Radjo Monk

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Radjo Monk (* 1959 in Hainichen as Christian Heckel) is a poet and video artist .

Life

Monk attended the polytechnic high school in Hainichen, then completed an apprenticeship at the municipal theaters in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz ) as a skilled worker for theater technology. He began to write in 1974 and was initially funded, but his successful application to the Literature Institute from 1984 was canceled on the instructions of the MfS .

In the 1980s Monk wrote for various underground publications and rock bands such as Peter Gläser , appeared as a poet with musicians such as Erwin Stache in clubs and galleries , and got by with various jobs.

After 1989 he published several volumes of poetry and worked for radio and stage. Together with the photographer Edith Tar , he has realized numerous exhibitions and artistic projects since 1988, which often came about during extensive trips through European regions. Radjo Monk took part in the German-Polish poetry festival in Leipzig and Lublin and translated poetry by Dominik Opolski for the German-Polish anthology Lubliner Lift and contributed to the publication of the CD of the same name.

Radjo Monk has received several grants, most recently in 2009 at the International Künstlerhaus in Munich. He is a member of the authors' circle of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Writers' Association of the FRG, the authors' association ASSO Dresden and the Literary Society of Thuringia. Radjo Monk lives and works with the artist Edith Tar.

Works

Books

  • Bavaria Yoga. Parapoetic contributions to research into the present, poetry, edited by Edith Tar, 2010 Verlag mueckenschwein, Stralsund
  • Luxusliner Germany, published by Edith Tar, 2010 Verlag mueckenschwein, Stralsund, ISBN 978-3-936311-73-0
  • Awakening in Jerusalem, poetry, Verlag mueckenschwein, Stralsund, ISBN 978-3-936311-97-6
  • The trap law, based on the play of the same name, edited by Edith Tar, 2009 Verlag mueckenschwein, Stralsund, with illustrations by the author, ISBN 978-3-936311-58-7
  • Places & words, poetry
  • Blende 89, Diary, Edition Büchergilde, 2005, ISBN 3936428468
  • The other's trail, with Edith Tar, Frisinga 1991
  • Last minute, passage, photos and poetry, together with Edith Tar, 2014
  • The Green Branch, poetry, bilingual German-Polish, translated by Artur Chlewinski, Dziela Lubelskiej, Lublin 2011
  • We are the people, together with Edith Tar: An atmospheric reconstruction of the peaceful revolution in the GDR from September 1989 to March 1990, Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-95415-030-4

