In the Amber – On the estate library of Christoph Meckel

In the book cosmos of Christoph Meckel (1935–2020), dedications and annotations are signs of an artistic substance between image and word. The fascinating nature of Meckel's estate library is explored in three contributions: Gila Funke-Meckel talks about “Biographical notes in the weathered inventory”, Adela Sophia Sabban reconstructs “Christoph Meckel's network of living and dead poets” and Marit Heuß presents and discusses the “Dedications Sarah Kirsch – Christoph Meckel”.

WAS IST DER BERNSTEIN

                                             die Antwort hat nie begonnen und setzt sich fort, sie dauert ein Lichtjahr oder eine Sekunde, einen Schmetterlingstod, eine Ewige Nacht; sie kann sich durch Hunderte Jahrzeiten hinziehn, durch neun mal neun Menschengedenken, Berichte, Legenden –

(WHAT IS AMBER

                                the answer has never begun and is ongoing, it lasts a light year or a second, a butterfly's death, an eternal night; it can drag on through hundreds of seasons, through nine times nine human memories, reports, legends –)

(Gesang im Bernstein, third poem, in: Christoph Meckel: Gesang vom unterbrochenen Satz, 1995, Hanser Verlag)

An event from the series “Schaufenster Archiv”, in cooperation with the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus.

The event will be accompanied by a showcase presentation, which can be seen from 2 Jun to 29 Aug in the Akademie der Künste at Pariser Platz 4 on the first floor in front of the reading room.