#Logoskop twenty-eight
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| free of charge |
| Please book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the Foyer. |
| 14 years and older |
| English, German |
| Humboldt Lab, 1st floor |
| Part of: #Logoskop |
| Belongs to: After Nature |
Poetry and science meet every month at Logoskop. This time, the Namibian poet Prince Kamaazengi Marenga and the Logoskop’s curator, Bas Böttcher, will explore the exhibition After Nature together with live readings of texts. You can expect an exciting poetic tour with critical perspectives on colonialism and post-colonialism, but also humour.
For the first time, Logoskop will be held partly in English.
Curated by Bas Böttcher
Prince Kamaazengi Marenga
Prince Kamaazengi Marenga is a poet and author in the fields of poetry, journalism, and short stories. His book, P-O-E-M-S (2019) delves into the fundamental issues and dilemmas surrounding the complex social realities in Namibia and the Genocide. His narrative interests span film, theater, and interdisciplinary projects including Ovizire-Somgu, From Where Do We Speak? His work is not just a reflection but an embodiment of the enduring struggle and spirit of the Ovaherero people. Marenga lives currently in Sedelsberg Saterland, in the North of Germany.
Bas Böttcher
Bas Böttcher is one of the co-founders of the German-language spoken word scene. He studied at the Bauhaus University in Weimar and has lived in Berlin since 2000. His texts are considered exemplary for contemporary stage poetry. They appear in school textbooks (Schroedel, Cornelsen, Klett) and important collections of German poetry (Der Neue Conrady, Lyrikstimmen, etc.).
He also published the three volumes of poetry Dies ist kein Konzert, Neonomade and Vorübergehende Schönheit with the publishing house Voland & Quist. Bas Böttcher has performed in the great hall of the Elbphilharmonie and at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris), as well as at the book fairs in Beijing, Guadalajara, Moscow, São Paulo and Bangkok.
Bas Böttcher is the inventor and programmer of various media formats for poetry. He developed the electronic hypertext Looppool as a new form of expression on the Internet. He has taught at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig, the German Literature Archive in Marbach, the Cultural Academy of Baden-Württemberg, the University of the Arts in Berlin, and Goethe Institutes worldwide.