose
Osorio. Beautiful, isn’t it?
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When you arrive to Copenhagen
you might feel like the whole city
is dressed up to celebrate Red
Door’s sweet 15, but no, close,
but no. It just so happens that on
October 11 Copenhagen celebrates
KULTURNATTEN, an incredible
evening that opens up libraries,
museums, and other cultural centers
throughout the city. All you need to
do is go to the website, or to any 7-11
in the city, and get your KULTURPAS,
which will grant you free movement
through the public transit system of
the city, and FREE entrance to the
very large selection of events taking
place simultaneously in the little
mermaid’s city.
What does one do when arranging
a festival to show off, even when
the entire city is having a cultural
happening? Well, say no more! We
of course decided to throw a street
party. We’ve partnered up with our
neighbors and other collaborators
in our street, Møllegade, and the
next street over, so as to have all
exhibitions open, a bar, a food truck,
and several exciting events, plus
poetry, live music and DJs. So this
day is a special thing, and it is called
RESONANS ER OS.
At ArkBooks, which are our neighbors
at the beginning of the street, you
can enjoy a WORLDTHREADING
screening of poetry films, and record
your own poems on one of the
phones of our Poetic Phonotheque.
Visit their bookshop to listen to
live readings of poetry in various
languages through the day.
At Literatur Haus, there will be an
exquisite program that combines
poetry work from our festival guests
with actors and musicians who will
bring it to the stage...
All exhibitions previously mentioned
will, as I mentioned, be available
for you to visit, meaning art walks
gallore... and somehow we’ve gotten
so lucky that we’ll even count with
the participation of the local Nørrebro
choir to start the festivities of the
evening, which will start at 16.
Baren i Kronborggade 3 and
ESCHO are the curators of the band
selection, and we count with our
friends Speaker Korner, Circle Work,
Christian Pallin and Morten Mejer to
get us dancing all through the night.
NEVERSTOP!
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I kinda figured the 12th of October
should be an easy-peasy chill kind of
start because we all went to bed late.
So after you find your brunch you’re
welcome to join us at 13 at Literatur
Haus, where Red Door will be hosting
The Bound Beat - a multilingual
bookfair of independent publishers
and bookshops fron the Nordic
countries.
I asked Nørrebro’s local choir to join
us again here, because I feel majestic
when I say that’s how we start our
bookfair. We will count with the
presence of local Danish favorites,
such as beat poet Claus Høxbroe
and filmmaker Lars Movin, and the
collective CKultura will be doing a
multimedia performance... but I’ve
also called upon the Nordic network
to feature a variety of voices from
near and distant lands. Among them,
Kristin Svava (Iceland), Magnus
Grehn (Sweden) Grace Wilentz
(Ireland), Angela Garcia (Colombia/
Sweden), Efrin Gonzales (Guatemala/
DK), Daniel Malpica (Mexico/Finland),
and the band Två Män from Sweden.
Exciting, isn’t it? The festival
concludes on Oct 13 with NATURE
& CULTURE - International Poetry
Film Fest at EMPIRE BIO, co-directed
by Patrick Horner. We received
over 500 films, out of which we will
be presenting a selection in the
Animation, Short Film, Experimental,
Poetry Film and Documentary
categories, along with director talks,
and yes, poetry!
So come celebrate RESONANS
with us. Join us as we let our poetic
desire run freely in the streets of
Copenhagen, in the name of Red
Door. We takeover. We exist.
If you wanna get it done right,
it must be done with poetry.
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NEW ADDITIONS TO THE PERMANENT ARCHIVE OF
THE POETIC PHONOTHEQUE:
POETRY FILMS
Stories from my window
Poetic short about one possible end of the
world and love.
Directed by Marie Chiriac
United Kingdom
Culture Starter - Cyano Sun Suite
Culture Starter is the first track off of CYANO
SUN SUITE: a live concert film of poetry and
improvised hipjazzsoulbopfunkhop shot
at the iconic Montreal Biosphere. Directed
by Stefan Verna; written, performed and
produced by poet Tawhida Tanya Evanson;
and featuring improvised music by
members of Kalmunity Vibe Collective.
Canada
Lines in memory of my father
Basil witnessed the traumatic and sudden
death of his own father at the breakfast
table. This poem reflects upon the nature
of love between parent and child, child and
parent, and ones changing perception of
this love as time passes.
