2 pm Anton-Saefkow-Platz, Lichtenberg
Entry free

The project is based on an idea by Claudia Roquette-Pinto poet Renato Rezende poet Ment graffiti artist Bragga graffiti artis, VJ Machintal graffiti artist, DJ from Rio de Janeiro. With:
From Berlin the poets Timo Berger, Adrijana Bohocki, Bas Böttcher, Ann Cotten, Crauss, Ricardo Domeneck, Greta Granderath, Nadja Küchenmeister, Björn Kuhligk, Philipp Maroldt, Alistair Noon, Monika Rinck, Christian Röse, Angela Sanmann, Tzveta Sofronieva, Rainer Stolz and Jan Wagner, and graffiti artists including Aros, Artor, Atem, Fadaism, Felix Ewers, Ikon, Kobe, Lake, Mes&Simon (RTS Crew), Monsta, Nema One, Optx, Shine, Stör, Tame, Tokyoe
From Barcelona: the graffiti artists Tom14, Kafre and Ovni
Hosted by Gauner rapper and poet, Berlin

In the first meeting of its kind, Graffiti artists from Berlin will be coming together with colleagues from Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro to fuse poetry with street art. Inspired by various poems, the artists will be spraying their versions of the works in the form of graffiti on the wall of the former department store building at Anton-Saefkow-Platz. The artwork will sit directly alongside the texts that the respective authors will be writing on the wall themselves. The final jet of spray paint on 13 July will trigger the start of the opening ceremony with poetry readings, DJ sets and live performances from artists from Berlin, Brazil and Spain. A jury will be awarding prizes for the best adaptations. There will be a large local festival to mark the occasion with a colourful stage programme including a percussion performance and a Brazilian band and music.

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung durch: Bezirksamt Lichtenberg, Konsumverband eG, HOWOGE-Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH, Ministry of Culture Brazil, ORBIS Deutschland GmbH, pad e. V., WGLi Wohnungsgenossenschaft Lichtenberg eG, Montana Cans
Schirmherrschaft: Bürgermeisterin von Lichtenberg, Frau Christina Emmrich

6.30 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg, Clubraum
Tickets 5/3 EUR

With Durs Grünbein Author, Berlin Norbert Hummelt Author, Berlin

With kind support of: Suhrkamp Verlag

8 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg, Studio
Tickets 12/8 EUR

Director Kalma Streun stage designer Hank Schmidt in der Beek costume Julia Kneusels dramatic adviser Christian Smetana actors: Stefan Baumecker, Camila Holweger, Jonas Littauer, Carolin Karnuth and Oscar Olivo music: “Lautstark!4” (vocals: Jan F. Kurth, tenor saxophone: Lutz Streun, guitar: Mathias Kurth, drums: Demian Kappenstein); artist Hank Schmidt in der Beek

With “The Waste Land“, T. S. Eliot succeeded in hitting a contemporary nerve. The long poem won him instant renown and his work became one of the most influential poems of the 20^th century. T.S. Eliot himself went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The poesiefestival berlin will be presenting a stage version of this epoch-making oeuvre based on a new german translation by Norbert Hummelt and directed by Kalma Streun.

A co-operation with Hochschule für Schauspielkunst ERNST BUSCH. With kind support of: Stiftung Preussische Seehandlung, bat-Studiotheater der Hochschule für Schauspielkunst ERNST BUSCH, Förderverein der Freunde, Förderer und Absolventen der Hochschule für Schauspielkunst ERNST
BUSCH Berlin
© for the German translation: Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt am Main 2008

10 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg, Halle 1
Tickets 6/4

With Jurzcok1001, Raphael Urweider alias Bidrmaa and DJ B

With kind support of: Pro Helvetia, Schweizer Kulturstiftung