{"id":2656,"date":"2020-06-30T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/mediatico\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2020-07-01T12:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T12:46:51","slug":"latin-american-writers-series-fall-2019-powerpaola-un-recorrido-por-su-obra-influencias-y-publicaciones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/mediatico\/2020\/06\/30\/latin-american-writers-series-fall-2019-powerpaola-un-recorrido-por-su-obra-influencias-y-publicaciones\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American Writers Series Fall 2019: Powerpaola, un recorrido por su obra, influencias y publicaciones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today at Medi\u00e1tico we are delighted to present a sneak peak of the first of an ongoing “Latin American Writers Series”** sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies<\/a> at Tulane University and put together by prize winning author (and regular Medi\u00e1tico<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em> contributor) Gabriela Alem\u00e1n<\/em>. This first instalment, presents a <\/em>journey <\/em><\/a>through the work, influences and publications of Powerpaola<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em> the author and artist of <\/em><\/em>Virus Tropical<\/a> (2011) the film adaptation of which she collaborated on and was reviewed on Medi\u00e1tico<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em> yesterday<\/a> by Nat\u00e1lia Pinazza<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em> and is currently streaming on Mubi<\/a> . Please follow this link<\/a> to view the videos, the images below are screengrabs for illustration purposes only.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Presented as a timeline these broad reaching interviews with Powerpaola range from her studies in Art in Cal\u00ed and Medell\u00edn to her Artists Residency in France<\/em>, from the birth of Powerpaola<\/em> to her experimenting with short graphic stories, from the influence of Marjane Satrapi<\/em> (Persepolis<\/a>) and dialogues with other authors and graphic artists in Australia, France (Debbie Drechsler, Julie Doucet<\/em> –My New York Diary<\/a> [Doucet & Michel Gondry 2008]), Argentina (Liniers<\/a>) and Colombia (Daniel Jim\u00e9nez and the Entrevi\u00f1etas<\/a><\/em><\/em> historietas festival).<\/em> Powerpaola also speaks about the different publications of<\/em> Virus Tropical including in Argentina, Spain and Ecuador, her graphic novels since then including<\/em> QP<\/a>, (2014) Todo va a estar bien<\/a> (2015) and Nos Vamos,<\/a> (2016), the film version of <\/em>Virus Tropical<\/a> (2017) and her subsequent projects<\/em>. These interviews with Powerpaola are an invaluable resource for those wanting to know more about her and her interventions in the art of the graphic novel.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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**El Latin American Writers Series<\/strong> es un proyecto creado por el Stone Center for Latin American Studies<\/a> de la Universidad de Tulane con el prop\u00f3sito de entender c\u00f3mo se escribe y publica en Am\u00e9rica Latina en la actualidad. El archivo digital re\u00fane entrevistas<\/strong> realizadas por la escritora ecuatoriana Gabriela Alem\u00e1n con algunos de los autores m\u00e1s representativos del continente; material donado<\/strong> por ellos para el archivo; Timelines<\/strong> sobre sus vidas, influencias y obra; StoryMaps<\/strong> de sus publicaciones para seguir el recorrido y circulaci\u00f3n de sus textos, clave para entender los problemas y aciertos de la distribuci\u00f3n de libros en el mundo hispano; lecturas en viva voz<\/strong> de los autores y transcripciones<\/strong> y traducciones al ingl\u00e9s<\/strong> de las entrevistas. Cuenta con un bonus track<\/strong> de tres editores (de Puerto Rico, Chile y Uruguay) que recorren la historia de sus editoriales, la filosof\u00eda atr\u00e1s de sus publicaciones y sus cat\u00e1logos. El material, de libre acceso, estar\u00e1 a la disposici\u00f3n de investigadores, profesores, estudiantes y p\u00fablico general dentro del Tulane University Digital Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Latin American Writers Series series brings together Latin America\u2019s most representative creative voices and the editorial entrepreneurs that publish them. By way of interviews conducted by renowned Ecuadorian writer Gabriela Alem\u00e1n and presentations of various editorial missions, the guests will shed light on a literary world shaped by the contemporary issues of the continent. Moving forward, their conversations will comprise the centerpiece of a digital archive that introduces their ideas to a global audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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