Kia ora,
how can we inspire each other?
We are a creative duo with an important focus on our own personal projects. We live in constant exploration and experimentation, whether it be with our writing, poetry films, performances or art.
We love working with people – in workshops or collaborations – sharing our knowledge and cultivating critical and creative ways of thinking.
- What We Do
- poetry
- performance
- workshops
- poetry film
- documentary
- translation
- painting
- music
- sound tracks
- photography
Workshops with Foundations and Museums
For a foundation, museum or any institution, our poetry film workshops can be an innovative way to bring the public closer to activities or an exhibition. We can adapt a workshop to the needs of each group. The focus can be on a particular aspect – poetry, performance, an introduction to poetry film, or the complete process through to creating a poetry film. Workshops can be a single session or a longer project, in English or Spanish. Participants have written pieces in other languages too. Browse previous projects in antenablue. or a sample of workshops with children and adults in Play in the Sun.
Creative Experiences for Businesses
For businesses, think developing one's creativity, working together towards a goal and connecting at a more emotional level with the aims of the company. As poetry film makers we work on a very intuitive experimental level, very different from say television or advertising. This can open people to new ways of thinking and challenge the status quo. See for example our workshop with the ONCE Foundation (in Spanish).
Reach out
Please write to us at hola@antenablue.com or WhatsApp Charles with any questions, or to arrange a meeting with us.
hola@antenablue.com WhatsApp Charles
Support us
Maybe you would like to support one of our community projects such as the Spanish poetry project Palabras Prestadas or the Given Words poetry competition in Aotearoa New Zealand. We are developing an exhibition with community involvement and workshops. Support would also give us time to develop our more personal projects – writing, painting, and our own poetry films. We would accept sponsorship including co-funding, donations, commissions or a combination of these. If you would like to know more, we'd be glad to share the details – just get in touch.
antenablue. 'The Observed Word'
Lilián and Charles
Organisations we have worked with or received support from
SPAIN
- Ministry of Culture
- State Museums: National Museum of Decorative Arts, Cerralbo Museum, Sephardic Museum (Toledo)
- Reina Sofía Museum (National Centre of Art)
- Museo Ralli Marbella
- ONCE Foundation
- Autonomous University of Madrid
- Tufts in Madrid
- Casa Asia
- Casa América
- Centroamérica Cuenta
- Dos Passos Literary Agency
- CRA Matadero Madrid
- Casa del Lector, Matadero Madrid
- Madrid un libro abierto
- La Parcería Cultural Centre
- Medanos de Sanse
- Centro Espiral Lavapiés
- City Councils of Madrid, Segovia and Soria
- Municipal Migrant Integration Support Office
- Cervantes Institute
AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
- New Zealand Embassy
- Colombian Consulate in Auckland
- The Cuba Press
- Mākaro Press
- Landing Press
- Massey University Press
- Newsroom
- Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
- NZ National Poetry Day
- Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Auckland University of Technology
COLOMBIA
- Colombian Embassy
- Colombian Consulate in Madrid
- Caro y Cuervo Institute
- Biblioteca Piloto del Caribe, Barranquilla
- Ernesto McCausland Foundation
- La Cueva Foundation
UNITED STATES
- Colorado College
- Manitou Arts Center
- Family Success Center, Colorado Springs
- ALARI, Harvard
- REELpoetry Film Festival, Houston
- Cadence Video Poetry, Seattle
ELSEWHERE
- Ithra (Saudi Arabia)
- Liberated Words (United Kingdom)
- Our Little Roses (San Pedro Sula, Honduras)
- Compañía Parpadeo (Netherlands)
- MAP – Mostra de Artes da Palavra (Portugal)