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Symposium
Text-World–World-Text I
About the relationship between experiment, politics and literature
17th to 18th of June 2016 – Forum Stadtpark, Graz


2016 Forum Stadtpark Graz and three other European institutions for contemporary literature (Lettrétage – Berlin, Nuoren Voiman Liitto - Helsinki, Ideogramma – Nikosia) started a project called CROWD with the main aim of establishing a more interwoven network for European Independent-literature. CROWD also hosted a two month literary bus-tour from Finland to Cyprus featuring around 100 authors.

This bus-tour also stopped at the Forum Stadtpark, where the symposium Text World World Text – About the relationship between experiment, politics and literature was held. On two days (17th and 18th of June, 2016) more than 20 authors from Europe and beyond, who are working in the field of so-called experimental literature discussed today’s role of the author in society and also offered an in-depth look on their literary and aesthetic approach and perspective.

There has always been a brisk interaction between the political and artistical/literary discourse. Especially considering the most recent political developments the question what kind of role the artist/author can and should play in a society, becomes even more urgent. Particularly relating to the more experimentally working authors the question arises which role new artistic forms and methods can play in this relationship between literature and society. Can these new forms possibly activate new emancipatory and society transforming potentials? Is it even possible for art/literature to be a means of emancipation? How political can art/literature be at all? What are the coercions and restraints the process of literary production is allegedly or actually subjected to? What kinds of strategies exist to escape from or to deal with these internal and external restrictions of the literary production?

Concept and curated by Max Höfler

Participating authors:
Jaap Blonk (NL)
Ann Cotten (AT/US)
Steven J. Fowler (GB)
Katarzyna Giełżyńska (PL)
Mara Genschel (D)
Max Höfler (AT)
Benediktas Janusvidius (LT)
Jazra Khaleed (GR)
Ralf B. Korte (D)
The Geminii (F/US) = Purdey Lord Kreiden & Michael Thomas Taren
Margento (RO)
Robert Herbert McClean (IE)
Alexander Micheuz (AT)
María Mencía (ESP)
Tom Nisse (BEL)
Stefanie Sargnagel (AT)
Daniela Seel (D)
Clemens Schittko (D)
Ulrich Schlotmann (D)
Olga Pek (CZ)
Jörg Piringer (AT)
Stefan Schmitzer (AT)
Álvaro Seiça (PT)
Jenan Selcuk (CYP)
Kinga Toth (HU)
Mathias Traxler (CH)


Camera and Cut:
Clara Wildberger & Lena Prehal

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