Events
US West Coast tour October 10th to 30th
From October 09th to 30th, Ellom toured the US West Coast. There were a lot of different performances alltogether, we try to list those that we can remember and when we get pictures, upload some. For now, there are two videos below
- 09. October - Rendezvous Jewel Box Theatre (webpage, MySpace page), Seattle, WA
- 10. October - Eagle Harbor Congregational Church, Bainbridge Island, WA
- 11. October - Upstage, Pt Townsend, WA
- 15. October - Secret Show, Pt Townsend, WA
- 17. October - Bemis Art Building, Seattle, WA
- 21. October - Musik & Poetry @ 490 Linden Lane, San Francisco, CA
- 22. October - Poetry Mission @ Dalva, San Francisco, CA
- 23. October - live reading on Pirate Cat Radio. Listen to the recording on the Sounds page
- 24. October - Venom & the Anecdote, 329 West Portal ave., San Francisco, CA
- 26. October - Brainwash Café, San Francisco, CA
- 27. October - Club Ding-A-Ling @ Hyperion Tavern, Los Angeles, CA
- 28. October - Stories, Books & Cafe (webpage, MySpace page), Los Angeles, CA
October 21st performance Musik & Poetry
Filmed at the special request of Walter Spencer in Stories Books & Café bookshop in Los Angeleses:
June 14th 2009 - Elo-Mall and Chris Carlone in Paris
Laments, lullabies, dark sides and hope.
Estonian poet Ellom reciting/chanting her words and New York musician Chris Carlone playing all the instruments he can find.
Mostly improvised performance to celebrate the brief days these two happen to be in Paris at the same time.
Based on the ten-poem-set that was performed at the opening of Marge Nelk's exhibition INLANDS in New York City April 2009.
This is going to be something very special. Be there and we'll set some minds on fire.
June 14th at 8 PM
Culture Rapide/Cabaret Populaire
103 rue Julien Lacroix
75020 Paris
Metro: Belleville
Announcement: 10. March 2009 - Elo-Mall and Mauro Pandolfino in Berlin
Due to an unexpected illness, the Berlin show was cancelled. We are sorry for the incovencience, but hope to see you the next time Ellom is around.
March 10th at 21:00
East of Eden bookstore
Schreinerstrasse 10
Berlin, Germany
Ellom and Mauro Pandolfino
spoken word concert
in English
ELLOM
Ellom comes from Tartu, a little old university town in South-Estonia, by the river Emajõgi, or Mother River in translation.
As a poet heedless of distance and borders, she concentrates her efforts on collaborating with different musicians from different countries, to both record and do live performances. The styles range from acoustic and traditional instruments to electronic, but what matters most is the honesty, the vision and the effort put forth together to map the the inner soulscapes. There are dark places, and there is hope, and Ellom does not believe in denying either.
In her opinion poetry is not a dead academic exercise, it is alive and it is vitally necessary. So performances take place wherever people live – at least some kinds of people –, in cafés, bars, second-hand bookshops...
In 2008 Ellom has performed in her home town of Tartu, in the capital city of Tallinn, in Paris, London and Budapest. The year 2009 she will visit US East Coast in April to give concerts in Boston, New York and Woodstock, accompanied by a photo exhibition by Marge Kaplinski. An album of poetry and recordings is in the works, as are plans for various video projects.
Ellom’s work has been published in different magazines in Estonia and she has three published poetry collections. Her English book "The Pain in the Beautiful Answer" can be bought in several indie-bookstores in Europe, or online (see webpage for details).
Ellom is also an illustrator and creator of children’s books – inspired by (as always) myths, old ornaments, folktales and human warmth.
MAURO PANDOLFINO
Mauro Pandolfino is an Italian-born artist, currently residing in Berlin. He defines himself as a guitarist and composer, a researcher of the sound. His main focus of study is the interaction between the various aspects of music – acoustic, ethnic, psychedelic, jazz, punk, electronic etc – and of different forms of art and expression. Special attention is concentrated into understanding and feeling the emotional movements that these interactions cause in ourselves.
