Wednesday December 12, 2007

Goethe-Institut, 7pm:
Opening ceremony
Presentation of the event by Thomas Wohlfahrt (Literaturwerkstatt), Ursula Wahl (Goethe-Institut Barcelona) and Oriol Izquierdo (Institució de les Lletres Catalanes).
Presentation and reading by four of the guest authors: Ann Cotten, Monika Rinck, Ricardo Domeneck y Nora Gomringer. Readings of the Catalan language versions. 

Thursday December 13, 2007

Goethe-Institut, 7pm:
Zebra Poetry Film Award
Presentation of the Zebra festival by Christiane Lange (Literaturwerkstatt) and screening of a selection of films made in Germany, animation pieces and the winning works form the last edition (2006).
Presented by: Eduard Escoffet

Horiginal (cafè+poesia), 9pm:
Barcelona-Berlin: poetry cabaret. A drink to poetry.
Readings of German avant-garde and oral tradition poetry, with forays into the Catalan and Brazilian avant-garde. Orchestrated by Christian Atanasiu, with the participation of Nora Gomringer, Ricardo Domeneck, Monika Rinck and Ann Cotten and the special collaboration of Sebastià Jovani and Josep Pedrals. Texts by Hugo Ball, Jandl, Karl Valentin, Christian Morgenstern, Eugen Gomringer, Haroldo de Campos, Hans Arp, Helmut Heissenbüttel, Oskar Pastior, Kurt Schwitters, Oswald Wiener...

Friday December 14, 2007

Apolo Sala [2], 8.30pm:
Berlin on stage 1
Performances by:
Ricardo Domeneck+Dionís Escorsa (poetry and video)
Nora Gomringer+Bradien (poetry and music)
And a special performance by Accidents Polipoètics
Presented by: Sebastià Jovani 

Saturday December 15, 2007

MACBA Auditorium, 8.30pm:
Berlin on stage 2
Performances by:
Monika Rinck+Ester Xargay (poetry+video)
Ann Cotten+Woh_ (poetry, electronica and video)
And a special performance by Bartolomé Ferrando
Presented by: Lis Costa 

Free admission to all activities.