Chora_Forde

Chora – An event around writing

Timothee Calame
Giulia Essyad
Sokol Ferizi
Miriam Laura Leonardi
Benjamin Rosenthal
Samuel Savenberg
Ramaya Tegegne
Matilda Tjader

(français ci-dessous)

August 22nd – 23rd, 2014

Starting from a ground of doubt and attempting to feel out every word again and again, Chora is where we get together.
8 contributions from artists and writers, not holding on to any territory, these are bodies, the writers’ and the words’, in between abilities to speak.

Friday 22nd:
16:00 SCREENINGS
Zolotye ruki, Sergei Parajanov, 1957 (35′)
Wittgenstein, Derek Jarman, 1993 (72′)

19:00 PERFORMANCES & READINGS
Sokol Ferizi
birthday & new poems, Giulia Essyad
Version #14: Gertrude Stein, Ramaya Tegegne
Walt and I, Samuel Savenberg

from 20:30 DINNER
Miyeok Guk cooked by Stefan Burger

Saturday 23nd:
16:00 SCREENINGS
The Answering Furrow, Marjorie Keller, 1985 (20′)
La Moindre des Choses, Nicolas Philibert, 1996 (100′)

19:00 PERFORMANCES & READINGS
Gelesen und vertont, Adolf Wölfli, 1978. Extracts from LP
Slippery Slides, Tactical Tensions, Matilda Tjäder
Pupa, Benjamin Rosenthal
Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz, Ramaya Tegegne

from 20:30 DINNER
Bouillabaisse cooked by Stefan Burger

&
Une indigestion provient aussi d’une bonne intention, Timothée Calame
birthday, Giulia Essyad
&
a selection of reference texts and books gathered by the participants.

The event is being recorded by Miriam Laura Leonardi,
and organized by Benjamin Rosenthal and Géraldine Beck.

With the support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

du 22 au 23 août 2014

Issue du doute et dans une tentative d’experiencer chaque mot pour sa sensation, Chora est notre point de ralliement.
8 contributions d’artistes et auteures: libérés de tout territoire, ce sont des corps, ceux des auteurs et des mots, situés en négatif des facultés d’expression.

Vendredi 22:
16:00 PROJECTIONS
Zolotye ruki, Sergei Parajanov, 1957 (35′)
Wittgenstein, Derek Jarman, 1993 (72′)

19:00 PERFORMANCES & LECTURES
Sokol Ferizi
birthday & new poems, Giulia Essyad
Version #14: Gertrude Stein, Ramaya Tegegne
Walt and I, Samuel Savenberg

dès 20:30 REPAS
Miyeok Guk cuisiné par Stefan Burger

Samedi 23:
16:00 PROJECTIONS
The Answering Furrow, Marjorie Keller, 1985 (20′)
La Moindre des Choses, Nicolas Philibert, 1996 (100′)

19:00 PERFORMANCES & LECTURES
Gelesen und vertont, Adolf Wölfli, 1978. Extracts from LP
Slippery Slides, Tactical Tensions, Matilda Tjäder
Pupa, Benjamin Rosenthal
Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz, Ramaya Tegegne

dès 20:30 REPAS
Bouillabaisse cuisiné par Stefan Burger

&
Une indigestion provient aussi d’une bonne intention, Timothée Calame
birthday, Giulia Essyad
&
une se?lection de livres rassemble?s par les participants

L’e?ve?nement est enregistre? par Miriam Laura Leonardi
Une proposition de Benjamin Rosenthal et Ge?raldine Beck

Avec le soutien de Pro Helvetia

 

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photos: Maria Trofimova