Monday, June 22, 2009

photo: Martin G. Wienert (me in London)


No, I wasn't in London last weekend ...

Above you see a photo from last year. But I enjoyed it to follow a conference in London -- via twitter, last Saturday. I thought that it would be a good time for someone who loves short poetry and it really was a good time.

Here more about this conference (Tate Modern, London):

"Shortness
A very short conference and a very long dinner


Saturday 20 June 2009, 14.00–21.30

14.00–17.00 symposium 18.00–21.30 dinner in the East Room"

"In short, this event brings together practitioners and theoreticians of the humanities, arts and sciences to extol or berate, to discuss, explore and explain shortness in all its spatial and temporal manifestations..."

"...The short conference is followed by a long dinner in Tate Modern's East Room. Dinner guests will be entertained by short speeches and the whole event is supplemented by short films, performances and various intervention..."

http://tinyurl.com/pmpbuf

http://tinyurl.com/mzudof


See here the panel discussion (and in the background twitter).

http://twitpic.com/7wi2x


What a view!

http://twitpic.com/7wwtk

twitter:

https://twitter.com/short_at_tate


youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK38SuxZx7c

7 comments:

Devika Jyothi said...

Oh You look so gorgeous, Angelika...very Royal photo :)

i need to come again during free time to see the links :)

wishes,
devika

haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert) said...

Thank you very much, Devika!
Yes, please come back and see the links.

I hope you'll have a nice day.
Angelika

Ralf Bröker said...

Sometimes, but not very often, the voice and the words of a person form a picture in my mind which is similar to the reality. Dev found the right description: a Royal picture ;-)

The links are very interesting, though I still don't understand how to involve twitters into a discussion. I think they just showed the messages, didn't they?

A new time of communication overruns the world ... Or does open new doors?

Best wishes
Ralf

haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert) said...

Thank you that you have read my little report about this event at Tate Modern, Ralf (and it went on yesterday -- more videos at YouTube).

Twitter-users were asked to send questions (direct twitter-messages to Short_at_Tate)before the discussion started (and during the conference). Questions, remarks (and a giggle from Germany ...)-- we (from outside) could take part in a special way, I do think in an interesting way. And it indeed opens new doors.

Best wishes,
Angelika

Gillena Cox said...

you look like your were enjoying London in that photo; i visited in the nineties; loved the Tate museum and Madam Tussads, saw the changing of the guards, Wow that was good; there were no poetry highlights in my visit then

much love
gillena

Devika Jyothi said...

I have seen them,
You seem to have had a wonderful experience, :)

I am new to twitters...and these online discussions....but I love to know opinions, views :)

wishes,
devika

haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert) said...

There are some places in London which I like very much,Gillena. Tate Britain and Tate Modern are favourite places for me. In 2006 I visited the Kandinsky-exhibition (Tate Modern). It was a breathtaking experience.

Twitter is sometimes interesting, sometimes funny, sometimes strange. Like life ...
Perhaps we meet at twitter, Devika.

https://twitter.com/haikushelf