C. Michael Payne
Ireland
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Ariane Caron-Lacoste explores in this
poetic-documentary short film the
injunction of otherness made to women by
observing its consequence on her creative
process. Through a sound testimonial, she
addresses overperformance, domestic
overload and service to others.
Ariane Caron- lacoste, Guillaume marin

THE POETIC PHONOTHEQUE
Unreal Poetry For A Real Change
A visual poem for those who refuse to
yield to the madness of war, seeking to
transform the state of things. Here and now.
A memento against blind indifference, a
reminder that innocence is the first casualty
under the bombs. An experiment with the
dream of becoming an anthology of visual
poetry, embodied in a traveling audiovisual
installation, using higher definition AI
technologies coming in the near future.
Massimiliano Cosi
Italy
O RESTO É CEO
Jesus Andres Tejeda
Spain
A Detroit Love Story
A spoken word poem accompanied by
photos and original score about the new
direction of the city of Detroit Michigan.
Romeo Keyser
United States
Symphony Jane
A poem arrives on the screen letter by
letter. The image is all text with the story in
the soundtrack, a blackbird’s song.
Stuart Pound
United Kingdom
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Sumados
‘Sumados’ is an experimental film based
on the poem by Ue Sapena. A journey into
the inner universe of words that portrays the
trajectory of disconnection, isolation, and
fragmentation of the human being. It is also
a perspective that attempts to reflect the
wear and tear induced by the compression
of datafied societies.
Ue Sapena
Portugal
Peach
Peach is an imaginary teenage character.
She does her make up to the rhythm of
a poem addressed to her, voicing her
thoughts. Thoughts of sex, intimacy,
violence and compassion.
Clara Lahoche
France
In this room Everywhere
In This Room Everywhere is a tiny poetic
glimpse into the elusive dark matter - a
hypothetical form of matter that is unseen
but thought to be present all over our
universe.
Sometimes Alicia, Watson Andrew
Australia
Can’t you hear me?
A hunter goes into the woods in search for a
birdnoise but soon finds herself on another
path when hearing a childs’ laughter. A
chase starts, but if she wants to save or hurt
the motive to the alteration to her path may
be a question left unanswered.
Märta Hemberg
Sweden
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The History of Proximity
When two human bodies touch, a silent,
unwritten “history of proximity” emerges – a
dance through time, fleeting yet enduring.
Based on drawings by artist Lisa Est and
with the poetry by Herbert J.
Mersolis Schöne
Austria
Day of the Dead
The story unfolds against the backdrop of
the mesmerizing migration of millions of
Monarch butterflies to Mexico, believed to
embody the souls of the departed. The film
explores the profound Mexican tradition
of not just commemorating the dead but
reveling in the coexistence of life and death
during these sacred days.
Kris Curtiz De Meester, Peter Bracke
Belgium
Hide and Seek
A poem from Vivien Tóth’s short story
SAMU.
Vivien Tóth
Hungary
IT FELL
A video poem about exploring lines,
memory, repetition, word, and image, in
different ways, with snow as the main
character.
Directed by
Kevin McLellan
United States
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SEE THESE POETRY FILMS AND
HUNDREDS MORE, AT
POETICPHONOTHEQUE.COM

Meteorite Slice
‘Meteorite Slice’ is the second poetry film
in a trilogy created by poet Grace Wilentz
(Ireland) and documentary filmmaker
Gabriela Concha Valcárcel (Peru).
‘Meteorite Slice’ takes as its starting point
a slice of a meteorite displayed at the
Ulster Museum in Belfast. The poem and
film pause to consider the object and its
memory.
Gabriela Concha
Ireland
Karma
The poet ruminates as to why we are born
and what are we to do with this life as he
sits and doodles in his backyard waiting for
water to overflow from the tank.
Ishvar Krishnar
India
Lunatic
Lunatic tackles urgent earthly issues, as
seen by a lonely astronaut, called Antonio,
who was left behind on the moon after his
coming out.
In addition to the climate crisis, human
waste, even in space, determines our fate.
The moon-guard, a statue of a skinned
warrior, symbolises defence against the
space debris danger from above.
Robin Noorda
Netherlands
Dear Deer
Video poem that talks about an ecological
nightmare, and the attachment to nature.