Exhibitions / participations with Edith Tar

  • ich fisch, Leipzig, gallery in the university high-rise, 1988
  • Wedding with bread, Cologne, Galerie Kaos, 1988
  • I want to see everything alive ..., Leipzig, Galerie P, 1989
  • I want to see everything alive ..., Hannover, Galerie Linden, 1989
  • I praise my Leipzig ..., Leipzig, Kino Capitol within the Int. Documentary film week, 1989
  • Imago Die, Saarbrücken, VHS gallery, 1989
  • Photo documents from autumn 1989, Walberberg Monastery, British Council event, 1990
  • Signs & Miracles, Berlin (West), MultiKultur Gallery, 1990
  • The trace of the other, Leipzig, Galerie Pikante, 1991
  • Glasgow (UK), Royal Concert Hall: the revolution table, 1991
  • The trace of the other, Hainburg (A), Lower Austria Donaufestival, 1992
  • memento vivere, Leipzig, opencast mining landscape, eco-performance, 1992
  • War game or the white flag, Munich, aspects - Galerie Gasteig, 1993
  • Ex Voto, Dublin (IR), Guinness Hop Store Gallery, 1993
  • The Revolution Table - A Social Sculpture, Leipzig, Galerie im Turm, 1994
  • Roots of Europe / Greece, Leipzig, Galerie im Turm, 1995
  • Roots of Europe / Israel, Leipzig, Alte Nikolaischule, 1996
  • Light: Pictures, Bonn, Science Center, 1997
  • autre monde, Castres (F), MJC, 1997
  • Awakening in Jerusalem, Feldafing, Kunstverein, 1997
  • The Grail - a mental transformer, Leipzig, auditorium of the Alte Nikolaischule, 1997
  • Terra Sancta, Dresden, Saxon State Parliament, 1998
  • oT, St. Colombe (F), 1998
  • Roots of Europe, Puivert (F), Musée du Quercorb, 1998
  • Business smuggler, Innsbruck (A), Fotoforum West, 1998
  • The revolution table - a social sculpture, Leipzig / Hauptbahnhof, 1999
  • Days of the Scorpion, Leipzig, Regional Council, 1999
  • The Grail - a mental transformer, Grimma, Klosterkirche, 1999
  • Exhibition within the International DOK Film Festival Leipzig, 1999
  • We are the people, New York (USA), Goethe Institute, UN Mission of Germany, Consulate General of the FRG, 1999
  • Scroll through the light, Kaditzsch, Studio Gallery, 2000
  • Kisses in Arenal, Stuttgart, Galerie Schurr, 2002
  • oT, Leipzig, Artco Gallery, 2002
  • sit down, Mannheim, Artec Gallery No. 1, 2003
  • Cappuccetto Rosso I, Kaditzsch, Studiogalerie, 2003
  • Cappuccetto Rosso II, Grimma, Klosterkirche, 2003
  • Nelly in Weimar, Saarbrücken, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, 2004
  • Thee Rips, Gstaad (CH), Galerie Wandelbar, 2004
  • Mare Nostrum, Berlin, Friedrichshain photo gallery, 2004
  • friendly fire, Tutzing, Kunstraum Gallery, 2005
  • Project Blende 89 with film screening, reading and panel discussions, 2007
  • Heinrich-Heine-Haus, Paris / Lyceum, Versailles and St.Germain (F), 2007
  • Film screenings in Linz (A), German-Austrian Society, 2008
  • Project Blende 89, Linz (A), European Capital of Culture, Wels, Kremsmünster, 2009
  • We are the people - aperture 89, Sorge, Landhaus Weichelt, 2009
  • Leipzig Spinnereistraße, Kunstraum Halle 14, 2009
  • The Revolution Table, photo exhibition and film screening Baden-Baden, Galerie Frank Pages, 2009
  • 1st International Conference on Democracy Leipzig, Gewandhaus, 2009
  • World premiere of the video film The Revolution Table - A Social Sculpture, 2009
  • World premiere Next Stop New York, Bremerhaven, media festival 2009
  • Tete Malkutach, Arona, Tenerife (ES), 2009
  • We are the people, Klütz, literature house Uwe Johnson, film.
  • The Revolution Table - A Social Sculpture, Hainichen, City Hall, Festsaal, Film, 2010
  • The Revolution Table - A Social Sculpture, Weimar Municipal Cinema Mon Ami, Film, 2010
  • The revolution table - a social sculpture, Leipzig, BBKL gallery, film, 2010
  • The Revolution Table - A Social Sculpture, Berlin, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Conference of the Authors' Circle of the Federal Republic, 2010
  • His salvation happened as follows ..., Wemding, KunstMuseum Donau-Ries, 2010
  • Photo work, Mannheim, UMM, 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Radjo Monk at "Literaturport"
  2. ↑ Translation by Radjo Monk on PORTALPOLES
  3. ^ Page of the publisher TEST Lublin ( Memento from October 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Lublin Lift / CD
  5. ↑ Monk im Mischhaus eV ( Memento from October 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Website of the publisher
  7. ^ Review by Dieter Kalka
  8. ↑ Edith Tar: the revolution table / portrait mirror
personal data
SURNAME Monk, Radjo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heckel, Christian (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lyricist, graphic artist and video artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Hainichen