{"id":167,"date":"2025-09-18T16:25:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eleonorafisco.it\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=167"},"modified":"2026-02-11T21:43:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:43:57","slug":"yawpisti","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/eleonorafisco.it\/en\/project\/yawpisti\/","title":{"rendered":"Yawpisti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;4&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;189221&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;174627&#8243;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eleonora Fisco started her experience in the poetry slam movement in 2017 as co-founder of the poetry collective Yawpisti in Pisa together with Marco Gorgoglione. They animated the poetry slam scene in Pisa, Sicily and Basilicata and performed all over Italy until 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yawpisti\u2019s poetics fused Walt Whitman\u2019s liberating, visceral \u201cyawp\u201d with a collective identity, creating poetry that thrives on overflowing voices, styles, and sources without hierarchy. Performance transforms their poetry into a tangible, present act: understanding emerges empathetically, like listening to a song in a foreign language, where presence and energy matter more than authorship.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;367953&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>What is a poetry slam?<\/h2>\n<p>Poetry slam is a show that consists of a <b>competition of performance poetry<\/b>. It is a poetic practice that originated in Chicago in the 1980s, which aims to <b>bring poetry back to the streets<\/b> by breaking down the barriers between poets and audiences. Anyone can be a poet for an evening and anyone can judge.<\/p>\n<p>Poetry slam is a cultural phenomenon that attracts large audiences, who are encouraged to actively participate in the show. It has now spread globally: more than 104 countries are involved in a world championship of performance poetry. It was imported to Italy in 2001, and in 2013, the Italian Poetry Slam League (LIPS) was founded, which organises more than 500 competitions a year and promotes performance poetry in Italian and various dialects throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is based on a few simple <b>rules<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Own texts<\/li>\n<li>Only body and voice<\/li>\n<li>3 minutes of time<\/li>\n<li>The public votes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Would you like to find out more and organise a poetry slam in your town? <a href=\"https:\/\/eleonorafisco.it\/en\/contact\/\">Contact me<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; font_family=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;894408&#8243; 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