What and where is Talkaoke:
The Talkaoke Sessions will take place in the Juul stage area.
Our aim for Talkaoke is to create debate on or about ”word” matters which can have a shared interest across geographic, artistic, generational, cultural and other borders.
Each festival day there will be 2 or 3 Talkaoke session which will involve approx 6 of our invited artists. They will be placed around a round table. In a hole in the middle there is a ”host artist” – either a guest journalist or one of the session participants – who will try to direct the discussion.
Each debate has a theme (see below) and we have tried to choose particpants for the various Talkaokes according to their fields of interest.
We hope that there will be a lively debate where the participants will also be encouraged to use their own work(s) in the discussions – ie excerpts of poems/songs/books etc relevant to the themes.
The Talkaoke sessions will each last approx. 1 to 1,5 hours and will be sent live on the WoWiWo website. The last 15 minutes of each session are opened up to the audience.
The discussions will take place in English – with translations where neccessary.
Session 1. Friday 14.00
New Novels Talkaoke. With: Pia Juul, Asger Schnack, Staceyann Chin, Maja Hrgovic & David Zabransky. Host: Klaus Rothstein
Looking at what makes a New Novel new.
Session 2. Friday 16.00
New Words Talkaoke. With: Merete Pryds Helle, Halyna Krouk, Asef Soltanzadeh, Martin Johannes Møller, Zuki Wanner. Host: Zuki Wanner
Looking at what we mean by new words – and perhaps where and how we place them.
Session3 Friday 19.00
Reflecting Words Talkaoke. With Ataf, Philippa Yaa de Villiers, TJ Dema, Louise Cain, Akala, Marcin Cecko, Keorapetse Kgotsile. Host: Francesca Beard
Looking at how we use words to reflect, and reflect upon, our own and societies ”issues”.
Session 4 Saturday 15.00
East/West Talkaoke. With Haline Krouk, Maja Hrgovic, David Zabransky, Marcin Cecko, Francesca Beard & Asger Schnack. Host: Maja Hrgovic
Looking at developments and areas of similiarity/dissimiliarity for the new generations of writers, poets and others working with words in the post-cold war period.
Session 5 Saturday 17.00
North/South Talkaoke with Keorapetse Kgotsile, Asef Soltanzadeh, Negash Ali, Pia Juul, Glenn Carmichael, Melissa Ommeh & Zuki Wanner. Host: Glenn Carmichael
Looking at similarities/dissimilarities – what bridges connect/what chasms divide – for writers, poets and others working with words in connection with stories from the northern and southern hemispheres. A sub- theme for this session is War Words.
Session 6 Saturday 19.00
Songlines Talkaoke: With Peter A.G. Nielsen, Shontina Vernon, Ataf, Lorianne Tika-Lemba & Al Agami. Host: MC Jabber
Looking at how words are found, developed and used in musical contexts. The discussion will look at developments over the last 25 years – from rhyme to grime??
Session 7 Sunday 15.00
Cyber Words Talkaoke: With TJ Dema, Zuki Wanner, Rasmus Graff and participants from the Digital Story Lab workshop. Host: Digital Storylab
Looking at how the digital age offers us all the opportunity to ”work with words”.
Session 8 Sunday 17.00
Cyber Writers Talkaoke: Preben Mejer, Marie Bilde Rasmussen, Martin Johannes Møller, Merete Pryds Helle, Keorapetse Kgotsile, TimMwaura. Host: Nikolai Thyssen
Looking at how the cyber industries and writers, poets and workers with words interact.
Late night sessions:
Friday and Saturday nights we will also run a Free Words late night Talkaoke, where the 6 chairs can be occupied by both artists/guests and members of the audience. Themes for the late night sessions will be chosen by participants/audience at the beginning of the session. We have designated one or two artists to function as ”hosts” for these sessions.