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Reunión Northborder

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Reunion comprises various acts that involve conversing, reading and writing; quotidian yet strange acts that always implicate being next to one another. Zelko writes down poems that others dictate to him. After completing his homework of how to listen and how to write, he edits the books within the next coming days. In a round of nine people, the writings are presented to the author’s neighbors, friends, and family. The writer reads his poems, listening to himself while being heard by others.

The second part of the project consists of an extension of the first project in other places. In a round of nine chairs, the writer’s poems are read by spokespeople who lend their bodies, eyes and voices, forming a chain of situations and encounters: subjects dictating and reading; a writer and a listener; books and poems... Actions and procedures that bring us together.

This edition, titled North Border, was realized between September 2017 and October 2018, taking place in Mexico, USA, and Canada (Tijuana, Veracruz, Texas, Florida, New York, Princeton and Toronto). The cover’s photograph was taken just before the presentation of Maritza’s book. Maritza read her poems aloud to her caravan friends. Then they gave away some books to people who were passing by, and walked to the USA in order to seek political asylum.

204 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2019

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June 8, 2026
Descubri el proyecto artistico de Dani Zelko en un taller de poesia, y siento que eso, un poco, me cambio la vida.
En sus propias palabras: "Reunión es un experimento de escucha y escritura que impulso junto a mucha otra gente desde 2015. Se materializa en libros que intervienen en disputas y conflictos urgentes. A través de encuentros personales, las voces de distintas personas son transcriptas a mano, corregidas colectivamente, impresas, leídas en voz alta en actos públicos y distribuidas en sus territorios específicos y más allá"
Se pueden encontrar todos los libros publicados del proyecto en su pagina web; son de acceso gratuito.
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360 reviews267 followers
June 2, 2023
Los poemas son muy buenos. Pero todo el mambo de El Artista™️ liberador y la seguidilla de relatos de sufrimiento no me cierra. Ante la duda y ante el dolor de los demás, desconfío.
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109 reviews
April 11, 2025
Un libro de fácil lectura en donde se escuchan las voces del pueblo mapuche lo cual celebró por que no es algo que suceda con regularidad.
Textos en donde se expone el genocidio que vivió el pueblo y que sigue resistiendo para que no avance. Un pueblo al que tildan de violentos pero que han violentado durante cientos de años y que lo único que quiere es la recuperación de su territorio.
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June 8, 2019
Had to create an entry to log, but I've done the bare minimum. Zelko's work is an astounding act of radical listening. I have print copies of two books, but you can find free PDFs of everything at danizelko.com -- highly recommended.
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131 reviews1 follower
November 3, 2021
la idea de este libro está buenísima. ademas creo que ganó un premio. Lo leí para la facultad y me encantó
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14 reviews
April 10, 2022
Que pasado de lanza esta este libro, ojala fuera en español ya que ese es el idioma original de la mayoria de estos ensayos.
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