Workshops, Exhibition, Talks & Performances | READING READING ROOM: Dealing with Illegibility
Organised by Barbara Bausch, project Reading Reading. On an Aesthetic Practice (2024–), Research Area 4: "Literary Currencies" in cooperation with the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program.
With contributions by Barbara Bausch, Ulrike Draesner, Robin Coenen & Danielle Rosales, Angélica Freitas, Elias Kreuzmair, Anouk Luhn, Karolin Meunier, Kinga Tóth, Nhã Thuyên and more.
Curated by Barbara Bausch with Mathias Zeiske.
Reading is both an everyday and a mysterious practice. We commonly understand 'reading' as a mental technique that involves the visual recognition of written signs, the actualisation of the sound image of words and the comprehension of their meaning. But at the same time, reading produces something that cannot be derived from what is read alone. Reading is a black box that is difficult to fully comprehend, and when we do, it is only in flagrante. In response to this difficulty, READING READING ROOM brings together scholars and artists to explore and discuss the precarious practice of reading by reflecting on its absolute limit: the illegible. By sounding out the facets of reading that are revealed when what we perceive as successful reading is blocked, the event highlights reading as a practice that is not only a functional act of decoding information, but also an aesthetic, sensual, affective, experimental and political practice in its own right.
This event is part of the format "Reading Reading: IL/LEGIBLE"
Please note: Prior to the public evening event, two workshops will take place on the same day between 10 am and 3:30 pm. To join the workshops, registration is required. Please find the details below.Time & Location
Mar 18, 2025 | 05:30 PM - 10:00 PM
daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
10969 Berlin
Further Information
For further information, please contact Barbara Bausch, b.bausch@fu-berlin.de.
The event will be held in English and German (Die Veranstaltung findet auf Englisch und Deutsch statt).
Please note:
Prior to the public evening event, two workshops will take place on the same day. To join the workshops, registration is required. Find more details here:
Performance Workshop: How to Sing a Picture? | 10:00–13:00 (max. 8 participants)
Workshop: Mapping Textual Spaces: Visual Strategies to Approach the Unreadable | 14:00–15:30 (max. 14 participants)