acoustic poetics
the music of language. acoustic poetry as a field of research and as an inspirational startoff point for writing texts of prose.
class in madrid, 4 to 6 november 2015
the class is held in english!
only few places available exclusively for sfd-students!
(no participation fee; participants bear costs for travel and accomodation)
please send your application, including a short bio (in german or english; please state which sfd-class you have already participated in), to: sfd@sfd.at
acoustic poetics
the music of language
acoustic poetry as a field of research and as an inspirational startoff point for writing
texts of prose.
where does language become sound? is there a semantics of sound? how does the
acoustic world around us finds its way into literary narratives? what are the impacts
of sound, rhythm, harmony and melody on writing and composing a text of prose?
what practical enrichment can the knowledge of acoustic poetry and certain basic
techniques of how to work with language as a soundsource and musical material
bring to the process of writing? acoustic poetry can give us important technical and
artisanal impulses on writing texts of prose as well as helping us to develop new
narrative forms that oscillate between literature, sound and music.
dates:
4 - 6 november: always 7 to 10 p.m.
juergen berlakovich
*1970, author, musician and soundartist. texts, speechsoundscapes, palindromsongs,
audiocartoons, soundessays, soundinterpretations, filmmusic, performances,
radioplays and dna-sonifications. founder of takamovsky. co-founder of the
music- and literature-performanceduo sergej mohntau. member of the vegetable
orchestra. he studied german literature and philosophy at vienna university and
teaches acoustic poetry at the sfd – schule für dichtung/vienna poetry school.
recent publications:
2015 unseen science. see aural woods (takamovsky / luma.launisch / dvd / 2015)
2014 instrumentum vocale. ein figurenpark aus text und klang. (book & cd / klever-verlag / 2014)
2013 takamovsky: in streams. (cd / etymtone / 2013)
2012 selfcompiler. speechsoundscape. (orf-ö1-kunstradio / 2012)
2011 die würghand / the strangling hand. soundtrack for a silent movie. (juergen berlakovich / ulrich troyer / dvd / filmarchiv austria / viennale / 1920 / 2011)
www.berlakovich.org
www.takamovsky.net
info in spanish >> http://escueladeescritores.com/cursos/poesia-acustica-madrid/
escuela de escritores, madrid >> http://escueladeescritores.com
the class is organised by escuela de escritores, madrid, and takes place within the eacwp-network (european association of creative writing programmes)/teachers' interchange programme, in association with the vienna poetry school, supported by the european Erasmus+ programme
