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Fokus Lyrik / Focus on Poetry

The City of Frankfurt am Main Hosts ‘Fokus Lyrik’ / Focus on Poetry, a Festival Congress on Contemporary Poetry, from 7 to 10 March 2019.

After ten years of ‘Lyrikboom‘, ‘Fokus Lyrik‘ is taking stock, offering the actors a forum for debate and networking for the first time. 126 participants, as well as numerous guests from all German-speaking countries, are taking part in the event. 18 podium discussions will address questions of the production, the funding and reception of poetry. The conversations with poets, representatives of publishing houses, universities, media, and funding bodies will offer a space for the development of ideas and concepts for the future. Our programme offers high-profile poetry readings and performances, curated by two of the most prominent figures in contemporary German-language poetry, Monika Rinck and Tristan Marquardt. Organized by the culture bureau of the city of Frankfurt and the German Academy for Language and Literature. ‘Fokus Lyrik’ is funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation.

Opening Event:

Thursday, 7 March, 8 pm
The Ideal Opening – a Phantasm in Five Voices
Venue: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Römerberg 9
With: Steven J. Fowler, Barbara Köhler, Prof. Dr Christiane Voss, Magnus William-Olsson and Angelika Niescier

Congress Programme:

Friday, 8 March, 11.30 am
News from the Concept of Poetry
Venue: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Römerberg 9
With: Michael Fehr, Swantje Lichtenstein, Daniela Seel, Donna Stonecipher and Maximilian Mengeringhaus (Moderator)

Friday, 8 March, 11.30 am
The Future of Journals
Venue: Museum für Moderne Kunst / Museum for Modern Art, Domstraße 10
With: Hans Jürgen Balmes, Michael Braun, Josef Kirchner, Simone Kornappel and Theresia Prammer (Moderator)

Friday, 8 March, 2 pm
The Multilinguality of the German-Speaking Area
Venue: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Römerberg 9
With: Lubi Barre, Safiye Can, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Joel Scott and Aurélie Maurin (Moderator)

Friday, 8 March, 2 pm
Selling Poetry: Opportunities for the Book Market
Venue: Museum für Moderne Kunst / Museum for Modern Art, Domstraße 10
With: Andreas Kasnitz, Ludwig Lohmann, Regina Moths, Robert Renk and Tim Holland (Moderator)

Friday, 8 March, 3.30 pm
Widening the Focus: Poetry in International Dialogue
Venue: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Römerberg 9
With: Marie Luise Knott, Evgenia Lopata, Aleš Šteger, Jan Wagner and Michael Braun (Moderator)

Friday, 8 March, 3.30 pm
New Perspectives for Funding Publishing
Venue: Museum für Moderne Kunst / Museum for Modern Art, Domstraße 10
With: Oliver Schenk, Andrea Schmidt, Klaus Schöffling, Reto Ziegler and Jan Kuhlbrodt (Moderator)

Friday, 8 March, 5 pm
Same but Different: Poetry in German-Speaking Countries
Venue: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Römerberg 9
With: Max Czollek, Simone Lappert, Stefan SchWith:zer, Christoph Szalay and Federico Italiano (Moderator)

Friday, 8 March, 5 pm
More Money for Poetry
Venue: Museum für Moderne Kunst / Museum for Modern Art, Domstraße 10
With: Christiane Lange, Juliane Moschell, Angelika Salvisberg, Friederike Tappe-Hornbostel and Sonja Vandenrath (Moderator)

Saturday, 9 March, 10 am
The Performative Turn in Contemporary Poetry
Venue: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Römerberg 9
With: Anna Bers, Nora Gomringer, Martina Hefter, Dirk Hülstrunk and Anja Utler (Moderator)

Saturday, 9 March, 10 am
German Studies and Contemporary Poetry
Venue: Haus am Dom, Domplatz 3
With: Claudia Benthien, Robert Kaufman, Christian Metz, Elisabeth Paefgen and Frieder von Ammon (Moderator)

