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Born 1964 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Soundpoet, Writer,Audioartist, Curator, Host, Teacher.
Influenced by the avantgarde from Dada, Surrealists, Fluxus, Beatpoets to modern electronic sound-poetry. Studied literature and politics in Frankfurt and Siegen, working on Dada Reception with Prof. Karl Riha (Siegen). Since the mid-80ies performances & publications of poetry, short prose, essay, visual poetry internationally. International radio/ tv performances & interviews.
Starting to use sample devices, loops & effects for live poetry shows in 2000
Collaborations with rock- and jazz-musicians as well as djs and electronic musicians. Founder of a soundpoetry group and of the improvising jazz-poetry performance project "SOUNDS LIKE POETRY?"
Solo-Performances and Festivals all over Europe and US (Beat the book US tour 2004, Antibodies US Tour 2009). Participant of international Poetry Festivals (eg. Poetry International, Dornbirn Austria - Poetry International/ Pontes Festival - Krk, Croatia/ Poesie bez Granic - Polanica Zdroj, Poland, Las Bas Performance Festival - Helsinki, Finland, Revox - Barcelona, Spain, Playing with words - Frankurt, Germany, LiteraTurm Festival Frankfurt, Germany, Yuxtaposiciones Festival, Madrid, Wisconsin Poetry Festival)
Lectures and workshops on performance poetry at schools and universities in Germany and Croatia (Zagreb/Krk) & USA (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Shimer College, Chicago). Since 2007 I have held a lectureship at the "University of Applied Science" Frankfurt.
Grants/Residencies:
2012 Koonen Foundation, Saari, Finland
2011 Hessischer Literaturrat, Madison, Wisconsin, US
Nuoren Voiman Liitto, Villa Sarkia, Sysmae, Finland
2009-
2010 Resident artist at Joachim-Schumann-Schule, Babenhausen & Friedrich-Ebert-Schule Frankfurt for half a year each.
Curating/Organizing
2011 curating and hosted for the Frankfurt Poetry Festival "LiteraTurm"
2010 curated and hosted the 1. Frankfurter Lesebuehnen Festival (a national poetry club festival)
2009 curated and hosted the international Sound Art Festival "Playing with words" at Gallus Theater (Frankfurt) in cooperation with CRiSAP Institute (London)
Since 2007 hosting the poetry slam for kids & giving workshops at theater Mousonturm (Frankfurt)
2007-2010 curated a monthly poetry/art/music-show "Wort&Klangbildstelle" at different locations
(Frankfurt)
2003-2007 curated and hosted poetry shows, poetry slam & workshops for the yearly literature festival "Hessische Literaturtage" (Hessen Poetry Days) in different cities in Hessen
2003-2005 curated and hosted a Spoken Word show at schauspielfrankfurt (city theater)
Co-Host of German National Poetry Slam 2003 in Frankfurt and Darmstadt, www.slam2003.de
2002-2006 curated the "Poets Corner" for Literaturgesellschaft Hessen and VS Hessen (Writers Union) at Frankfurts biggest Open Air Festival at the Main River.
Since 1998 hosting the Poetry Slam Frankfurt at the University of Applied Science (Frankfurt)
1997/98 organized/hosted the Festival of independent literature at Gallus Theater (Frankfurt)
Since 1997 host of a monthly 1-hour radio show at Radio X (Frankfurt).
1996 -98 hosted a monthly poetry show and the first Poetry Slams (1996) at Club Voltaire (Frankfurt)
1994/95 hosted a monthly show for young poetry at Romanfabrik (Frankfurt)
Curated and hosted many more single events at clubs, theaters, galleries, museums (e.g., Goethe-Haus, Staedel Art Institute, Schirn Kunsthalle)
2006 co-founder & member of the board of the organization Kulturnetz Frankfurt e.V. for poetry, art & education
Member of VS Verband deutscher Schriftsteller (German Writers Union), member of the Hessian board: 1993-94, 1999-2006
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