The British Council Germany and Lyrik Kabinett Munich are looking forward to welcoming you to the opening of Klang Farben Text, a three-day visual poetry festival taking place at the Lyrik Kabinett in Munich on 3-5 March 2020. In this special evening public event Eugen Gomringer will hold the opening speech, followed by tasters of each of the 12 collaborating poets.
The UK poets taking part: Chris McCabe, SJ Fowler, Kimberly Campanello, Barrie Tullett, Robert Montgomery, Victoria Bean.
The German poets taking part: Gerhild Ebel, FALKNER, Angelika Janz, Michael Lentz, Benedikt Kuhn, Jürgen O. Olbrich, with special guest Eugen Gomringer.
Find more details and information on the festival here and on the Lyrik Kabinett website.
On each day the doors will be open from 1800 hrs (the event will start at 1900 hrs) and it will be possible to view the concrete poetry films that have been prepared by the poets.
The event will take place primarily in English but with some readings and discussion in German.