Seen from Afar - Encounters in Brandenburg

Literature Festival in Buckow
Readings by Hatice Açıkgöz, Inés Burdow, Şehnaz Dost, Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus, Matthias Nawrat, Veronika Patočková, Tanasgol Sabbagh, John Sauter, Mbakumua Tjaveondja und Saskia Warzecha

As part of the two-year residency program ‘Seen from afar - Encounters in Brandenburg’, ten authors from different backgrounds and with diverse realities of life were invited to Brandenburg, Berlin and Lower Silesia to draw attention to diverse stories that are not part of the mainstream literary canon. The Brecht-Weigel-Haus in Buckow, where the writer and rapper John Sauter was a fellow for four weeks in September 2024, is the place where the literature project ‘Seen from afar’ will now celebrate its crowning finale on July 19, 2025. In an idyllic setting on Schermützelsee - the place where Bertolt Brecht spent the last years of his life - they will share their stories and residency experiences with the audience in readings and talks. Visitors also have the opportunity to get to know the participating literary venues.

14 Uhr: Welcome and opening of the exhibition, photographs by Tobias Bohm
15 Uhr: Live-Performance, curated by Fabian Saul
16.30 Uhr: Readings
20 Uhr: Concert Sauti é Haala

The participating authors

Neben John Sauter war 2024 der israelische Schriftsteller Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus zu Gast im Amt Temnitz, die Spoken-Word-Künstlerin Tanasgol Sabbagh im Schriftstellerhaus Elstermühle in Plessa, aus Namibia reiste Autor und Journalist Mbakumua Tjaveondja auf die Burg Beeskow, die Wissenschaftlerin, Übersetzerin und Kulturvermittlerin Veronika Patočková durfte im Haus des Wandels in Heinersdorf residieren und der Schriftsteller Matthias Nawrat auf Schloss Wiepersdorf. Die Autorin und Schauspielerin Inés Burdow verbrachte einen Monat im Annemirl-Bauer-Haus in Mühlenfließ und die Autorin Hatice Açıkgöz vom Kurt Tucholsky Literaturmuseum nach Rheinsberg eingeladen. Initiator des Projektes ist der Brandenburgische Literaturrat, Kooperationspartner in Berlin das LCB, wo die Autorin Şehnaz Dost Stipendiatin war, und in Tarczyn empfing die Stiftung Op_enheim als polnischer Projektpartner die Potsdamer Lyrikerin Saskia Warzecha.

In 2024, John Sauter and the Israeli writer Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus were guests at Amt Temnitz, the spoken word artist Tanasgol Sabbagh at the Elstermühle writers' house in Plessa, the author and journalist Mbakumua Tjaveondja from Namibia traveled to Beeskow Castle, the scientist, translator and cultural mediator Veronika Patočková was allowed to reside in the Haus des Wandels in Heinersdorf and the writer Matthias Nawrat at Schloss Wiepersdorf. The author and actress Inés Burdow spent a month in the Annemirl Bauer House in Mühlenfließ and the author Hatice Açıkgöz was invited to Rheinsberg by the Kurt Tucholsky Literature Museum. The initiator of the project is the Brandenburg Literature Council, the cooperation partner in Berlin is the LCB, where the author Şehnaz Dost was a scholarship holder, and in Tarczyn the Op_enheim Foundation, as the Polish project partner, welcomed the Potsdam poet Saskia Warzecha.

Saturday, 19 July, 2 p.m.
Brecht-Weigel-Haus, Bertolt-Brecht-Straße 30, 15377 Buckow (Märkische Schweiz)
Admission free