Das Campus-Programm richtet sich an die Teilnehmer*innen des Treffens junger Autor*innen und ist nicht öffentlich. Es umfasst Workshops zu unterschiedlichen literarischen Genres und Themen sowie Einzel- und Werkstattgespräche.
Workshop 1:
♡ ✝ ♡ Cuter Antichrist ♡ ✝ ♡ - a kitsch workshop
Hermann Broch still demonised kitsch as the Antichrist in the art system - such blatant statements are rarely heard today. Rather, a re-evaluation has taken place in which the cute, the cuddly and the camp* are valorised and, in feminist and queer perspectives, are even seen as a soft alternative to the hard, cold, male reality of art. You can't really escape cuteness anymore. But how much artistic potential is there in plush, pink boots and crying puppies with googly eyes? Or is it all nonsense and we're cuddling on the edge while the world goes under? We want to be kitschy together, really kitschy, and see what kitsch still means today in the age of plush.
* ‘Camp is one way among others of looking at the world as an aesthetic phenomenon’, Susan Sontag began her famous essay ‘Notes on “Camp”’ in the journal Partisan Review in 1964.
Note: Feel free to bring stuff you find kitschy - objects, pictures, texts.
With
I.V. Nuss
Workshop 2:
Questions of form - a poetry workshop
Every poem needs a form. But how does it find one? There are so many possibilities! Free verse and bound, strict forms such as sonnet, haiku or anagram, more open forms such as two-line, three-line, four-line stanzas, long poems, sound poems, list poems, visual and concrete poetry, documentary poems, cross-outs, found poems, nonsense poetry ... In this workshop, we will look at poems in terms of their form and reflect on convincing or less convincing examples. What makes a successful form? And of course we will also try out different possibilities ourselves.
Note: Please bring a poem to the workshop that you find particularly successful in terms of form to present to the group, and a poem of your own that you are still struggling with in terms of form to discuss together.
With
Daniela Seel
Workshop 3:
Your own voice part 1 - inspiration and stubbornness
What makes my own writing special? Which tricks, characters and perspectives, which topics and text types interest me? Would I like to deepen, expand, remix them? Or would I prefer to explore new, different linguistic realities and positions in my writing? Inspired by literary as well as philosophical-scientific voices that inspire us with their themes, their courage and stubbornness, by texts that can be a source of support, broaden our horizons, help us navigate and create rituals, we want to work on text drafts in the workshop or create completely new ones.
Your own voice part 2 - Transdisciplinary inspiration
Which elements of the world do I include in my texts and how? In which social fields would I like to see more language that stimulates thought, awakens, connects, moves? And which contexts and modes of presentation beyond books and readings could give my text an exciting life of its own? Inspired by a joint excursion to the nearby exhibition centre C/O Berlin, we want to open up our writing to new, transdisciplinary spaces.
Note: The two parts of the workshop relate to each other but can also be attended individually. All types of texts and writing interests are welcome!
With
Rike Scheffler
Workshop 4:
The Voices I Called - Introduction to Scenic Writing
You are never closer to your characters than in scenic writing - the world we imagine is created through their words. In theatre and especially in radio plays, these voices are where everything begins. But how can the big picture be told in a dialogue? How do you deal with this immediacy in writing? And does this perhaps harbour huge potential?
This workshop is intended to be a gentle introduction - using examples, we will first get an overview of what is possible in drama. We will look at dramaturgy and scene structure and ask ourselves how we can find our own tone in a form in which a whole host of different people often have their say.
With
Kristin Höller