Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective
Prague hosts from 17 June 2024 the ninth “edition” of the extensive research exhibition we have called
“Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective”
Prague (Museum of Literature)
Dozens of videos, fragile scores from the underground, audio recordings and photo documentation, as well as unique objects will present the experimental activities of more than 50 artists and groups from ten European countries.
Milan Adamčiak, Akademia Ruchu, Nikita Alexejev, Gábor Altorjay, Pavel Arseňjev [Laboratory of Poetry Actionism], Damir Avdić, Babi Badalov, BOSCH+BOSCH [Attila Csernik, Slavko Matković, László Szalma, Imre Póth], Bu-Ba-Bu [Jurij Andruchovyč, Oleksandr Irvaněc, Viktor Něborak], Bum-Bam-Lit, CORO Collective, Nuša a Srečo Dragan [OHO group], Ľubomír Ďurček, Else Gabriel, Epos 257 a Vladimir 518, Dorota Gawęda a Eglė Kulbokaitė [Young Girl Reading Group], Rimma Gerlovina, Jelena Glazova, Tomislav Gotovac, Bohumila Grögerová / Josef Hiršal, Durs Grünbein, Grupa šestorice autora [Boris Demur, Željko Jerman, Vlado Martek, Mladen Stilinović, Sven Stilinović, Fedor Vučemilović], Michail Gulin, László Gyémámt, Gino Hahnemann, Tibor Hajas, Raoul Hausmann, Jörg Herold, Henri Chopin, Nikolaj Karabinovič, Jiří Kolář, Kollektivnyje dějstvija, Vladimir Kopicl, Naško Križnar [OHO Group], Verena Kyselka, Katalin Ladik, Jurij Leiderman / Andrej Siĺvestrov, Via Lewandowsky, Vlado Martek, Kirill Medveděv, Jan Měřička, Andrej Monastyrskij, Monogramista T. D, Ladislav Novák, Pavel Novotný, NSRD [Hardijs Lediņš, Juris Boiko, Imants Žodžiks], Orbita [Semjon Chanin, Artur Punte, Vladimir Svetlov, Sergej Timofejev], Roman Osminkin, Andrzej Partum, Ewa Partum, Oranžová alternativa, Imre Póth, Bogdanka Poznanović, Dmitrij Prigov, Pussy Riot, Lev Rubinštejn, Gerhard Rühm, Mladen Stilinović, Gabriele Stötzer, László Szalma, Tamás Szentjóby, Fedir Tetjanyč, Slobodan Tišma, Raša Todosijević, Jaromír Typlt, Jiří Valoch, Leonid Vojcechov
Exhibitions
Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective
that took place between 2017 and 2022
(scroll down for entry text, brief documentation and main reviews)
Культура Медіальна / Kultura Medialna, Dnipro, Ukrainę
25.11.2021 — 12.02.2022
curated by Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen and Yuri Birte Anderson & Kateryna Rusetska.
In cooperation with Yaroslav Futymskyi.
24.06. – 17.06. 2021
curated by Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen, Emese Kürti
Baths/Lázně – Okresní galerie Liberec/ Regional Art Gallery Liberec
17. 12. 2020 – 18. 5. 2021
curated by Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen
Muzeum Współczesne Wrocław / Wrocław Contemporary Museum
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curated by Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen, Agata Ciastoń
Exhibition arrangement: Hubert Kielan
[PL] Poezja i performans. Perspektywa wschodnioeuropejska
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12.4. – 7.7.2019
curated by Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen
16.09. – 28.10. 2018
curated by Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen
Gallery Podroom, Cultural Center of Belgrade / Serbia
8.3. – 29.3. 2018
curated by Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen and Dubravka Đurić
New Synagogue, Žilina / Slovakia
22.12. 2017 – 10.3. 2018
curated by Tomáš Glanc, Daniel Grúň, Sabine Hänsgen
FOOTNOTES ON ART online magazine
BLOK MAGAZINE Announcement
In the second half of the twentieth century, poets and artists in particular took up the challenge of reflecting on and investigating the instrumentalization of language for communicative and political-ideological purposes. They did so by drawing attention to the “made-ness” of language, its material and medial dimension, and by creating performative situations for themselves and their audiences within which possibilities of verbal expression could be tested and acted out. In Eastern Europe, poetry and performance played a significant role in the unofficial or partially tolerated cultural scene.
The writing practice of samizdat and its relation to the devices of concrete and visual poetry have been treated and presented in a number of previous projects. Until now however, less consideration has been given to the circumstances of performance. In addition to the typescript literature of samizdat, subcultural milieus attached particular importance to the oral recitation of poems, exhibitions, and poetry actions. The interrelation between text and situation in poetic acts functioned as a trigger for performances and happenings.The exhibition presents authors from subcultures in socialist states along with contemporary positions that continue the legacy of combining poetry and performance. It shows the efforts of poets and artists to break free from controlled language and normative communicative now and then. Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective thus confronts the current social challenges in the post-socialist countries through the prism of language and ideology and looks back at their points of departure.
