Something That Yet Exists

Akademie Schloss Solitude is celebrating World Poetry Day by featuring art works by Tania Arcimovič, R. Armstrong, Deborah Asiimwe, Dan Boehl, Mica Cabildo, Elisa Calosi, Johanna Diehl, Anna Gschnitzer, Marte Kräher, Tomislav Medak, Valeska Neumann, Mireya Arauzo Ruiz, Amandeep Sandhu/Lakshmi Karunakaran, Astrid Schult, Franck C. Yeznikian.

 

The Problem of the Foreigner
by R. Armstrong

[He or she] is an uncertainty in the landscape.

[He or she] has no mother tongue, is linguistically
archival. [He or she] listens like an adjective, with
too much behind the face of [his or her] hearing.

Massing, the foreigner disappears, ties a knot
in the story, slips it.

[He or she] was followed. [He or she] made a mess of the argument. [He or she] left the window open, forgot the keys, walked
too far in the wrong direction. [He or she] believes
far too much of what [he or she] is told.

Graphics
by Mica Cabildo, 2015

Distance
by Astrid Schult

Ugandan chanson
by Deborah Asiimwe, 2015

la distancia
by Mireya Arauzo Ruiz

en una ciudad extraña
con tendencia hostil

donde a nadie le importa
donde nadie sabe que existes
donde yo no se qué existe
donde no se sabe ser
ni una lágrima alivia la presión
como un dique a punto de rebasar
como la grieta que no puede existir

 

Stone
by Tania Arcimovič

This stone is a part of an art project by Kristina Estell, and I guess every studio in Haus II has one. Many times I read a letter from the artist where she describes her concept and asks a person who lives in the studio to send her the documentation how this stone was used. It was a pity for me because I really like this idea, but I looked at my stone on an upper bookcase and knew that I never use it. When I leave the studio, the stone will be on that place and state as at the beginning.

But it happened. Naturally, I didn’t expect and may be this magic Kristina meant.

I put a stone on a white paper
something that yet exists, real and in this case physical
in a flash it becomes just a document
invisible emotion and dust of memory
that everyone can feel but never knows
what it was in the reality

 

Sam’s Dream (Retold by Stephanie)
by Dan Boehl, 2015

Stephanie Choi recounted Sam’s dream while fellows dined together at Krone Alt-Hoheneck. Amir said it was the first time he’d been dreamt by an American.
By Dan Boehl

we
make
party
in
stephanie
and
nestors
studios

rihanna
lives
in
amirs
old
place

she
hates
us
even
though
we
played
all
her
hits

 

Solitudine
by Franck C. Yeznikian, 2015

 

Projektkalkulation
by Anna Gschnitzer, 2015

Дай ми
by ec

give me
give me
everything you have
everything you can
and even more

i will consume you
i will hurt you
i will devour you
until you disappear

and then
then, of course
i will replace you

 

Un peuple se lève
by Tomislav Medak

 

Beilagen
by Valeska Neumann, 2015

Stuhl
by Johanna Diehl, 2015

A visual poetic narrative
by Amandeep Sandhu, Lakshmi Karunakaran

 

This is our attempt to create a visual poetic narrative through the voice of a common man who holds forth on birth, life and death, by Amandeep Sandhu, Lakshmi Karunakaran

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