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18:00 Uhr
Transatlantic Feedback: Thomas Meinecke in Conversation with Ben LaMar Gay
Gespräch|A literary and musical salon featuring German writer and DJ Thomas Meinecke and award-winning composer Ben LaMar Gay
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Goethe-Institut Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Sprache Englisch
- Preis Kostenlos und öffentlich zugänglich; um vorherige Anmeldung wird gebeten
- Teil der Reihe: Transatlantic Feedback: Thomas Meinecke in the U.S.
Drawing on his literary and musical practice, Meinecke will read short selected excerpts from his novels (Odenwald, Hellblau, TomBoy), which often engage with transatlantic cultural histories, including P-Funk, Afrofuturism, and Detroit techno. Interspersed with clips of music referenced in his writing, this event will explore how music travels across oceans, countries, scenes, and political imaginaries.
Drinks and light refreshments will be served.
This event is part of “Transatlantic Feedback,” a month-long tour by Thomas Meinecke through the U.S., organized together with Goethe-Institut USA.
Zu den Sprechern
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Thomas Meinecke
Thomas Meinecke wurde 1955 in Hamburg geboren und lebt heute bei München und in Marseille. Er ist Schriftsteller (zahlreiche Romane und Erzählungen seit 1986 im Suhrkamp Verlag, aktuell "Odenwald", 2024), Musiker (mit seiner 1980 gegründeten Band F.S.K., deren Alben seit 2008 auf Daniel Richters Buback Label erscheinen (aktuell „Topsy Turvy“, 2023); seit 1998 viele gemeinsame elektronische Projekte mit Move D.), Radio-DJ (eigene Sendung im Bayerischen Rundfunk 1985-2021) und auch DJ in urbanen nächtlichen Clubs (Berghain, Robert Johnson, Pudel Club, Rote Sonne, etc.). Im Berliner Theater Hebbel am Ufer betrieb er von 2007 bis zum ersten Lockdown 2020 die dialogische Veranstaltungsreihe "Plattenspieler", seit Herbst 2022 wird die Reihe an der Berliner Volksbühne fortgesetzt. Im Wintersemester 2011/12 hatte er an der Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main die Poetikdozentur inne ("Ich als Text", edition suhrkamp, 2012). Aufenthalte an Universitäten in Europa und den USA. Zuletzt: Writer in Residence an der University of St. Andrews, Schottland, Poetik-Dozentur Gender an der TU Braunschweig. Zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, 2020 der Berliner Literaturpreis (mit Gast-Professur an der FU im Sommersemester 2022). 2021 erschien ein „Text + Kritik“ Band über Thomas Meinecke, 2022 der poetologische Reader „Ozeanisch Schreiben“ (im Verbrecher Verlag).
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Ben LaMar Gay
Ben LaMar Gay is a composer who moves sound, color, and space components through folkloric filters producing brilliant electro-acoustic collages. An explorer of many mediums who has been called a “visionary musician” by The New York Times, Gay has found a form of creative expression that begins with improvisation and expands beyond the limits of any single genre. He has been a member of the Association of the Advancement of Creative Musicians since 2010. With more than twenty years in vibrant experimental music scenes, his talents have earned him residencies globally. He is a highly sought-after collaborator by some of the most influential artists of today. He has worked with Theaster Gates, Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed, Dorothée Munyaneza, Ntone Ejabe, and Qudus Onikeku, to name a few. These multidisciplinary collaborations as well as his own projects have brought his work to Danse Biennale of Lyon, African Dance Biennale Maputo, Chicago Symphony Center, The Barbican, Art Basel, and many other international stages. His work has been commissioned by Pierre Boulez Saal, Wet Ink Ensemble, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Northwestern University, University of Zurich, and National Theater of Strasbourg (France). He is recipient of the 3Arts Award, the Worldwide Award from the BBC’s Gilles Peterson, and was a Mellon Foundation Archival Fellow in 2022. Receiving accolades for a parade of more than eight albums, his recent release Yowzers, released via International Anthem Recording, solidified his place as an important new voice in American creative music. Gay adopts global visions while remaining true to his roots as a South Side Chicago native.
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