Reading Group
The [?]-Lit Circle is our constantly evolving reading group with the glitch bookstore. Since the beginning of 2024, we have been meeting once a month and reading texts together in dialogue with current exhibitions at the Lenbachhaus or topics from the glitch cosmos. Poetry, novels, theory, comics, whatever appeals to us. The [?]-Lit-Circle always changes its name depending on the thematic focus of the texts: from Sci-Lit (Science Fiction), to Sur-Lit (Surrealist texts) or Space-Lit Circle (text on the subject of space).
We read in German and English and speak in German and English - depending on the composition of the group. It is good to read the texts before the sessions. We only read small extracts together and then enter into dialogue. Depending on the topic, the reading group takes place either in the glitch bookstore or in Lenbachhaus - sometimes we also visit exhibitions together if it suits the literature. You will receive all information about the texts by email after registering.
What we read so far:
Sci-Lit-Circle (on the exhibition "Meta-mentary" by Cao Fei):
Excerpts from "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
"The Miracle of the Lily" by Clare Winger Harris
"The Black God’s Kiss" by C.L. Moore
Experpts from "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson
"Manifest des Futurismus" and further manifests by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Short stories from "Out there" by Kate Folk
Short stories from "Das Erbe der Menschheit und andere Geschichten" by Chi Hui
Sur-Lit-Circle (on the exhibition "But live here? No thanks: Surrealism and Anti-fascism"):
"Mefk Maru Mustir Daas" by Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
"Captive Ballon", "Poetry keeps its secret", "Surrealism and Working class emancipation" by Claude Cahun
"I rested in the Arms of my Arms" by Dora Maar
"The Oval Lady", "The House of Fear", "The Royal Summons", "The Debutante" by Leonora Carrington
"Liberté" by Paul Eluard
"État de présence" by La Main a Plume
"The Hipsters" by Ted Joans
Excerpts from "Dekolonisiert den Hipster" by Grégory Pierrot
"The Hearing Trumpet" by Leonora Carrington
Space-Lit-Circle (on "Hello, my name ist Kunstbau."):
Excerpts from "Patriarchat der Dinge" by Rebekka Endler
Excerpts from "Making Space. Women and the man-made environment" by Matrix Collective
Excerpts from "Träume von Räumen" by Georges Perec
Poems from "Alle Türen" by Monika Rinck
Excerpts from "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey
Space-Lit-Circle (on "Dan Flavin. untitled (for Ksenija)"):
Excerpts from "Plainwater" by Anne Carson
Excerpts from "Bodies of Sound" (edited by Irene Revell, Sarah Shin)
Excerpts from "Queer Phenomenology" by Sara Ahmed
"Throwing like a girl" by Iris Marion Young
