Mathias Zeiske
Mathias Zeiske has headed the literature program at Haus der Kulturen der Welt since 2019. Projects include the event series Alphabet Readings and the Internationaler Literaturpreis awarded for contemporary literature in translation. He is co-editor of the book series Volte and Volte Expanded, published by Spector Books. From 2009 to 2017, Zeiske was editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Edit.
As of July 2022
Events
Alphabet Readings
You Are a Wave and I Am a Wave
A Day with Ignota and Jesse Darling, Paige Emery, Hannah Gregory, Johanna Hedva, IONE, Nisha Ramayya, Tai Shani, Sarah Shin, Jenna Sutela, and others
Readings, screening, workshop
Jul 9, 2022
Alphabet Readings
Death by Landscape
With Timo Feldhaus, Elvia Wilk, Calla Henkel, K Allado McDowell, Bitsy Knox, Kirsty Bell and a performance by Nazanin Noori
Readings, performances, boat trip
Jul 8, 2022
Das Neue Alphabet – Publication series
Recoding Alphabets
The DNA of the Book Series Das Neue Alphabet
Book presentation, lecture performance, live coding set
Oct 27, 2021