Poetry slam in Europe
This article provides information on the development of the poetry slam scene in Europe .
Poetry slam in German-speaking countries
Poetry slam in Sweden
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Sweden has an active poetry slam scene, with around 50 slams in total. In 1995 the Stockholm literary organizer Erkki Lappalainen introduced the event format in Sweden with his Rinkeby Poetry Slam . Swedish stage poetry championships (Estradpoesi) have been held every year since 1997 and consist of individual and team competitions. So far, Swedish championships have taken place in Stockholm (1997), Umeå (1999, 2002), Malmö (2003), Gothenburg (2005) and most recently in Uppsala in 2010; Visby is the host in 2011 . In 2007 the championships were won by seventeen-year-old Olivia Bergdahl (* 1989) from Gothenburg, in 2008 Laura Wihlborg won (see picture). From 1999 to 2002, the Ordfront Poesi Cup was also held in Stockholm , in which only three-person teams were allowed to compete. In contrast to the German slam, the time limit in Sweden is only three minutes, evaluation is based on the US jury system ( see above ); exceeding the time leads to a deduction of points. So-called referees (domare) support the slammaster (conference officer) in important decisions. Before the competition, a presetter (kalibreringspoet) reads a text in order to give the jury a yardstick for later evaluations.
In contrast to Germany, various sub-disciplines have developed in Sweden. In Blitzslam (Blixtslam) , each poet only has half a minute to a minute, but is allowed to use music and props. With the Hallands model , slamming takes place in two rounds: The scores from the first round determine who will compete in the second round in knockout mode (duel) . In the improesi mode, which has been part of the Swedish championships since 2005, words are projected onto the wall behind the poet, who has to improvise a text from them. The triathlon , which is also part of the championships, brings a slampo, a dancer and a musician together on stage to form a team piece . Since 2007 there has also been a competition in phonetic poetry (Ljudpoesi) at the championships , in which text “without linguistic content” has to be read . The Trubadurslam is allowed to sing.
As in Germany, a meeting of all slam organizers takes place once a year (slammastersmötet) , and in 2000 a binding rulebook was drawn up there. In the same year the handbook Slam was published in Borås ! Handbok för estradpoeter , which contains interviews with slam poets and essays on the subject. 1998 appeared with Slamtologi the first Slam anthology in Swedish, 2001 Stjärnstopp i Koopers the first live CD, 2006 Anthology gathered Svensk Slam posts by 64 Slam poets.
Poetry slam in Denmark
In Denmark there are regular slams in Copenhagen , Aarhus and Aalborg . Danish championships have been held since 2003, most recently (2008) Lasse Thorning won. In 2009 the championships did not take place. 2004 became Poetry Slam Cph. founded, an association for the promotion and maintenance of stage literature, which organized slams in Copenhagen, but dissolved again a short time later.
Poetry slam in France
Slam arrived in France with a delay: in 1998, at the same time as the film Slam was released (see below), the first events took place in Paris . Literature activists had already met for jam sessions and rap battles in the Club Club in the Pigalle district of Paris since 1995 . The first slam took place in 2001 under the name Les gens et moi in the La Villette district of Paris , and from there it spreads in both its competitive and non-competitive form.
Initially, Slam focused primarily on Paris and its suburbs. From 2004 slams were also held in other French cities, such as Nantes , Reims , Lyon , Dijon , Rennes and Le Mans . In 2006 Midi20 was released , the first album of the Slampoeten Grand Corps Malade (* 1977), which sold 300,000 times. In 2009, La Ligue Slam de France was founded in order to network the French slam activities more closely.
Poetry slam in Italy
The first slam on Italian soil took place on March 21, 2001 in Rome . In addition, there are regular slam events, especially in northern Italy (for example in Bologna , Parma and Milan ), and from next year (2011) also in Naples . A special feature of the mostly monolingual slam scene is the International Poetry Slam in Bozen / Bolzano, where slam artists from different nations organize the evening in German, English or Italian.
Poetry slam in Portugal
As the last country in Romania, Portugal also joined the slam league. The first poetry slam in Portugal took place in June 2009 as part of the “Festival Silêncio” in Lisbon . Ana Reis has been organizing regular slams with Poetry Slam Lisboa (PSL) since 2010 (currently at different locations such as the “Jardim da Estrela” or the “Fabrica Braço de Prata”). Independent slams are now being organized in the surrounding areas (e.g. through Poetry Slam Amadora, Poetry Slam Coimbra, Poetry Slam Angra and Poetry Slam Sul).
Poetry slam in Spain
The poetry slam phenomenon is also gaining ground in Spain. For example, the first slams took place in Madrid and Barcelona in 2008/2009. In 2009, the Goethe-Institut in Madrid initiated a regular series of slams in cooperation with a local café.
Poetry slam in Great Britain
In 1993 John Paul O'Neil organized the first poetry slam in Great Britain in London . In 1997 teams from Belfast, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and Stroud competed for the UK Poetry Slam Championships .
Poetry slam in the Balkans
At the end of 2010, Michel Abdollahi initiated the first regular series of poetry slams in Macedonia and Kosovo with the support of the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation . Since then, a lively poetry slam scene has emerged with regular slams in Skopje , Tetovo and Prilep , as well as Kosovo and Montenegro .
Poetry slam in Estonia
Since January 2013 there has been a regular poetry slam called Tarslämm in Estonia's capital Tallinn , making it the oldest in the country. Before that there were only irregular slam events. Poetry slams, literally translated into Luuleprõmm in Estonia, are currently taking place in Viljandi and Tartu , often with slammers from abroad. Slam poetry is also spread on open stages, for example at the monthly “Spoken Word & Music Club”, which is moderated in English. Actors like the poet Jaan Malin appear all over Europe and are driving the currently small Estonian slam scene forward.
Poetry slam in Israel
The first Israeli slam took place in Jerusalem in 1996 in the cultural area of a synagogue. Organizer Mark Kirschbaum remembers:
“There was an extremely high level of works presented by slammers from several continents. All works were in English, although there were audience members, who promised they would present works in Hebrew, Spanish and Portuguese at the next slam. "
“The slammers were international and at a high level. All texts were in English, although viewers promised to take part in the next slam in Hebrew, Spanish or Portuguese. "
Poetry slam in Slovakia
The Slovakia has an active poetry slam scene, which mainly differs linguistically. While slam Poetry SK is organizing poetry slams in Slovak under the direction of Tomáš Straka in various parts of the country, the English-speaking scene is predominant in the capital Bratislava . The English poetry slams have been organized mainly by Fountain Poetry , founded by the organizer Florian Niederseer , since 2016 . A regular poetry slam in Bratislava is the so-called Clash of Languages , in which poets appear in their own language with subtitles in English. This slam is organized by Fountain Poetry with the support of the local Goethe Institute .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sources: Swedish slam websites such as Estradpoesie ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. or Borås Open ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and the Regelbok for SM , the rule book of the Swedish Slam Championships.
- ↑ "utan det språkliga innehållet", via Estradpoesie ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Peter Grönborg: Slam! Handbok for estradpoeter . Passus förlag, 2000, ISBN 91-973832-0-1 (Swedish, online [PDF; 335 kB ; accessed on July 15, 2018]). Slam! Handbok för estradpoeter ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Musica di Repubblica, 2003, Com'è nato lo slam in Italia ( Memento of December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Homepage of the Bozen organizer
- ^ Sobre el Poetry Slam en España: En mi opinión. In: goethe.de. June 2013, Retrieved February 6, 2018 (Spanish).
- ↑ About the Poetry Slam in Spain - In my opinion. In: goethe.de. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Workshop and poetry slam with Michel Abdollahi. In: Kulturmanager.bosch-stiftung.de. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ↑ European Poetry Slam Championship 2015 | kultuur.info. Retrieved March 4, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Viljandi POETRY SLAM 2015 - Viljandi Linnaraamatukogu. Retrieved March 4, 2017 (et-EE).
- ↑ Festival “Crazy Tartu” 2017 | Visit Tartu. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2017 ; accessed on March 4, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Spoken Word & Music Club - Tallinn. Retrieved March 4, 2017 .
- ^ Preckwitz: Spoken Word & Poetry Slam , p. 31
- ↑ Michal Blaško: Možno Vám pojem “Slam poetry” veľa nehovorí. Article about poetry slam in Slovakia. In: interez.sk. July 21, 2017, accessed July 9, 2020 (Slovak).
- ↑ Blog entry about the growing poetry slam scene in Bratislava | spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved July 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Florian Niederseer: Blog: Poetry slam - one year on. Blog entry on the activity of Fountain Poetry. In: spectator.sme.sk. November 29, 2017, accessed July 9, 2020 .
