Enemies: Feinde will take in three performance events in London, one exhibition and a feature at the European Literature Night in Edinburgh. Feinde will bring together some of the continent's most dynamic poets representing the width and power of the Austrian avant-garde: Ann Cotten, Jörg Piringer, Max Höfler and Esther Strauss. As well as presenting their own work, these four Austrian poets will present brand new collaborations with British poets including James Wilkes, Prudence Chamberlain, Robert Herbert McClean and SJ Fowler, across sound poetry, visual poetry and language poetry.
The Enemies project is about poetry in collaboration - across the arts, across languages & nations, across form, style & content - a multifarious, multidisciplinary but essentially cogent program of events, exhibitions, tours & publications that provide the grounding to comprehensively explore the notion of collaboration in a contemporary, active, innovative realm of poetry.
Friday 8 May, 8pm, Rich Mix Arts Centre, www.richmix.org.uk
SJ Fowler & Jörg Piringer
Max Höfler & Robert Herbert McClean
James Wilkes & Esther Strauss
Ann Cotten & Prudence Chamberlain
Tim Atkins & Jeff Hilson
Philip Terry & James Davies
Erica Scourti & Mira Mattar
Jonathan Bohman & Adam Bohman
Feinde at the Hardy Tree Gallery - May 1st to 14th: an exhibition of concrete poetry
This two week exhibition celebrates the visual poetry of Feinde with over 20 artists exhibiting poetry that explores the conceptual, the concrete and the material.
The exhibitions includes:
Anatol Knotek, Victoria Bean, Jen Calleja, Simon Barraclough, Ben Borek, Sophie Collins, Tim Atkins, Ollie Evans, Jeff Hilson, Fabian Macpherson, Peter Jaeger, mjb, Jörg Piringer, Prudence Chamberlain & Ann Cotten, Esther Strauss, Robert Herbert McClean & Mac Hofler and Giles Goodland.
Private view and poetry reading, Sunday 10 May, Hardy Tree Gallery, www.hardytreegallery.com
There will be a special view of the exhibition, with readings from British based poets and artists, and those visiting from Austria, including Cristine Brache, Emma Hammond, Simon Pomery, Ollie Evans, Prudence Chamberlain, mjb, Jörg Piringer, Ann Cotten, Esther Strauss, James Wilkes and Robert Herbert McClean.
Feinde at the Austrian Cultural Forum, Tuesday 12 May, 7pm
The final performance in London for the Feinde project will take place in the beautiful environs of the Austrian Cultural Forum itself, just off Hyde Park. This evening will allow the visiting poets to present their work with solo readings and performances, to show why they are respected world wide as pioneers in their fields, and they will be joined by equally dynamic peers on the London scene.
Featuring Rebecca Perry, Eley Williams, Jen Calleja, Jörg Piringer, Max Höfler, Ann Cotten, Esther Strauss, James Wilkes, Robert Herbert McClean, Prudence Chamberlain & more.
Feinde at Unesco European Literature Night Edinburgh, Thursday 14 May
The European Literature Night 2014 is being produced by the Enemies project and acting as the grand denouement of the Feinde project, the four Austrian visiting poet will travel to Edinburgh to present their solo works and brand new collaborations at the evenings closing show at Summerhall.
The poets will collaborate with British and Scottish poets and present their own work, and go on, on may 15th to read at Ian Hamilton Finlay's famous Little Sparta poetry garden.
More details on the specific times and location of the ELN program can be found here: www.theenemiesproject.com/eln
For more information visit www.theenemiesproject.com/#/feinde/
