Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective
The writing practice of samizdat and its relation to the devices of concrete and visual poetry have been treated and presented in a number of previous projects. Until now however, less consideration has been given to the circumstances of performance. In addition to the typescript literature of samizdat, subcultural milieus attached particular importance to the oral recitation of poems, exhibitions, and poetry actions. The interrelation between text and situation in poetic acts functioned as a trigger for performances and happenings.
The exhibition presents authors from subcultures in socialist states along with contemporary positions that continue the legacy of combining poetry and performance. It shows the efforts of poets and artists to break free from controlled language and normative communicative now and then. “Poetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective” thus confronts the current social challenges in the post-socialist countries through the prism of language and ideology and looks back at their points of departure.
- POEZIJA & PERFORMANS. ISTOČNOEVROPSKA PERSPEKTIVA
8 – 29. mart 2018, Kulturni centar Beograda - «Poetry & Performance. Die osteuropäische Perspektive» 11.04 – 7.07.2019, – Motorenhalle Dresden
- Wrocław Contemporary Museum (March – June 2020)
- Regional Art Gallery Liberec (Decembre 2020 – April 2021)
- Cultural Center in Dnipro (November 2021 – February 2022)
