Festival Voix d’Amériques (FVA) is an annual festival in Montreal since 2002 that is dedicated to oral literature, text performance and spoken word. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Oral literature corresponds in the sphere of the spoken (oral word to Literature as literature operates in the domain of the written word Spoken word is a form of literary Art or artistic performance in which Lyrics, Poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung It is presented by Les Filles électriques.
Held in early February, the FVA brings together some one hundred French- and English-language artists, shifting from La Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent) to the Casa del Popolo (4873 St-Laurent) and back again. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States
In 2004, the Conseil des Arts de Montréal [1] recognized the merit and vitality of the FVA by making it a finalist for its 20th Grand Prix, in the literature section.
Les Filles électriques
Les Filles Électroniques is a non-profit organization founded by artist D. Kimm in 2001. Its mission is to create, produce, present and promote interdisciplinary events related to oral, written and electronic literature. It ranks among the most stable events promoters and organizers in spoken word, orality and performance poetry in Canada.
2005 Artists
In 2005, the artists included [2]:
- Chloé Sainte-Marie
- Tony Tremblay
- Les Abdigradationnistes
- Susie Arioli & Jordan Officer
- Charles Guilbert
- Pol Pelletier
- Lin Snelling
- Loco Locass
- Jacques Bertrand
- Patrice Desbiens
- Michel Garneau
- Stanley Péan
- Hélène Pedneault
- François Patenaude (des Zapartistes)
- ATSA
- Renée Robitaille
- Ève Lamont
- Lillian Allen (Toronto)
- Motion in Poetry (Toronto)
- Sheri-D Wilson (Calgary)
- Kaie Kellough
- Norman Nawrocki
- Ginette
- Ève Cournoyer
- Karen Young
- Thomas Hellman
- Fanfare Pourpour
- Bernard Falaise