Sections:
– Writing-Reading Performance
– Audio Gestures
– Interventions in Public Space
– Cinematographic Poetry
– Body Poetry
– Language Games
Artists and groups
Milan Adamčiak • Akademia Ruchu • Nikita Alexeev • Gábor Altorjay • Pavel Arsenev (Laboratory of Poetry Actionism), • Damir Avdić • Babi Badalov • Bosch+ Bosch (Attila Csernik • Slavko Matković • László Szalma • Imre Póth ) • Bu-Ba-Bu (Yuri Andrukhovych • Oleksandr Irvanets’ • Viktor Neborak) • Bum-Bam-Lit, • Henri Chopin • CORO Collective • Nuša and Srečo Dragan (OHO Group) • Ľubomír Ďurček • Epos 257 a Vladimir 518 • Exterra XX • Else Gabriel • Dorota Gawęda a Eglė Kulbokaitė (Young Girl Reading Group) • Rimma Gerlovina • Jelena Glazova • Tomislav Gotovac • Bohumila Grögerová / Josef Hiršal • Durs Grünbein • Grupa šestorice autora (Boris Demur • Željko Jerman • Vlado Martek • Mladen Stilinović • Sven Stilinović • Fedor Vučemilović) • Mikhail Gulin • László Gyémámt • Gino Hahnemann • Tibor Hajas • Raoul Hausmann, • Jörg Herold • Nikolay Karabinovych • Jiří Kolář • Kollektivnye deistviia •Vladimir Kopicl • Naško Križnar (OHO Group) • Verena Kyselka • Katalin Ladik • Yuri Leiderman / Andrey Silvestrov • Via Lewandowsky • Vlado Martek • Kirill Medvedev • Jan Měřička • Andrei Monastyrski • Monogramista T. D Ladislav Novák • Pavel Novotný • NSRD (Hardijs Lediņš • Juris Boiko • Imants Žodžiks) • Orbita (Semyon Khanin , Artur Punte, Vladimir Svetlov) • Roman Osminkin • Ewa Partum • Pomarańczowa Alternatywa • Imre Póth • Bogdanka Poznanović • Dmitri Prigov • Pussy Riot • Lev Rubinstein • Gerhard Rühm • Mladen Stilinović • Gabriele Stötzer • Laszlo Szalma • Tamás Szentjóby • Fedir Tetianych • Slobodan Tišma • Raša Todosijević • Jaromír Typlt • Jiří Valoch • Leonid Voytsekhov
Curators Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen
Architecture: Matej Gavula (Žilina), RCNKSK architekti (Shedhalle Zürich, Motorenhalle Dresden, Okresní galerie Liberec, Kultura mediální Dnipro, Letohrádek Hvězda Praha)
Installation: Katarina Kostandinović (Belgrade)
The catalogue book will be published in 2025
Slobodan Tišma: I want to tell you something, Belgrade 2018. Foto Ratko Rakin
Exhibition view. Shedhalle Zürich 2018. Photo Gina Folly
Exhibition view. Shedhalle Zürich 2018. Photo Gina Folly
Exhibition view. Shedhalle Zürich 2018. Photo RCNKSK
Foto: Andreas Seeliger
Foto: Andreas Seeliger
Exhibition Booklets
Poetry & Performance. Poézia a performancia/The Eastern European Perspective: východoeurópska perspektiva, Tomáš Glanc, Daniel Grúň, Sabine Hänsgen (eds.), Žilina: Nová synagóga 2017 (Slovak/English)
World poetry day(s) 2018: languages games, 21st – 24th March 2018: reading-listening, discussions, exhibition, performances, films / Svetski dan(i) poezije 2018: jezičke igre, 21-24. mart 2018: čitanja-slušanja, razgovori, izložba, performansi, filmovi / Фестивал Светски дан(и) поезије, 21-24. Март 2018: читања-слушања, разговори , изложба, перформанси, филмови, Olivera Stošić Rakić, Dubravka Đurić, Vladimir Kopici (eds.), Belgrad 2018 (Festival brochure, Serbian/English)
Poesie & Performance. Die osteuropäische Perspektive / Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective, Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen (eds.), Zurich: Shedhalle 2018 (German/English)
Poetry & Performance. Die osteuropäische Perspektive, Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen (eds.), Dresden: Motorenhalle 2019 (German/English)
Poezja i performans: perspektywa wschodnioeuropejska/Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective, Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen, Agata Ciastoń (eds.), Wrocław: Contemporary Museum 2020 (Polish/English)
Poezie & Performance. Východoevropská perspektiva /Poesie & Performance. Die osteuropäische Perspektive, Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen, Markéta Kroupová (eds.), Liberec Regional Gallery 2021 (Czech/German)
Vers & Performance. A kelet-európai perspektíva/Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective, Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen, Emese Kürti (eds.), Kassák Múzeum Budapest 2021 (Hungarian/English)
Поезія та Перформанс. Східноєвропейська перспектива/Poetry and Performance. The Eastern European Perspective, Tomáš Glanc, Sabine Hänsgen, Kateryna Rusetska, Mariya Yarchuk, Yuri Birte Anderson (eds.), Dnipro Center for Contemporary Culture 2021(Ukrainian/English)
Interview
Review
Pravda, 1.3. 2018 by Juraj Mojžiš
Artalk.cz, 9.3. 2018 by Jana Písaříková
springerin 2/2018 by Lucia Gavulá
Vreme, 1422, 5.4. 2018 by Jovana Georgievski
ArtReview, December 2018 by Olga Stefan
Novinki.de, 3.1. 2019 by Jelica Popović
ARTMargins, 27. 6. 2019 by Matthias Meindl
Kunstchronik, September/Oktober 2019 by Seraina Renz
Zaborona Journal, 8.2. 2022 by Dinara Khalilova (in Ukrainian)
Zaborona Journal, 8.2. 2022 by Dinara Khalilova (in Russian)
Award
“Biela kocka” Award (“White Cube”, awarded by Rada galérií Slovenska) –– 1. prize in the category “independent project” 2018 for “Poetry&Performance. The Eastern European Perspective” in the New Synagogue Žilina.
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