Berlin New York = URBAN DICTIONARY

8-15 July 2018
Festival »Berlin New York = URBAN DICTIONARY«

8 days, 25 guest authors* and 6 legendary art locations in Berlin: From July 8 to15 in 2018, the Berlin New York = URBAN DICTIONARY literary festival will appear all over the city, bringing together writers and poets of Berlin’s and New York’s literary scenes for the first time in many years: The contemporary US-literature visits and meets Berlin – in person. The aim of the festival is to revitalize the cultural links between the “capitals of arts” and their literature scenes in order to start a new chapter of exchange and cooperation. Artistic energies will be newly linked, language and genre boundaries are abolished in times of cultural drift. Berlin New York = URBAN DICTIONARY leaves the beaten track of literature only and consciously chooses Berlin’s internationally renowned art spaces and galleries as venues for bilingual public readings, discussions and workshops.

Monday, 9 July 2018
nGbK event space, 1st floor

17h
»New York in Berlin! Is New York the established big sister of little wild Berlin?«
Talk and discussion with Idra Novey, Chavisa Woods and others

20h
»Change Trains in Babylon. Gender, Gigolos, Geniuses: New Prose by Chavisa Woods and Marko Martin.«
Moderation Marlen Kienberger