His live performances are characterised, among others, by electronic and acoustic influences, unconventional guitar techniques and improvised sets.
PREVIEW
A sample of Elloms and Mauro’s collaboration, a solemn confession titled "emptiness is such" is available for listening on Ellom’s MySpace music page.
LINKS
Ellom’s official homepage: http://www.v6lur.ee/ellom
Ellom’s MySpace music page: http://www.myspace.com/alonetimewithme
Mauro Pandolfino’s MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/mpandolfino
Marge Kaplinski’s photoblog: http://subjektiiv.blogspot.com/
East of Eden bookstore: http://www.east-of-eden.de/
Announcement: 29. November 2008 - Elo-Mall and Chronik at Budapest Bardroom
Pictures and recording from Budapest
Despite several American expats being particularily silent after a big thanksgiving event the previous night, the Budapest performance was as success. Of the several poems, we have uploaded "Wounded Knee" for your bootleg listening pleasure:
Elo-Mall reading her poem "Wounded Knee"
Treehugger Dan's Bookstore & Café
Lázár u. 16. VI. District
Budapest, Hungary
from 19:00 to 21:00
Entrance fee 500 forints.
On November 29 Elo-Mall Toomet together with the Greek musician Chronik will perform at Budapest at the English spoken word and poetry series "Bardroom". She will read texts from her English poetry collection "The Pain in the Beautiful Answer" accompanied by Chronik's electronic improvizations. An US poet and author Thaddeus Rutowski will also perform at the same event.
* Bardroom is a series of English spoken word and poetry events in Budapest, held since 2001. The performers this far include Benjamin Zephaniah, Dave “Tinky Winky” Thompson, Robert Creeley, Tibor Fischer and Bea Palya. More information at http://bardroom.com
Announcement: 21. November 2008 - Elo-Mall, Marge Kaplinski and Jaan Sööt at café Crepp, Tartu, Estonia
on November 21st
at 18:00
at the tartu café crepp
photography, poetry and music meet
images: marge kaplinski, sounds: jaan sööt, words: elo-mall toomet
21. November 18:00
Café Crepp
Rüütli 16
Tartu, Estonia
25. & 28. September 2008 - Estonian presentations
On 25. & 28. Septmber, Elo-Mall presented her two poetry books "The Pain in the Beautiful Answer and "Nagu ei kusagil mujal" (Estonian) in Tallinn and Tartu. The performance included texts from both books and both languages and both languages..
Accompanying her on the guitar was Allan Vainola, who is widely known in Estonia from bands like Sõpruse Puiestee and Vennaskond.
This was Elo-Mall's first public performance in Estonia.
Vinoteek Musi
Niguliste 6
Tallinn
&
Kohvik Catwalk
Rüütli 12
Tartu
21. September 2008 - Look Both Ways (London)
LOOK BOTH WAYS is a series of events organized by a free arts collective, bringing together interesting performers of different art forms - poetry, music, video, comedy, installations. The event was organized by Buffy C. Noble and Helen Babbs.
Elo-Mall read her new poems, accompanied by Bruno from the band High Hill on different instruments. You can listen to recording of the event, including other authors, at digital fiction.
Upstairs @ The Old Queen's head
44 Essex road
London N1 8LN.
31. July 2008 - Sounds in Bloom & Ellom in Voice (Paris)
Diana Norma Szokolyai (Performance Poet), Dennis Shafer (saxophonist) and Elo-Mall Toomet gave a joint concert in Paris at the end of July. The concert was a dialogue between two poets reading excerpts from the books "Roses in the Snow" (Diana) and "The Pain in the Beautiful Answer" (Elo-Mall). Also featuring were Matthias Leboucher (piano) and Elise Douylliez (violin).
Photos by Marge Kaplinski
Salle Edmond Michelet
18, rue de l'Hotel de Ville
Cité Internationale des Arts
Paris
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books@v6lur.ee
Last update: November 16th 2009