dial-a-poem
by john giorno (usa), curated and edited by sfd & fritz ostermayer for the exhibition artists and poets (curated by ugo rondinone/sui)
12 feb. to 12 april 2015
venue: secession, friedrichstrasse 12, 1010 vienna & via telephone!
secession in association with vienna poetry school (sfd)
with artists and poets rondinone also refers to a local context, because – from 1986 to 1990 – he studied at vienna's university for applied arts and therefore has a special connection to the city. likewise, the poetry installation dial-a-poem by us-performance artist and poet john giorno is being adapted for the exhibition – in association with the vienna poetry school this unique "telephone service" plays 30 poems by the following austrian authors:
h. c. artmann, ingeborg bachmann, christoph w. bauer, wolfgang bauer, jürgen berlakovich, ann cotten, franz josef czernin, elffriede.aufzeichnensysteme, franzobel, martin fritz, elfriede gerstl, maja haderlap, bodo hell, christian ide hintze, christine huber, zuzana husárová, ernst jandl, christian loidl, friederike mayröcker, heidi pataki, judith nika pfeifer, rosa pock, reinhard priessnitz, sophie reyer, gerhard rühm, gerhard ruiss, robert schindel, ferdinand schmatz, liesl ujvary, hubert weinheimer
dial-a-poem can be heard at the secession and, for the time of the exhibition, also via the following land-line number:
