19th poesiefestival berlin: Highlights of concrete, visual and sound poetry, Berlin
25.04.2018
As part of the 19th poesiefestival berlin, Berlin galleries and collections are presenting their highlights of concrete, visual and sound poetry from 24 to 31 May. An extensive program with exhibitions, readings, talks, guided tours, performances, a colloquium and workshops invites you to approach this genre from different perspectives.
Come and discover classics of the genre, which were media art even before the term was invented, and contemporary work seeking dialogue with its predecessors and exploring new approaches in dealing with language, script, sound and media.
Involved are the Gallery and publisher Broken Dimanche Press, Gallery Edition Block, Gallery Manière Noire, Gallery Oqbo, Gallery BQ, Atelier Friederike Feldmann, Study room of the art library as well as the Academy of Arts.
Enclosed a list of the exhibitions and events. Detailed information about the program at:
www.haus-fuer-poesie.org/de/poesiefestival-berlin/
Exhibition openings in the galleries
24 May | 7 -9 pm
Gallery and publisher Broken Dimanche Press | Mareschstraße 1 | S Sonnenallee
Exhibition Natalie Czech & John Holten: Negative Calligrams – There’s Nothing There
25 May - 31 May | daily except Sunday 3-7 pm
Artist’s Talk with Natalie Czech
Presenter: John Holten
24 May | 7 pm
Gallery Edition Block | Prager Str. 5 | U Spichernstraße
Exhibition Writing is Showing. Text images and objects from Edition Block
Conception: Michael Glasmeier
25 May - 14 July | daily except Sunday 11 am-6 pm | Saturday 12-6 pm
‘Skip It If You Can’. Reading with Schuldt
28 May | 6 pm
Gallery Manière Noire | Waldenserstraße 7A | U Turmstraße
Exhibition Amidst Two Points. Anke Becker and Arnold Dreyblatt
25 May - 31 May | daily 3-7 pm
Curation: Majla Zeneli
Artists’ Talk and reading with Anke Becker and Arnold Dreyblatt
Presenter: Myriam Naumann
29 May | 6 pm
Galerie Oqbo | Brunnenstraße 63 | U Voltastraße
Exhibition Types of Typewriting. Typewritten texts since the 1960s
Conception: Annette Gilbert | Michael Glasmeier
25 May - 23 June | daily except Sunday 3-6 pm
KOOK.lyrik: Reading by Cia Rinne, Dagmara Kraus and Daniel Falb
Presenter: Daniela Seel
30 May | 6 pm
BQ | Weydingerstraße 10 | Upstairs | U Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Exhibition Kriwet
25 May - 31 May | daily except Sunday and Monday | 11 am-6 pm
Atelier Friederike Feldmann | Karl-Marx-Straße 275-277 | U Grenzallee
“PS. Studio visit Friederike Feldmann”
26 & 27 May | 11 am-6 pm
Study room of the art library | Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz | Matthäikirchplatz 6 | S + U Potsdamer Platz
Highlights from the Jasia Reichardt Collection and the Editions of Hansjörg Mayer
Presentation: Michael Lailach
26 May | Guided tours at 11 am & 3 pm
Program in the Academy of Arts
Hanseatenweg 10 | S Bellevue
Exhibition Sound of Poetry of Sound. Acoustic Literature from the Archive of S Press Tonbandverlag
Curation: Marc Matter
Glasgang | 25 May - 31 May | daily 10 am - 9 pm
Exhibition: Sound Music. Sounds. Music. Selected Works from Rumpsti Pumsti
Curation: Daniel Löwenbrück
Glasgang | 25 May - 31 May | daily 10 am - 9 pm
Ververbüntede. Concert for voice and dictation machine with Michael Barthel
Clubraum | 27 May | 2.30 pm
‘Linguistic Surprises non-stop. Listening examples from the S Press Tonbandverlag’
Presentation: Marc Matter
Glasgang | 27 May | 3 pm
Arrièregarden. A Follow-Up on Concrete Poetry
With Hannes Bajohr | Derek Beaulieu | Andreas Bülhoff | Annette Gilbert | Karl Holmqvist | Thomas Thiel | Georg Witte | Special Guest: Eugen Gomringer
Presentation: Michael Lentz
Clubraum | 27 May | 11 am - 2 pm
‘Linguistic experiments between human and machine. Artistic potentials of electro-acoustic manipulation of language’
Workshop to try out and participate with Marc Matter
Studio für Elektroakustische Musik | 29 May | 3 pm | 6/4 €
No previous knowledge required
ZEBRA-Poetry Film Club: Concrete. Digital
Studio | 29 May | 9.30 pm | 6/4 €
A Dialogue in Sound Writing. Electro-acoustic live-performance with found linguistic material by Marc Matter and Andreas Bülhoff
Studio für Elektroakustische Musik | 31 May | 3 pm | 6/4 €
Limited number of participants in both studio events. Registration until 27 May: poesiefestival@haus-fuer-poesie.org
The exhibition "Sound of Poetry of Sound", the electroacoustic live performance "A Dialogue in Sound Writing" and the workshop "Linguistic experiments between human and machine. Artistic potentials of electro-acoustic manipulation of language" are kindly supported by the Archive and the Studio for Electroacoustic Music of the Academy of the Arts.
Admission free for all exhibitions and events except for the live performance, colloquium and workshop.
19th poesiefestival berlin: Values Verse Art
24 to 31 May 2018
Academy of Arts, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin
Festival programme and advance tickets at: www.haus-fuer-poesie.org
Press Accreditation at: presse@haus-fuer-poesie.org
Please state your name, medium and contact address.
Press photos for download: www.haus-fuer-poesie.org/de/presse
For enquiries and information:
Haus für Poesie
Mira Lina Simon
Press & Publicity
Tel: 030. 48 52 45 24
E-Mail: presse@haus-fuer-poesie.org
raus mit der sprache (speak your mind) – Highlights of concrete, visual and sound poetry, Berlin is made possible with the kind support of the Archive and Studio for Electro-Acoustic Music of the Academy of Arts.
The 19th poesiefestival berlin is a project by the Haus für Poesie in co-operation with the Academy of Arts and acknowledges the kind support of the Capital Cultural Fund and Maritim proArte Hotel Berlin, and is presented by kulturradio rbb, tip Berlin, taz, BÜCHERmagazin and Deutschlandfunk Kultur.