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falco's 60th birthday
would have been celebrated on 19 february 2017falco, pop star and poet. in 1995, he taught a class at the vienna poetry school (sfd) and performed - together with h. c. artmann, wolfi bauer, ide hintze and others - at the "night of poetry", organised by sfd(see "viva la poesia", book + cd, residenz/modena 2002)
track 5' - short radio play competition 2017
"one never knows"radio Ö1 of the austrian broadcasting corporation (ORF) in association with the vienna poetry school119 radio plays were entered, online-voting from 20 january until 10 february.presentation of the winners at ö1 radio play gala on 24 february 2017!
poetry and ... visual arts
vienna poetry school get-togetherwed., 25 january 2017, 7 p.m.venue: gasthaus stemann, 1060 viennabeforehand, at 6 p.m.: exhibition-talk on the topic with maria muhar at sfd, 1070 vienna
class performance "manipjulääschen" & more
super gala. with ann cotten, hanno millesi, writers of their class & guests!tues., 29 november 2016, 7 p.m.; free admissionvenue: au, brunnengasse 76, 1160 vienna
performance lecture & exhibition at sfd's
performance lecture jörg piringer "data poetry" & exhibition opening maria muhar "KETTE & SCHUSS" (warp & weft); tues., 22 november 2016, 7 p.m.; free admissionvenue: vienna poetry school, mariahilfer straße 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna
entanglement: a conversation and reading/performance with anne waldman (usa)
mon, november 21, 2016, 7 p.m.venue: sfd – vienna poetry school, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege – stairs III/7, 1070 wien; free admissionanne waldman, who has had a long history with sfd since its conception and was close to the founders, will be in conversation with bernhard widder and presenting recent work with some accompaniment of soundscapes, composed by her son ambrose bye.
"gstanzl" class performance hp falkner
fri., 18 november 2016, 7 p.m.: class presentation; free admissionvenue: zum gschupften ferdl, windmühlgasse 20, 1060 viennaafterwards, hans peter falkner, die tanzhausgeiger, cpt. schneider play some music
"against smoothness" clips online!
23 poems created during the online poetry-under-construction class "against smoothness" were visualized by students of fh joanneum. take a look here: >> http://sfd.at/widerdasglatte
class with ann cotten & hanno millesi
“manipjulääschen”12 & 14 september, 28 november, class presentation on 29 nov. 2016subversive writing with slang as code and weapon, and targeted launching of language "drones"already fully booked!
online class with sibylle berg (zurich)
from 6 october 2016!the author and playwright sibylle berg holds sfd's online class "hitler was afraid of cats" (in german)
class with hans peter falkner (attwenger)
"gstanzln": ditties – we want to write and sing themclass in vienna14, 16 and 17 november, class presentation on 18 november 2016
a word/music performance by sfd in the exhibition about martin kippenberger
"not so bad, as to make it good again, but also not so good that one could not feel sick with it"11 november 2016, 8:30 p.m.; free admission with valid exhibition ticketvenue: bank austria kunstforum, freyung 8, 1010 wienan evening about "aesthetics of failure" with ann cotten, fritz ostermayer and a surprise guest.
an album for eternity & film clips "against smoothness"
fritz ostermayer talks with authors about music and text production.music/text/talk with antonio fianthurs., 3 november 2016, 7 p.m., free admissionvenue: literaturhaus, zieglergasse 26a, 1070 vienna
class presentation with heike fiedler
at "schamrock – festival der dichterinnen" (festival of women poets)fri., 21 october 2016, 6 p.m.venue: literaturhaus, zieglergasse 26a, 1070 vienna
class with heike fiedler (geneva/düsseldorf)
"what’s the matter? take the word apart and perform a poem."performance writing. short class in vienna19 and 20 october, class presentation on 21 october 2016 during the schamrock festivalnow open for registration!
1,000 tears deep
"– if catharsis doesn't work, emotion always does"two-day festival 14 and 15 october 2016, every day from 6 p.m.with jochen distelmeyer, andrea grill, wolfgang hermann, zuzana husárová, anneliese mackintosh, klaus nüchtern, daniela strigl, johannes ullmaier, oliver welter, sfd-students and fritz ostermayerwelcome: robert huez (literaturhaus wien), andreas mailath-pokorny (city councillor for culture and science, vienna), thomas drozda (federal minister for art and culture)vienna poetry school in association with literaturhaus wien
class with oliver welter (naked lunch) & fritz ostermayer
"sad sad song – we are writing melancholy texts for saddest melodies."10, 11, 13 october, class presentation on 14 october 2016 during sfd's festival "1,000 tears deep" at literaturhaus(few places still available!)
tip: walking cities: discussion with writers
we are happy to host julya rabinowich and kayo chingonyi with an event organised by British Council Austria on thursday, 22 september, 7 pm!these two writers will be discussing themes based around shakespeare’s play measure for measure, which is set in vienna.
exhibition at the vienna poetry school
"wolpertingerauflauf: mischwesen transmedial aufgetischt" – a transmedia serving of hybrid creatures. from the book "kuhu, löwels, mangoldhamster: die 4 jahreszeiten der wolpertinger" (sonderzahl 2015) by markus köhle (aut) & sabine freitag (gre/aut). until 16 sept. 2016 at sfd's, 1070 vienna
guest performances at sfd: "vienna summer fling"
hillary keel/nyc, karin seidner, daniela beuren (former sfd students) & guest readers. two or more languages.date: wed., 27 july 2016, 7:30 p.m.; free admissionvenue: sfd, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna
