Ivar Breitenmoser

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Ivar Pirmin Anton Breitenmoser (born May 2, 1951 in Näfels , † April 1, 2014 in Zurich ; resident in Bütschwil ) was a Swiss artist.

Life

Ivar Breitenmoser studied history and German at the University of Zurich and graduated from Peter von Matt . He then worked as a high school teacher. In 1996 he organized his first lyrical poster campaign in Zurich, using the last entry in Zurich's telephone directory with Zzart . In poetry clips, which were also shown on television, and in other poster campaigns of concrete poetry , he staged further images and sounds of speech in the following years, for example in 2002 with Schweigz? his comment on the debate about Switzerland's membership in the UN.

Works (selection)

  • Bertolt Brecht's remarks on poetry: laying the foundations for a historical-materialistic poetry theory. Zurich 1980 (Licensed thesis, University of Zurich, 1981).
  • (Mhrsg.) Aargauer short stories. Tele Columbus, Baden 1991.
  • (Mhrsg.) Ways 7. Chants for baritone and piano based on texts by Geerk, Zoderer, Meienberg, Heise, Kaiser, Breitenmoser, Stelling: Op. 61 by Martin Wendel. 1994.
  • Zurich dances the bolero: poems orchestrate a city. Arche, Zurich / Hamburg 1998.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Entry about Ivar Breitenmoser in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland , accessed on June 9, 2014.
  2. ^ Roman Bucheli: Der Wortverdreher. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 5, 2014, p. 35.
  3. ^ Ivar Breitenmoser. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015 : Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 , p. 120.
  4. ^ Gieri Cavelty : Political Poetry. The poster poet Ivar Breitenmoser is committed to joining the UN. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. February 4, 2002.