And it is not merely an observation, but also a proposition. One swiftly understands that *Baroness Elsa’s em dashes* is not merely a collection, it is an invitation. Reading Astrid Seme’s wonderful anthology of dashing in print, poetry & performance is indeed an experience of pulsations: as I browse through the pages, a school of dashes animate in a playful dance in front of my eyes. Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven’s superb 1921 piece on the Beating of Heart comes to mind like a dash of thought, as I feel the book. I hold *Baroness Elsa’s em dashes* in my hand and hear the ticking of the Teke Heart. The reader will find Elsa’s works in conversation with well-known dashers such as Gertrude Stein, Laurence Sterne, Heinrich von Kleist or Emily “the dashing queen” Dickinson.Īlexandru Balgiu ( Designing Writing) about Astrid Seme’s book Baroness Elsa’s em dashes:Ī heart the thickness of a dash. They call it an anthology of dashing in print, poetry and performance. Together, we’ll send some Thoughts on Dashing into space.īaroness Elsa’s em dashes is also the title of a book published in early 2019 by Kunstverein Langenhagen and Mark Pezinger Books, a Vienna & Black Forest-based publisher of artist’s books. Afterwards, professor Emeritus of English Literature Peter de Voogd and graphic designer and sound artist Astrid Seme will try to put the dash into words. At the opening, the sound piece Figures for dashing will be interpreted by performers Stine Sampers, Naomi Schatteman and Mathilde Strijdonk. The exhibition places these performers in a real space, turning BOEKS into a performative venue.Įlsa’s em dashes will not just spread across the space, but they will become multiple voices inviting us to dash around. In Elsa’s work, they seem to function more like performers between the words, creating movement and voice within the text. Em dashes have different purposes-as an appropriation of silence, as acting dissonance, as interruption, as occupying space. Baroness Elsa’s em dashes is an homage to the Dada artist and poet Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874 – 1927) and to her manic use of em dashes.
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