Saturday, 9 March, 11.30 am
Poetics and the Shifting Dynamics of Society and Ecology
Venue: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Römerberg 9
With: Andreas Bülhoff, Daniel Falb, Anke Hennig, Marion Poschmann and Florian Kessler (Moderator)

Saturday, 9 March, 11.30 am
Purpose and Place of Poetry CriticismVenue: Haus am Dom, Domplatz 3 With: Nico Bleutge, Gregor Dotzauer, Julietta Fix, Hendrik Jackson and Beate Tröger (Moderator)

Saturday, 9 March, 2 pm
Poetically Negotiating the Traditions of Poetry
Venue: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Römerberg 9
With: Marcel Beyer, Ricardo Domeneck, Ilma Rakusa, Lea Schneider and Holger Pils (Moderator)

Saturday, 9 March, 2 pm
Learning to Write: Perspectives of Creative Writing
Venue: Haus am Dom, Domplatz 3 With: Marie Caffari, Katja Eder, Anja Utler, Uljana Wolf and Lena Vöcklinghaus (Moderator)

Saturday, 9 March, 3.30 pm
Language, Violence, Poetry
Venue: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Römerberg 9 With: Durs Grünbein, Brigitte Oleschinski, Jan Skudlarek, Anatol Stefanowitsch and Christiane Frohmann (Moderator)

Saturday, 9 March, 3.30 pm
Poetry in School
Venue: Haus am Dom, Domplatz 3 With: Claudia Maaß, Andreas Neeser, José F. A. Oliver, Evelyn Schlag and Karin Fellner (Moderator)

Saturday, 9 March, 5 pm
Poetry between Movements of Pluralism and Canonization
Venue: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Römerberg 9
With: Ramy Al-Asheq, Ann Cotten, Anja Golob, Olga Martynova and Alexandru Bulucz (Moderator)

Saturday, 9 March, 5 pm
Performing Poetry: Event or Social Praxis?
Venue: Haus am Dom, Domplatz 3
With: Mariann Bühler, Carolin Callies, Holger Pils, Tillmann Severin and Anja Johannsen (Moderator)

Art Programme:

Friday, 8 March, 10 am
THE JURY: Public Jury Meeting
Venue: Haus am Dom, Domplatz 3
With: Maren Jäger, Moritz Malsch, Alf Mentzer, Sabine Scho, Beate Tröger and Jörg Feßmann

Friday, 8. March, 8 pm
Radio Connection Poetry: Overheard while Passing by
Venue: Museum MMK für Moderne Kunst / Museum for Modern Art, Domstraße 10
With: Nico Bleutge, Brigitta Falkner, Simone Kornappel and Charlotte Warsen

Friday, 8 March, 8 pm
Night Poetics – an Evening in Frankfurt
Venue: frankfurtersalon, Braubachstraße 32
With: Caroline Danneil, Julia Grinberg, Alexandru Bulucz, Julia Mantel and Nils Brunschede * Kuratiert von gutleut verlag and Salon Fluchtentier

Saturday, 9 March, 10 am
The History of Poetry in German from Its Origins until Just Right Now
Venue: Museum für Moderne Kunst / Museum for Modern Art, Domstraße 10
With: Stephan Müller, Beate Kellner, Claudia Benthien, Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken, Christian Metz, Wolfgang Braungart, Jutta Müller-Tamm and Frieder von Ammon

Saturday, 9 March, 8 pm

TELEPVENUEATION: Movement in Space
Venue: jugend-kultur-kirche sankt peter, Bleichstrasse 33
With: Federico Italiano, Jan Wagner, Paul Bogaert, Nikola Madzirov, Valzhyna MVenue, Brigitte Oleschinski, Nathalie Karagiannis and Karsten Loh.
After-Party featuring DJs Carolin Callies and Max Czollek

Sunday, 10 March, 11 am
A Question of Time – Poetry between Utopia and Dystopia
Venue: Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Waldschmidtstraße 4
With: Ann Cotten, Tim Holland, Kim Hyesoon, Verity Spott, Gisela Oberbeck and Andy Vazul