Maria Milisavljevic, Matin Soofipour Omam, Martina Clavadetscher, Sonja Walter

Dialogue of the Arts

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Artists
Maria Milisavljevic, Matin Soofipour Omam, Martina Clavadetscher, Sonja Walter
Title
Dialogue of the Arts
Year
2021

Curated by Sonja Walter, in cooperation with the Badisches Staatstheater

Location
Audio feature at UrbanExplorAR

Time
From September 17, 2021
Available at any time

Media artworks are often immersive, with strong visuals, moving, or political. They trigger something in us, sometimes immediately we are confronted by a work, sometimes the effect is latent. The Dialogue of the Arts has invited authors with powerful literary voices to share their very personal reactions to artworks. Via the app UrbanExplorAR, you can call up the texts as audio tracks, thus giving the artworks another dimension. The writers hold a dialogue with one artwork at a time: Martina Clavadetscher with LIMBO, Maria Milisavljevic with ACCESS, and Matin Soofipour Omam with The Silent Chaos of Colors.

Maria Milisavljevic

Maria Milisavljevic (* 1982) studied cultural studies, english literature, and art history, and earned her doctorate on author's theater at London's Royal Court (GB). She received the Kleist Prize, the Heidelberg Stückemarkt Author's Prize, and the Else Lasker Schüler Play Prize, and was nominated for the Mülheim Playwright's Prize. Maria Milisavljevic lives and works in Berlin.

Matin Soofipour Omam

Matin Soofipour Omam (*1984) studied dramatic literature and scenic writing at Teheran University (IR) and theater education at the University of the Arts in Berlin. She works as a theater educator and writer at the GRIPS Theater Berlin and at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. Her play Links vom Mond [On the left-hand side of the Moon] will be premiered at the Junges Staatstheater Karlsruhe in the 2021/2022 season. She lives and works in Berlin.

Martina Clavadetscher

Martina Clavadetscher (*1979) studied German, linguistics, and philosophy. She works as an author of theater texts and novels, and in 2022/2023 will join the new management team of the Marie Theater in Switzerland. She was awarded the Essen Prize for Authors and was nominated for the Heidelberg Stückemarkt Prize for Authors in the same year. Her novel Knochenlieder [Songs of bones] was nominated for the Swiss Book Prize. She lives and works in Zurich (CH).

Sonja Walter

Sonja Walter is head dramaturge at the Badisches Staatstheater. She studied theater studies, modern German literature, journalism and communication studies, as well as business administration. Before she came to Karlsruhe in 2018, she worked at the Heidelberg Theater and Orchestra, at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, and was also active in Berlin’s indie scene. She lives and works in Karlsruhe.