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Featured Format | READING READING: IL/LEGIBLE

The format IL/LEGIBLE engages with reading in a transdisciplinary investigation starting from its absolute limit: the illegible. The results of this exploration in the form of essays, performances, visual works and workshop concepts by thirteen artists and scholars from a broad variety of disciplines were presented to the public at an event at daadgalerie in March 2025 and can be further explored in the publication "Illegibilities Reflecting Reading". In cooperation with the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program.

Lecture Performance | Die Welt z/erlesen (May 2026)

Ein Lesetagebuch, eine Mitschrift, Notizen. Ein Vortrag, ein Versuch nach vorn. Der Welt und all ihren Ereignissen lesend begegnen, lesend antworten, lesend ent- und beikommen. Ein Abend von und mit Heike Geißler und Anna Lena von Helldorff. Das z/erlesene Leben in einer z/erlesenen Welt.

Workshop | Lesekreise. Praktiken kollektiver Lektüre (October 2025)

In Praktiken kollektiver Lektüre durchdringen sich ästhetische, gemeinschaftsstiftende und politische Dimensionen des Lesens in besonderer Weise. Anhand von Vorträgen, Gesprächsrunden und explorativen Formaten gemeinsamen Lesens lotet der Workshop das Format des Lesekreises aus.

Roundtable | Reading Matters (July 2025)

Against the backdrop of the current transformation of our reading culture, the roundtable with Laura Bieger, Hanan Natour and Heike Geißler aims to foreground the practice of reading literature both as a form of social participation and as a means of reflection for individuals and communities. Part of the EXC 2020 Annual Conference 2025 "Futures of Doing Literature", 9–11 July 2025.

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