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Event 11
The Berlin Wall Comes Down
Interactive installation
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Plaza Mayor de Segovia
2024 is a significant year for Europe, with the EU Parliament elections last June and the 35th anniversary commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall in the autumn. The Hay Festival Segovia comes together with the Goethe-Institut Madrid and the German Embassy in Madrid to weave these events into a project celebrating the ideas of cooperation and, especially, of being united in our plurality. The interactive art installation invites passers-by to take part in this diversity by removing one of the six thousand wooden blocks engraved with quotes by some of the greatest European thinkers. As the blocks with their quotes disappear, so will the wall. At this inauguration, ambassadors, artists, and writers have been invited to read in their original language.
This event has taken place
Organised together with Goethe-Institut Madrid, the German Embassy in Spain and the Ayuntamiento de Segovia
James Massiah is a poet and musician from South London. His work is known for exploring topics such as sexuality, mortality or hedonism through performance, writing and visual media.
Massiah has been commissioned to produce work for the BBC, The Guardian and it has been features in campaigns for Dior, Nike or Lotus, among others. He has performed readings of his work in spaces such as the Tate Modern, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in Boston and the Houses of Parliament (UK). Throughout the last few years, he has also become one of the most sought-after DJs within London’s underground movement.
On this occasion, James will perform a reading from his ongoing series New Poems in which he details his day-to-day experiences of life, love and labour in London. He will also share other pieces that he has been working on lately.
There will be a book signing at the end of the event in the room next to the entrance of IE University.
Simultaneous translation from English into Spanish with subtitles on the screen.
