Augusta Laar
Augusta Laar (* 1955 ) is a German artist , poet and musician . She lives and works alternately in Krailling near Munich and in Vienna .
life and work
Augusta Laar studied musicology and piano in Munich and poetry at the poetry school in Vienna . Among other things, she was a student of Nick Cave . In addition to the classic areas of art such as photography , video and drawing , she deals with installations, interdisciplinary and interactive art projects. Her long-term project on poetic communication "Madonna says ..." should be mentioned here in particular. Together with her husband Kalle Laar , she is part of the electronic poetry duo Kunst oder Unfall .
Her poetry has been published in numerous magazines (e.g. Das Gedicht , Lichtungen , besides ) and anthologies. She was one of the initiators of the Munich poetry reading series Lyrik Plattform und Schamrock - Salon der Dichterinnen . The Schamrock Festival of Women Poets also goes back to her initiative. She is also the initiator and moderator of the Lyrik-Talk discussion series that takes place in Munich, Vienna and Lucerne.
She is a member of the groups of authors viennapoetics , Wientouristinnen , lyrinx and Reimfrei .
She gives seminars and is or has been a lecturer in the areas of poetry, perception and sound for the following institutions: School for Poetry Vienna, Wiener Festwochen , Jeunesse Vienna , Literaturhaus Munich , Goethe Institute Salvador da Bahia and Córdoba, The Temporary Soundmuseum .
Awards and recognitions
- Studio funding from the City of Munich
- Photography and electroacoustic poetry awards
Performances with art or accident (selection)
- Tanztendenz Munich 2010
- Wort & Klangbildstelle Frankfurt 2009
- Audiotoop Festival Amsterdam 2009
- Electric Eclectics Festival Meaford, Ontario 2009
- Brooklyn Ballet 2009
- Gasteig Munich 2009
- Badeschiff Vienna 2008
- Biennale di Venezia 2007
- Sound gallery Tube Munich 2007
- House of the Berlin Festival 2006
- Soundtrack Museumsquartier Wien 2005
- Lyric Festival Graz 2004
Exhibitions (selection)
- European Patent Office Munich 2010
- Neuburg am Inn Castle 2008
- 95th German Catholic Day, Ulm 2004
- Diocesan Museum Freising 2003
- Hanover Theater Museum 2002
- Diocesan Museum Limburg 2001
- Bavarian State Opera Munich 2000
- School of Poetry Vienna 1998
Publications
- New Lyrik aus Österreich Volume 20. Planet 9. Poems Fragments Instructions. Horn 2017, ISBN 978-3-85028-769-2
- Hum the case . St. Wolfgang 2016, ISBN 978-3-902864-55-0 .
- When I was fish, yes when I was fish . Poems . Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-86906-685-1 .
- 99 love poems . Poems & sketches . Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-940757-23-4 .
- vote less . Poems . edition selene , Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85266-230-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Augusta Laar in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Augusta Laar
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laar, Augusta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German performance artist, poet and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |