Pitching 15 March 2018

THE DICTATORSHIP OF POETRY - READING WITH MUSIC

12:00 Location: Leipzig Café Pan, Lindenauer Markt 21, 04177 Leipzig, Germany Organizer: Georgian National Book Center, Klak Verlag Author: Zurab Rtveliashvili
Participants: Sabine Schiffner, Null Kaveh
Moderator: Jörg Becken
Publisher: Klak Verlag, 2018
Partner: Konrad Adenauer Foundation Regional Program Political Dialogue in South Caucasus

Zurab Rtveliashvili belongs to the generation of post-soviet artists that have radically changed the vector of Georgian literature. He introduced a new vision with both the linguistic and conceptual experiments in his poetry. His experiments go beyond text. He happens to be one of the pioneers of sound-poetry and poetic live-performance in Georgia. Zurab is one of the very few artists from the 90’s who have stayed loyal to the roots and principles of avant-garde. Both in articles and his poetic work, he keeps on highlighting the importance of creating a new strategy for preserving these ideals and transitioning them into contemporary art-reality.