Event: June 2017
Sat
17/6/17
04:00 PM
Franz Dodel: Nicht bei Trost (A Bit Crazy) Start of Marathon Reading / Exhibition opening
Reading
Swiss poet Franz Dodel (born 1949 in Berne) has been working on his long poem Nicht bei Trost (A Little Bit Crazy) for the last 15 years. His work has now reached 32001 lines and is based on the traditional structure of the Japanese haiku. Franz Dodel will be reading from his work each day during the festival.
Rascha Osman, director of the Culture Section of the Swiss Embassy in Germany, will be opening the the exhibition together with Franz Dodel and will be the first reader in the Marathon Reading.
Come and join in!
Festival visitors are asked to read for 15 minutes each from Nicht bei Trost. Please register for this at www.haus-fuer-poesie.org
Franz Dodel: Nicht bei Trost. The material
Halle 3
An accompanying exhibition makes a spatial presentation of passages from the long poem Nicht bei Trost. The reader becomes observer and stroller, walking through the endless text.
Project leaders: Matthias Kniep | Bettina Henningsen
Akademie der Künste
Obere Terasse/Halle 3/Glasgang
Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin
Entrance fee:
Eintritt frei / Ausstellung 3 €