Reading, talk, concert, film, book launch "Filamentous Magic Carpets"

Curated by Enis Maci

When:
Sun, August 14, 2022, 4pm–11pm

Free admission

When:
Sun, August 14, 2022, 4pm–11pm

Free admission

"Filamentous Magic Carpets", that means: living vehicles. They give protection or danger. They have slimy antennae. They talk to the universe and friends. They come from Bernadette Mayer's book "Utopia". But their filaments also appear elsewhere: in the textile works of her sister Rosemary. In looms and star beams. They protrude from human cells, viruses, and circuit boards. They move and note. They vibrate.

With: René Daalder, Sophia Eisenhut, Marius Goldhorn, Eiko Honda, Enis Maci, Jonas Mölzer, Mazlum Nergiz, Anna Nübling, Pascal Richmann and Rosaceae.

4–5.30 pm
"Trips to the Planetarium Might be Instructive and Inspiring"
Talk. In English
With Eiko Honda, Anna Nübling and Enis Maci

8–7.30pm
"I Do I Do I Do"
Readings. In German
With Sophia Eisenhut, Marius Goldhorn, Enis Maci, Jonas Mölzer, Mazlum Nergiz and Pascal Richmann

7.30–8.30pm
"A Great Thunderstorm Comes Up"
Concert by Rosaceae

8.30–10.10pm
"Habitat"
A film by René Daalder, Canada / Netherlands, 1997. 110 min.
In English

On the occasion of the event the publication "Filamentous Magic Carpets" will be published by März Verlag. With texts by Sophia Eisenhut, Marius Goldhorn, Eiko Honda, Enis Maci, Jonas Mölzer, Mazlum Nergiz, Anna Nübling and Pascal Richmann. The publication will be available for the first time at the event!

The event will be held as part of the exhibition "Rosemary Mayer. Ways of Attaching." The project and the publication started with Enis Maci's residency at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg "global dis:connect" in Munich.

Biographies:

Sophia Eisenhut is an artist and writer. Her practice includes writing, audio, performance and installation. In 2021, her volume "Exercitia S. Catarinae de Manresa: Anorexia und Gottesstaatlichkeit" was published by Merve Verlag.

Marius Goldhorn is the author of several books. Among them: "Park" (Suhrkamp).

Eiko Honda specialises in uncovering unknown paradigms of scientists and polymaths in the intellectual history of Modern Japan. She is currently working on the Buddhist naturalist and polymath Minakata Kumagusu and is Assistant Professor of Japan Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Enis Maci is the author of the essay collection "Eiscafé Europa" (Suhrkamp 2018), the collaboration "Ein faszinierender Plan" (Spector 2021) and several plays, most recently "Lorbeer" and "Kamilo Beach" (with Pascal Richmann). In 2022 she is a fellow of the Käthe-Hamburger Kolleg global dis:connect.

Jonas M. Mölzer writes and translates. He studied at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig and at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. After publishing various texts, he has recently been working on essayistic prose, performances and capriccios under the pseudonym "Endling".

Mazlum Nergiz is an author and theatre maker. His essay "Falten und Inseln" (Wrinkles and Islands) was published by Matthes & Seitz. The play "Coma" premiered at Schauspielhaus Wien in 2022. The graphic novel of the same name (together with Leonie Ott) will be published by März Verlag in 2023.

Anna Sophia Nübling is a historian. In her dissertation, she dealt with time capsules and their underlying historical-philosophical thinking. She is currently researching the history of the search for extraterrestrial beings.

Pascal Richmann is the author of the essays "Über Deutschland, über alles" (Hanser publishers) and "Man vermisst diesen Planeten" (Spector).