auftakt festival

Text becomes image becomes sound becomes

Text. The auftakt is an interdisciplinary literature

literature festival and sees itself as a laboratory

for collaboration that invites artists and authors to

and authors to Cologne every year. The text

in its various manifestations is at the

at the center and is at the same time the starting point

starting point for performative, linguistic-artistic

or audio-visual works. Under the title

Watch me Thinking (Watch me Trying)

this year'sauftakt festival isdedicated to the

to the essay. Searching, doubting, thinking, circling around his

his idea. Always subjective and reflexive

he opposes polarization and unification,

which is perhaps precisely what makes it

form of the hour. Over the course of three days

this versatile form - in readings,

films, performances and installations around

around the Ebertplatz. Selected texts by the

authors will also be published in a publication

published during the festival. Admission

to the programs is by donation