Under the 123 anniversary of the birth of the writer Jorge Luis Borges, the Cultural Center that bears his name prepared a series of activities that will last until this Saturday.
From today (that for the birth of Borges the Day of the Reader is commemorated) the traditional Buenos Aires venue will begin programming under the name "Week of the Reader and Reading", with concerts, academic sessions, Borgean theater for the whole family and exhibitions.
It is worth noting that each of the proposals that are made in the cultural center located on Viamonte 525 will be carried out for free.
Wednesday 24
Virtual dialogue "The mystical experience of Borges"
Maria Kodama participate (President of the Jorge Luis Borges International Foundation), Luce Lopez Baralt (University of Puerto Rico) and Lucas Adur (UBA)
Moderator: Fernando Flores May
Available on the YouTube channel of the Borges Cultural Center
17.30 h
Albert Williams Auditorium
Lecture "Borges librarian"
By Laura Rosato and Germán Álvarez (National Library)
19 h
Astor Piazzolla Auditorium
Celebration of the Day of the Reader and Reading
Live music by Alejandra Sartore & Lucia Herrera
Reading of poems by Nacha Guevara
Words by María Kodama and the Minister of Culture of the Nation, Tristan Bauer
Thursday 25
17.30 h
Mercedes Sosa Auditorium
Conference "A grocery store in Cuchilla Negra and a metal that is not of this world", by Julio Schvartzman (UBA)
19 h
Mercedes Sosa Auditorium
Conference “Borges and literary history. (How could Argentine literature be founded?)”, by Sergio Pastormerlo (UNLP)
Friday 26
17.30 h
Albert Williams Auditorium
Collective readings I. “Pierre Menard and other apocryphal writers”. Rodrigo Muryan, Bethlehem of the Saints and Nicolás Coria, of the FILOCyT Team – scriptures of god. Borges and religions (FFyL-UBA)
Suggested reading to participate: “Pierre Menard, author of Don Quixote. “Examination of the work of Herbert Quain”.
19 h
Mercedes Sosa Auditorium
Conference “Before the book. Borges in newspapers and magazines”, by Sylvia Saitta (UBA-Conicet)
Saturday 27
Virtual conference "Borges and The Thousand and One Nights", by Dr.. Bahira Abdulatif (Catholic University of Avila)
Available on the YouTube channel of the Borges Cultural Center
Of 14.30 a 16 h
Albert Williams Auditorium
Collective readings II. “Borgean conspiracies. Judas and the Gnostics". Fabian Baptist, Edna Goldman, Constanza Casagrande and Maria Sevlever, of the FILOCyT Team – scriptures of god. Borges and religions (FFyL-UBA)
Suggested reading to participate: "A Vindication of the False Basilides" and "Three Versions of Judas".
Of 16.30 a 18 h
Albert Williams Auditorium
Collective readings III. “Salary. Secret societies and fictional worlds. Alan Ojeda, Gabriela Raide and Lucas Adur, of the FILOCyT Team – scriptures of god. Borges and religions (FFyL-UBA)
Suggested reading to participate: “Salary, Graves, Third World”.
18.30 h
Mercedes Sosa Auditorium
Lecture "Author's Fables", a freighter by Annick Louis (University of Franche-Comte)
PHOTOGRAPHY: THE ATLAS OF BORGES
Pavilion I, second floor
It is a series of photographs and texts belonging to the collection of María Kodama.
Atlas was the penultimate book by Jorge Luis Borges, published in 1984 with the photographic collaboration of María Kodama. paradoxically, the book contains photographs that the author never saw. His contribution to that "unity made of images and words" is literary.
Friday 26
CONCERT: BORGES x 3
At 20 h, by the Oblique Company
With free admission with prior reservation at https://linktr.ee/reservas.ccborges
The three central works of this concert —written by Nazareno Nigretti, Maximiliano Zelaya Cardoso and José Luis Garabito— were composed from the reading of three famous stories by Jorge Luis Borges: "The Secret Miracle", “The Garden of Forking Paths” and “The Circular Ruins”. Each of them dialogues tangentially with Borges's text., without attempting the description (impossible, on the other hand) of situations or characters, but rather playing with the form of each one of the stories and with their expressive atmosphere. Two works by great masters complete the program: Marta Lambertini and Julio Viera. Both are based on poems by the great Argentine writer.
imaginary beings
Borges' imaginary beings
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28
Theater for the whole family: IMAGINARY BEINGS OF BORGES
With free admission with prior reservation at https://linktr.ee/reservas.ccborges
At 15 and to the 17 h | Astor Piazzolla Auditorium
By Fernando Flores Maio
Address: Claudio Gallardou
Imaginary Beings by Borges is a fun journey through The Book of Imaginary Beings, written by Jorge Luis Borges in collaboration with Margarita Guerrero. In this comedy they will meet a selection of those fantastic beings and divinities that have surprised the human species since ancient times, a delicate compilation of the strange living forms that fantasy has spawned throughout time and space. All those who are prepared to enjoy the changing shapes revealed by a kaleidoscope are invited to have fun with this musical comedy full of tenderness and humor.. We hope they are from the game. We only ask that you bring your bows and arrows in case any of these bizarre creatures escape us into the stalls..
Artistic-technical sheet
Author: Fernando Flores May, about The Book of Imaginary Beings, by Jorge Luis Borges in collaboration with Margarita Guerrero
List: Soledad Arganaraz, Paula Lares, Hernán Lewkowicz, Lucas Gaillardou
musician on stage: Joaquin Sanz
Staging and direction: Claudio Gallardou
This show is the result of a co-production between the Teatro Nacional Cervantes and the Jorge Luis Borges International Foundation..