The soundtrack is composed from two
channels, which reveals the contrasting
atmosphere between the natural echoed
field recordings, and irregular - distorted,
transient tones.
Ruxandra Mitache
Switzerland
SEE THESE POETRY FILMS AND
HUNDREDS MORE, AT
POETICPHONOTHEQUE.COM
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HEAR HEAR! In celebration of Red
Door Magazine’s 15 year anniversary
we’ve decided to launch a brand new
PATREON, exclusively for Red Door related
shenanigans.
Want to get a subscription of the
magazine to your door?
Easy peasy. Visit www.patreon.com/
reddoor and choose the tier to the left...
then just add your address.
Want to show your support of Red Door
events, festivals, publications and other
poetic endeavours?
Well, sign up to Patreon and show some
love!
Are you more of an entrepreneur, cultural
organizer or business owner, who’d like to
have Red Door as part of your repertoir?
We now offer a Magazine Distribution tier
level, with which you’ll receive not just the
magazines for you to sell, but also stickers,
books, and other goodies, to make your
shop look extra spiffy.
Red Door, in simple terms, is a love
project. A DiY magazine / gallery / umbrella
for other projects / platform for your voice...
We do not receive grants nor support from
any institutions, so it only makes sense to
ask you today to give your helping hand
and help keep this project going...
The income earned always goes
to domains, print and other bills,
such as rent, water and heat
at the gallery... and of course
materials for the continuation
of artistic projects
both in print
and digitally.
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The Red
Door
Network:
Red Door Magazine is a quarterly Arts &
Culture publication meant to document
the work of creators everywhere, as
well as facilitate new conversations on
important matters for our communities
in a local and international way, through
the linking of themes, collaborations,
interviews and hybrid events that can
expand the reach of independent voices
and remarkable projects. Red Door
counts with the help of correspondents
in Australia, Mexico, the US and Denmark.
Red Door also functions as a
gallery and independent space in
order to serve as a platform for the
same purposes. In expanding its
reach, Red Door also counts with:
-A podcast called the Red
Transmissions, where creatives,
activists and cultural organizers share
their process, projects and initiatives.
-A Poetic Phonotheque, which serves
as an online collection of poetry in
many languages in the voice of its
authors, created to break the barriers
of distance and facilitate free access to
poetry in households around the world.
-An independent print project called
Red Press, which focuses on the
publication of poetry (and illustration)
in translation. Bilingual books,
handmade, limited edition books.
-The Red Door Gallery located in
the cultural hub of Copenhagen on
Møllegade, Nørrebro, where talks,
workshops, exhibitions, performances
and other events are often on the
calendar, as well as limited edition
books and prints, original art,
miniature books and other art related
products, often with a focus on poetry.
See them also on the online shop:
www.reddoormagazine.com/shop
THE PARTNERS:
Litteraturcentrum KVU: An
international literary initiative we often
promote as a league of publishers in
Scandinavia. Red Door is published
through this collaboration.
Kultivera operates international
cultural programs that are physical,
social and creative; that stimulates and
inspires both the artists and the local
community. It is the organization in
charge of the Tranås Fringe Festival and
their curriculum of activities can be seen
on the issues of the Red Door Magazine.
Write4Word: Is a West Wales
community organization with a focus
on language arts. Its director, Dominic
Williams, is a frequent correspondent
of Red Door. Write4Word is also
the headquarters of the Poetic
Phonotheque in Wales.
La Libélula Vaga: is a spanish literary
magazine published in Sweden
documenting the work of poets all
over the planet, as well as encouraging
translations, talks and other
collaborations.
ORGANIZATIONS who have participated
in the RED THREAD collective are also
frequent participants and collaborators
of RED DOOR projects.
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THE POETIC PHONOTHEQUE
LEAVE
YOUR
POEM
AFTER
THE
TONE.
The dream has always been, to have a type
of traveling device, which would allow for the
collection of poetry in the voice of its poets, wherever
a representative of the Poetic Phonotheque was
in movement, and for the rest of the time, for it to
be at the headquarters of the Phonotheque in its
respective countries.
The dream is now a reality. Look for the red
FONOTEK in Sweden, Finland and Copenhagen,
starting in 2024, and in all the events where the
Poetic Phonotheque is present... now all you gotta
do is pickup that handset, and leave your poem
after the tone.
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SPRING 2024
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