Mireia Calafell. FE-RI-DES (WOUNDS)

What does it mean to think through wounds? What is it like to experience life through them? Can poets write about scars without using metaphors? Is it even worth trying?

The beginning is marked by a chair placed next to another, that is, a meeting between friends and the opportunity to pronounce wounds. Mireia Calafell uses friendship as a means of talking and reflecting on scars through the reading of her own poems, along with the words of others. She is joined by Fina Birulés, Miquel Missé, Pol Guasch and other voices who deserve to be heard when we talk about wounds. All this accompanied by another friend, composer Clara Peya, and her piano.

This activity is supported and endorsed by the Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona. As part of the second edition of the action cycle The Tàpie’s Chairs, by Judith Barnés, head of public programs at the Museu Tàpies.

Mireia Calafell is a poet. She is the author of Poètiques del cos (2006), Costures (2010), Tantes mudes (2014), Nosaltres, qui (2020) and Si una emergència (2024). She has received several awards, including the Lletra d’Or for Best Book in 2014, the Josep Maria Llopart Award for Best Poetry Collection Published in 2020 and the Carles Riba Award in 2023.

Calafell is co-director of the La Sullivan cultural production company and was formerly co-director of the POESIA i + (2015–2016) and Barcelona Poesia (2018–2021) festivals.

[Photography by Àlex Espuny]