{"id":78431,"date":"2021-10-03T04:56:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T18:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=78431"},"modified":"2021-09-28T15:53:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T05:53:23","slug":"poem-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/poem-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry performance promotes peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>POET and spoken word performer Megan J Riedl has released her piece <em>Fallout<\/em> as a short film.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed by Sam McColl of Green Eggs and Ham productions, the video of the poem for peace was put together by the pair between recent lockdowns, and was commissioned by Let\u2019s Talk Peace &#8211; Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>It explores the ideas of nuclear proliferation, how this could affect everyday Australian lives, and how each person contributes to a society being peaceful, or not as peaceful as it should be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose themes make people think about their own part in the way our societies currently work,\u201d Riedl said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video can come across as confronting but we wanted to really make people sit up and listen because Let\u2019s Talk Peace are wanting to start those conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did want it to be a piece that could jolt you out of your seat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Park, Sturt Street, and even some bus shelters in Ballarat East are locations that feature in the film.<\/p>\n<p>Riedl said this audio-visual medium is an ideal one to start important conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese topics are about emotions, communication and community, so creative forms of expression lend themselves to starting those discussions and can be a way in for people that\u2019s not as scary as going to a lecture or reading a document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA film is accessible in that way,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The poem was originally gifted by Riedl to Let\u2019s Talk Peace &#8211; Ballarat at the beginning of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The group launched on 22 January to coincide with the introduction of the United Nations\u2019 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and encourages institutions and outlooks that generate and maintain societies that are peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s Talk Peace &#8211; Ballarat co-convenor Madonna Quixley said Riedl performed <em>Fallout<\/em> at their launch event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the forum, we realised we needed to highlight peace on International Peace Day, also Australia\u2019s first National Day of Compassion, on the 21st of September,\u201d Ms Quixley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMegan suggested she could video the poem. Incredibly grateful for Megan\u2019s powerful performance poetry and her commitment to peace, we immediately commissioned her to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope the poem video keeps peace conversations alive in Ballarat, helping us to support peace work, especially the Australian endorsement of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film was also shown as part of a seven-hour National Day of Compassion event run by Australia\u2019s Charter for Compassion.<\/p>\n<p>Founding members of Let\u2019s Talk Peace &#8211; Ballarat are also part of Ballarat Arts Alive, Ballarat Writers, Compassionate Ballarat and the Charter for Compassion, the Women\u2019s International League for Peace and Freedom, and the International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the film on Vimeo at <strong>bit.ly\/39UYiKV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POET and spoken word performer Megan J Riedl has released her piece Fallout as a short film. 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