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John Giorno (1936–2019) war ein amerikanischer Poet, der 1969 in New York City eine Telefonleitung einrichtete mit dem Ziel, Poesie einem möglichst breiten Publikum zugänglich zu machen. Zu jeder Zeit konnte man eine Nummer wählen und eines von 35 Gedichten hören, die von Künstler:innen, Poet:innen und Musiker:innen eingesprochen worden waren. Dial-A-Poem sollte den Begriff des Poetischen erweitern: konzeptuell, politisch, spirituell und lyrisch zugleich. Die Telefonleitung machte Poesie zum Medium für Friedensappelle, zur Plattform für gesellschaftliche und politische Anliegen – und schlicht zu einer Quelle der Freude für ihre Hörer:innen.

Dial-A-Poem Switzerland bringt eine neue Ausgabe von John Giornos Projekt nach Basel, in Zusammenarbeit mit dem MAMCO, Genf, und Giorno Poetry Systems (GPS). Diese Ausgabe versammelt Aufnahmen von 30 Poet:innen, Schriftsteller:innen, Denker:innen, Lyriker:innen sowie Figuren aus Theater und Film in den vier Landessprachen der Schweiz: Deutsch, Französisch, Italienisch und Rätoromanisch. In der Kunsthalle Basel ist das Telefon im Buchladen untergebracht. Die Kunsthalle Basel ist der zweite Schweizer Ausstellungsort des Projekts.

Kommen Sie vorbei, nehmen Sie den Hörer ab und lauschen Sie einem Gedicht. 

Mit: Flurina Badel (RO), Yari Bernasconi (IT), Katja Brunner (DE), Kim de l'Horizon (DE), Dorothee Elmiger (DE), Michael Fehr (DE), Heike Fiedler (DE/FR), Thomas Flahaut (FR), Baptiste Gaillard (FR), Rebecca Gisler (FR), Asa Hendry (RO), Thomas Hirschhorn (DE), Annette Hug (DE), Carmen Jaquier (FR), Kayije Kagame (FR), KT Gorique (FR), Simone Lappert (DE), Max Lobe (FR), Julien Maret (FR), Marko Miladinović & Laura Giuliberti (IT), Fatima Moumouni (DE), Bruno Pellegrino (FR), Pierrine Poget (FR), Ugo Rondinone (DE), Davide-Christelle Sanvee (FR), Elisa Shua Dusapin (FR), Marina Skalova (FR), Michelle Steinbeck (DE), Henri-Michel Yéré (FR), Ivna Žic (DE)

Die Auswahl der Teilnehmenden traf Elisabeth Jobin, Kuratorin im MAMCO Geneva.

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