Kopf & Kragen Literaturverlag: SALON 3

Literatur & Kunst, Kritik & Visionen

04.10._Kopf & Kragen Literaturverlag – SALON 3 – Literatur & Kunst, Kritik &Visionen(1)

Publisher’s show / book premiere / multimedia reading / concert / party – with Poljak Wlassowetz, Marius Hulpe, Ann Esswein, Lukas Meisner, Victoria Hohmann, Sebastian van Vugt, Louis Kleinwächter, S.X.Y.Z., Cris Koch and Caroline Galvis, among others. Also: live concert by the indie techno band ›Tripolys [‹ and electronic dance music by ›Yung Coco‹.

As part of its third literature and art salon, Kopf & Kragen Literaturverlag [ will be presenting the anthology ›U0 Untergrundminiaturen [‹, which will be published in autumn 2024, and the novella ›Wrackmente [‹. The publisher is also celebrating its third birthday!

The world on the brink again? Nothing more to be done? For real this time? Or are we perhaps moving towards a rainbow-coloured future after all? The multimedia anthology ›U0 Untergrundminiaturen‹ brings together texts, paintings, videos and sounds by 20 authors and artists who think beyond our futureless present and venture a look into our uncertain future, more precisely, into the Berlin of 2039. Where will this city, this country and this continent develop? What will we have achieved and what will we have missed? The hypermodern underground railway ›U0‹ serves as a crystal ball for literary and artistic visions.

The novella ›Wrackmente‹ by Lukas Meisner is a wilfully written memoir of a downfall at the time of its creation, i.e. now. In flooded Venice – once the epitome of colonialism and capitalism, now a symbol of mass tourism and climate catastrophe – four people try to live their lives. A life without a future. What remains when the worst fears become reality and the world around us blurs? What will remain when the ground beneath our feet liquefies, when everything sinks into the sea? And is there any prospect of salvation? Atlantis is here and now. In Europe and everywhere.

 

About Kopf & Kragen Literaturverlag:

›Kopf & Kragen‹ is an independent publisher of contemporary literature and art based in Berlin-Neukölln, founded in autumn 2021. The programme focuses on challenging, daring and progressive prose: novels, short stories and miniatures. ›Kopf & Kragen‹ also publishes controversial writings, limited edition art prints and handmade unique books.

The publishers love madness. The unsaid. The beautiful. They are optimists. Vigilant utopians. Radical humanists. They believe in the ability of language to reshape the world and want to revitalise visionary thinking with their books. A presumptuous thought? Oh yes!

More information about the publisher and the authors, artists and musicians taking part in the evening can be found here [.

Timetable:

20:00 to 21:00 – Publisher’s presentation and book premiere – ›Wrackmente‹ by Lukas Meisner. Talk with the author, the publisher René Koch and the editor Sebastian Kaep. The reading will be given by: Caroline Galvis.

21:15 to 22:30 – Book premiere and multimedia reading – ›U0 Untergrundminiaturen‹ – with texts, paintings, videos and sounds. Reading / performing / exhibiting: Marius Hulpe, Ann Esswein, Sebastian van Vugt, Poljak Wlassowetz, Louis Kleinwächter, Victoria Hohmann, S.X.Y.Z. and Cris Koch.

22:45 to 23:45 – Live concert by the indie techno band ›Tripolys [‹.

11.45 pm to approx. 2 am – DJ set by ›Yung Coco‹.

Next date:

• Date Friday, 04/October/2024 20:00 bis 05.10.2024 1:30
• Venue Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz - Grüner Salon
• Address Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, 10178 Berlin-Mitte