an album for eternity

the catalyst of the evening is a ‘favourite album’, brought along by the author and intended to ignite a dialogue about the specific aesthetics and politics of the album and the respective author’s writing. are there subconscious connections between what one hears and how one writes? do authors work in silence? if not, then which sounds inspire them and which make all thoughts impossible? is the rhythm of a text comparable to the temporal structures of notes and intervals? if not, then where is the difference? can reading a great poem generate psycho-physiological emotions that are similar to those experienced when listening to a great song? moreover: when we listen to our ‘favourite album’, are we not first and foremost listening to our own biography?

this series, from 2015 onwards conceptualized in association with literaturhaus wien, will have to focus on passions: the love of music, the obsession with writing and the numerous kinds of resistance that every passion has to overcome. in-between the talks, the authors will read from their work.


guests in 2018:

thurs., 22 march 2018, 7 p.m.: ferdinand schmalz
venue: literaturhaus
zieglergasse 26a, 1070 vienna; free admisstion

thurs., 21 june 2018, 8 p.m.: dirk stermann
venue: schauspielhaus
porzellangasse 19, 1090 vienna

thurs, 15 nov. 2018, 7 p.m.: julya rabinowich
venue: literaturhaus
zieglergasse 26a, 1070 vienna; free admission

mon., 10 dec. 2018, 8 p.m. david schalko
venue: schauspielhaus
porzellangasse 19, 1090 vienna

review: >> album 2017 

for details: >> newsflash

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vienna poetry school in association with literaturhaus wien, schauspielhaus wien