Street Readings: “From My Mouth, Tired Ships”, by Paulo Malekith Rema
+ Haiga Workshop, led by the duo Sandra Pereira and Paulo Malekith Rema.

In the fourth edition of the Inaugurações Simultâneas / Atelier 3|3 Reading Club, held as a round-table conversation with moments of reading and exchange of ideas, and integrated into the Inaugurações Simultâneas Arts Library (BAIS), the 19 September session brings Paulo Malekith Rema’s book "Da Minha Boca, Navios Cansados" to the public-space reading programme. The book was published by the independent publishing house Húmus.

As the author himself states: “They asked me: a book with such short poems? It reads very quickly! I replied: most of the poem is silence, and so it remains until the next poem. Between the silences, my connection to the sea is revealed, as is the imagined world of my submerged childhood.”

Based on the haiku collection "Da Minha Boca, Navios Cansados", a Haiga workshop — the traditional Japanese art form that combines poetry with visual imagery — will be led by the duo Sandra Pereira and Paulo Malekith Rema.

Participants will randomly select a haiku, drawn from a surprise box, or, if they prefer, choose a haiku directly from the book. The Haiga illustration will be created using brushstrokes in Indian ink, with its minimalist approach relating to elements of the selected haiku.

Paulo Malekith Rema was born in Porto. Writing came before reading, and he finds it impossible to live without a pen and paper. He spent half of his life in the small fishing village of Praia da Aguda, Vila Nova de Gaia, with the sea as his permanent neighbour. This presence shaped part of his way of being, both through the isolation of the long winters and the empty summer houses belonging to others, and through the length of the days and the way writing remained the only precise and continuous element throughout the year. His grandparents’ cultivated land introduced him to other, more feminine and familial sensations. A paradox in relation to the sea: conversations, the rhythm of the seasons. His inspiration comes from what surrounds him: animals, plants, the sea, the clouds. Long train journeys refined the words he chose for his poems. Without separating himself from them, he observed them from afar, like a stranger who recognises them. He has published books since 2005, both individually and in collective editions.

Sandra Pereira was born in Mozambique, where her earliest impressions of the world were shaped by the presence of the Indian Ocean and the vastness of the territory. The scents of spices — which still comfort her today — are part of her sensitivity to seeing beyond. Upon arriving in Portugal, other sensations became part of her imagination: the cold, introspection, and more frequent reading in connection with her surroundings. Through handicrafts, she channelled her inner drive, creating jewellery and objects in wood and paper. Dreamlike places gradually gained ground. Inspired by her fascination with Japan, Orientalism and Japanese aesthetics, she develops workshops with Japanese-themed approaches, relating them to literature, painting and drawing. Her recurring themes are Nature, serenity and sharing.

Atelier 3/3 is a multi-dynamic, collective and creative project focused on alternative publishing. It is a travelling workspace and publishing house created to highlight the diversity of self-published and independent publications. The collective operates as a cultural and recreational association led by Cristina Alves (President), a lower and upper secondary school teacher with a postgraduate degree in library management.