Zum zweiten Mal ist das Goethe-Institut Hongkong Partner des Hong Kong International Literary Festival und stellt zwei Gäste aus Deutschland vor: Den Graphic Novel-Künstler Arne Jysch, der mit „Babylon Berlin“ bekannt wurde, und die Autorin Theresia Enzensberger, deren Bauhaus-Roman „Blaupause“ gerade auf Englisch erschienen ist.
Gegründet im Jahr 2001, findet das Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF) jährlich im Herbst statt. Es dauert 10 Tage. Letztes Jahr war die junge Comic-Künstlerin Aisha Franz aus Berlin auf Einladung des Goethe-Instituts zu Gast.
Schedule:
02.11.2019 │ 15:00-16:00 │JC Studio Theatre, The Fringe Club Women’s Struggles in Bauhaus
In this session, German writer Theresia Enzensberger will be talking to Dr. Anna Katharina Grasskamp about her book Blueprint. This is a story about a girl studying art at the Bauhaus architecture school as she attempts to make her way within the tumultuous art world of the Weimar Republic. Praised for its distinctive, sober and feminist tone, Enzensberger’s debut novel deals with the struggles of a woman finding her way in a male-dominated art world.
03.11.2019 │ 16:30-17:30 │Bibliothek, Goethe-Institut Hongkong What is Female?
Theresia Enzensberger’s novel Blueprint is set in the Weimar Republic during a fleeting period of liberation and expression. It tells the story of a young woman struggling to reconcile ideas of love and feminism amidst the intrigue of the Bauhaus architecture school. Shelley Wood’s The Quintland Sisters is told from the perspective of a young midwife and relates the heartbreaking true story of the world’s first surviving quintuplets, who were taken away from their parents by the government after birth. Both Enzensberger and Wood challenge our expectations and conceptions of women. In collaboration with the Goethe Institut, join these two writers for an insightful conversation on modern feminism and its redefinition. This session will be moderated by Elizabeth LaCouture.
Schedule:
10.11.2019 │ 16:30 - 18:00 │ Lower Theatre, The Fringe Club Graphic Novel Writing Workshop
Year by year, graphic novels have gradually found their way into the modern literary canon, gaining recognition as a format with potential for great complexity. Graphic novel adaptations frequently add something valuable—be it artistic detail or physical cue—to their source materials. The result visually engages the reader and allows them to fly through the pages of a riveting tale. Join Arne Jysch, artist of the graphic novel adaptation of Volker Kutscher’s bestselling Babylon Berlin, for a lesson on constructing effective graphic novels. As part of the Festival’s art exhibition, Jysch’s artwork will be exhibited in the Fringe Gallery from November 4th to 10th.