Event: June 2015
Fri
26/6/15
09:00 PM
What is there to laugh about? Comic poetry – poetic comedy
Lection & Talk
With F. W. Bernstein (writer and illustrator, Berlin), Thomas Gsella (writer, Aschaffenburg), Steffen Jacobs (writer, Berlin)
Moderation: Christian Maintz (writer, Hamburg)
German poetry is often thought of as being particularly serious, elegiac and formal; is it permitted in spite of that – or even for that reason – to laugh about German poems? After all, there are poets such as Busch, Morgenstern, Ringelnatz and Gernhardt who represent a playful and ironic counter-tradition; Morgenstern has described poems of this school fittingly as “light and fast”. The evening gathers together a high-quality round-up of comic poets reading their own texts and talking about their understanding of literature and comedy. And the audience take note –laughter is allowed!
With the kind support of The Mandala Hotel
Curated by: Christian Maintz. Project leader: Bettina Henningsen
Academy of Arts
Clubraum
Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin
Entrance fee:
6/4 EUR
Tickets online
Vorverkauf in der Akademie der Künste:
Tel 030. 200 57-1000/-2000
Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin-Tiergarten
Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
Täglich 10:00–19:00