Make the world free

Make the world free

Poetic sound action, 2025

With their gaze fixed on the political trends in the United States, Rolando Peña and Violeta Andreu presented a sound-poetic performance as a hymn to freedom. The work unfolded within the context of Angiola Bonanni's exhibition, “Emovere. The Journey from Apophis to Baubo”. The space of the La Neomudéjar Museum was filled with the diverse voices of those attending the event, in a collective act of reading aloud the poem "We Name You Freedom." ¹

Thursday, February 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
La Neomudéjar Museum, Madrid, Spain.
C/ Antonio de Nebrija s/n
Artists: Rolando Peña and Violeta Andreu.

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Paul Èluard - I name you, freedom

Paul Éluard wrote the poem "Liberty" in 1942, during World War II, while he was underground fighting against the Nazi occupation. Verses of this poem were dropped from British planes over occupied France. Like Eugène Delacroix, Éluard fought from his own particular trench: poetry. The poem is a cry of protest and commitment. Franco Pagliaro's song “I Name You Liberty”, inspired by the poem, contributed to its fame. The song achieved widespread popularity and has been performed by numerous artists.

WE NAME YOU FREEDOM

For the caged bird
For the fish in the fishbowl
For my friend who is imprisoned
Because he spoke his mind
For the plucked flowers
For the trampled grass
For the pruned trees
For the tortured bodies
I name you Freedom
For the clenched teeth
For the suppressed rage
For the lump in the throat
For the mouths that do not sing
For the clandestine kiss
For the censored verse
For the exiled youth
For the forbidden names
I name you Freedom

I name you in the name of all people
By your true name
I name you and when darkness falls
when no one sees me
I write your name
on the walls of my city
I write your name
on the walls of my city
Your true name
Your name and other names
that I don't name for fear
For the persecuted idea
For the blows received
For the people who cannot resist
For the people who hide
For the fear they have of you
For your steps that are watched
For the way they attack you
For the children who kill you
I name you Freedom

For the invaded lands,
For the conquered peoples
For the subjugated peoples
For those exploited
For those burned at the stake
For all those executed
For those murdered
For the extinguished fires
We name you, Liberty
We name you in the name of all
By your true name
We name you when darkness falls
when no one sees us
we write your name
on the walls of our city
We write your name
on the walls of our city
Your true name
Your name and other names
That we do not name for fear
We name you, Liberty

Rolando Peña's free version of the poem “I Name You Liberty” by Paul Éluard, an ode to freedom written during the German occupation of France.

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