Eurasian Creative Guild (London) invites you to participate in the Voices of Friends: Poetry & Art festival from July 12 to September 12, 2021.
Poetry, Visual Arts and Cinema – rays of light in the darkness of the crisis of live communication caused by the pandemic.
The main problems of mankind at the moment:
- self-isolation, which narrowed new opportunities and made it difficult for people to interact with each other live;
- an economic crisis that has a pervasive detrimental effect on people’s quality of life. Therefore, each of us faces a task whose goal was not life, but survival.
Agree?
At such a dark time we must not forget that whatever happens to us, we do not cease to be people from whom it is impossible to take away the cultural heritage and the need for self-realization. That is why we must rally on the path to development and spirituality, so as not to forget who we are and why we are here.
At times of war, famine, and isolation, mankind has always had a ray of light that has always supported them in times of need, helping them gain willpower and faith in victory. These are friends and their support.
The British non-profit organization – the Eurasian Creative Guild (London) – initiates a project – the festival and almanac “Voices of Friends,” created to support creative people and spread the cultural heritage of Eurasian peoples.
The festival is a diverse event and unites participants of several projects of Guild at once, such as: Eurasian ECG Film Festival (ECG Eurasian Film Festival), Open Eurasian Literary festival (OEBF) and Creative Residence “Horizons” (ECG Horizons). The combination of these projects together will allow during the period of COVID restrictions, when trips to London for Guild events have become almost fantastic, to gather personally participants from the Eurasian region at the site of the Guild Creative Residence, located in one of the most picturesque places in Kazakhstan – Borovoye resort (Shchuchinsk/Burabay).
The event will include a poetry marathon, personal presentations by participants, film screenings and a feature exhibition. Also, those who wish will be able to try to create their own short film during the festival (only a mobile phone and a desire to create), write a picture and capture their voice in verses. The festival will be held from 12th of July to 12th of September, 2021.
The culmination will be the period of 7th-12th of September, when the main literary events and the award ceremony of the winners of the competition program “Voices of Friends: Poetry and Art” and laureates who could not attend the award ceremony of the IX Open Eurasia Literary Festival & Book Forum in London (June 24-28, 2021) and III ECG Eurasian Film Festival.
If you want to perform at the event, exhibit your work or organize a film screening, we have wonderful news for you – in the first year, participation in the festival in Borovoy is provided with a 70% discount.
“Voices of Friends: Poetry and Art” this year will be part of the already popular event “Eurasian Creative Week,” which is held annually by the Eurasian Creative Guild in London. Therefore, all participants get another opportunity to present their work not only in Kazakhstan, but also in London – from October 1 to 7, 2021.
And with participation at the same time at two Voices of Friends venues (Borovoe and ECW, London) you will be given a 100% discount on participation in the part of the festival that will be held in Borovoe!
FORMS OF PARTICIPATION
This option of participation involves the possibility of attending all open events of the festival (literary readings, meetings with international publishers, round tables on the problems of book publishing, translations and the development of modern literature, as well as presentations of books by festival participants).
Admission to the festival is free by preliminary online registration.
This option allows you to attend not only open events, but also closed ones. A mention of your participation will be published in OCA Magazine. In addition, you will receive a certificate of a participant in the festival. (Printed certificate is issued at Guild meetings during the year or directly at the festival)
Cost (Voices of Friends): £250 (GBP)
* The cost of participation with a 70% discount will be £75 (GBP).
Cost (ECW + Voices of Friends): £250 (GBP) for all participants
* The cost of participation with a 25% discount (for members of the Guild) will be £188 (GBP).
This option makes it possible to hold a presentation of your work (screening of the film) on one of the days of the festival. A presentation at an international festival is a good way to declare yourself, be heard and get an assessment of your work. We offer you a stage, audience and advertisement for the event.
The benefits of the official participant are also included: mention of your participation in OCA Magazine, attending closed events, a certificate of the participant. (Printed certificate is issued at the festival only)
Cost (Voices of Friends):
£595 (GBP)
* The cost of participation with a 70% discount will be £178 (GBP).
Cost (ECW + Voices of Friends)
£595 (GBP) for all participants
The cost of participation with a 25% discount (for members of the Guild) will be £446 (GBP).
This option allows you to participate in the exhibition, to attend not only general events, but also closed ones. A mention of your participation will be published in the exhibition catalog on the pages of OCA Magazine. In addition, you will receive a certificate of a participant in the festival. (Printed certificate is issued at Guild meetings during the year or directly at the festival)
The organizers provide only a place for an exhibition of paintings. All technical works (shipment/delivery/customs clearance/installation/sale/insurance/export), etc., the participant organizes independently at his own expense.
Artists and photographers can exhibit NO MORE than FIVE WORKS. Stands can be provided by organizers at a price of £20 (GBP) per piece.
* For each additional exhibition venue (in excess of the allowed 5 paintings), payment of £15 (GBP) is required.
Cost (Voices of Friends):
£350 (GBP)
* The cost of participation with a 70% discount will be £105 (GBP).
Cost (ECW + Voices of Friends)
£350 (GBP) for all participants.
* The cost of participation with a 25% discount (for members of the Guild) will be £262 (GBP).
What will be the online participation in the festival?
– You will be able to present your creativity at one of the most important events in the world of culture. To do this, you will need to record a video presentation (up to 3 minutes), which will be shown as part of the festival and posted on the Guild’s online resources;
– You will also have the opportunity to speak at an online conference dedicated to the festival;
– Your participation will be published in OCA magazine,
– You will be issued a certificate of the festival participant and the postage expenses for its sending will be included.
Cost (Voices of Friends):
£140 (GBP)
* The cost of participation with a 70% discount will be £42 (GBP).
Cost (ECW + Voices of Friends)
£140 (GBP) for all participants
* The cost of participation with a 25% discount (for members of the Guild) will be £105 (GBP).
If you have any questions, please contact ECG (London) Executive Director Tatiana Shevchenko by email shevchenko@ocamagazine.com