Artists
United States of America
Neal Hall
Abolist
14.10.24 08.11.24
Neal Hall is a human rights activist and poet whose words read and voice speak in the language of his struggles—i.e. black and white. Trained as a medical-surgical eye physician and graduate of Cornell and Harvard Universities, he quit medicine to become an internationally acclaimed poet. Hall has composed poetry and performed readings throughout the U. S. and internationally, including Kenya, Indonesia, France, Jamaica, Morocco, Canada, Nepal, Italy, Ghana, Japan, India and Germany.
His message is a universal message of justice, dignity, and equality for every man and woman. In October 2024, he came to ´ace to work on his poems, immerse himself in the culture of Buenos Aires and his cultural activities. As part of his residency, Hall dug deeper in his writings, and ended his period with a reading in the format of an Open Studio for the local public.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My artistic mantra and constant pursuit are to live in my Artistry as much and as deeply as my Artistry lives in me. It is only then, the two can live and be as one with greater impact.
BIO
Neal Hall, M.D.
1956 | Warren, Ohio USA
Lives and works in Philadelphia, USA
EDUCATION
B.S. Clinical Nutrition. Cornell University, New York, USA
Medical School. Michigan State University, Michigan, USA
Internal Medical Internship. Tuft University Medical School, Massachusetts, USA
Ophthalmology Medical & Surgical Residency. Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA
AWARDS
2021 | Greece’s Eyelands Book Awards finalist: Nigger For Life, Published Poetry
2021 | National Book Authors Tour -The Trembling Tiber – a black poet’s muse on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
2020 | Winner Wingword International Poetry Prize, Delhi, India
2020 | Readers’ Favorite International Book Award – Gold Medal Winner – Poetry – Inspirational
2020 | Winner – Three Rock Writers’ Resort Residency Program. Crete, Greece – Diaries of The Heart
2019 | Winner – Greece’s Eyelands International Book Awards (Greece) – Unpublished poetry category
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Open Studio
Open Studio N.T.
Artists in dialogue
06.11.24 06.11.24
On November 6th, 2024, between 1pm and 5pm, we opened the ´ace studio to share with the local public the processes of the residents of the October-November period.
Neal Hall (USA) gave a reading of some of his poems, which are part of his body of work entitled Abolist. Visitors to the open studio were able to enjoy Hall’s reading of his earlier poems, as during his time at ´ace, Neal was busy navigating the local circuit and getting his ideas down on paper.
Ana Catelli (Bahía Blanca, Argentina), present thanks to the Semillero 2024 fellowship in collaboration with the Williams Foundation, presented her work Mapa sensorial de Sauce Grande. Taking elements from the area, together with photographs taken by the artist herself, drawings, audio instructions and a video projection, Ana unfolded the territory of Sauce Grande in a multimedia installation that took over the Espacio Diálogo and the Central Hall of our studio.
Clara Nerone (CABA, Argentina) is a fellow of Constelaciones, the programme of QUINCHO-Red Argentina de Residencias Artísticas. As part of her residency at ´ace, Clara worked on the material she had previously obtained at the Poliniza residency (Río Ceballos): cyanotypes taken from tributaries, photosensitive papers submerged in bodies of water and recordings made with a hydrophone.
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Abolist
Neal Hall
06.11.24 06.11.24
Neal Hall is an American poet and human rights activist who gave a reading of a selection of his poems for the local public at the November open studio. This was the culmination of his Production Residency, during which he spent his time immersing himself in the culture of Buenos Aires, writing his poems and diving deep into his body of work.
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