Poetry Special: Bits of Poetry

Digital poetry is an exciting genre that is making its first appearance at the Poetry International Festival. Poet and film buff Jan Baeke investigates how new digital poetry actually is on an introduction on the prehistory of the genre: from Marinetti to the Ciné- poèmes. What makes digital poetry so different from ordinary poetry? Using a personal anthology, literary scholar and reviewer Yra van Dijk demonstrates the unprecedented potential of the genre.

Van Dijk has chosen to show mainly work by Dutch poets that illustrates different aspects and manifestations of digital poetry. Manifestations include temporality in the work of Tonnus Oosterhoff, the multi-media approach of Rozalie Hirs and the polyphony of Jan Baeke’s work.

After Bits of Poetry the workshop in the small auditorium of the Rotterdamse Schouwburg will be open all week. Here you will find international works by the Russian poet Olia Lialina, Brian Kim Stefans (US), Noah Wardrip-Fruin (US), Aya Karpinska (US) en Mark Napier (US). There will also be Dutch-produced works, which emerged from Poetry on Screen, the collaborative project of the Fund for Literature, the Waag Society and the Foundation for the Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (BKVB). Bits of Poetry will be presented entirely in English.

   Brian Kim Stefans, the dreamlife of letters From: Electronic literature collection, volume one 
   http://collection.eliterature.org/1/worls/stefans_the_dreamlife_of_letters.html

This programme is sponsored by Apple Premium Reseller MacHouse www.machouse.nl

•  Monday 15 June, 20.00 hours, Small Auditorium ¦ presentation Jan Baeke & Yra van Dijk