Reading
The snow was white. Perpetual ice, mountains, and glaciers in prose, poetry, and folklore
Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel (ALG)
Münsterplatz 8, 4051 Basel
An evening of literature, music, and photography featuring Verena Buss (reading), Julien Blondel (cello), and images from the series "Weiss war der Schnee" by photographer Thomas Wrede.
An evening of literature, music, and photography featuring Verena Buss (reading), Julien Blondel (cello), and images from the series “Weiss war der Schnee” by photographer Thomas Wrede. Followed by a reception. Registration recommended!
German actress Verena Buss recites historical and contemporary texts about glaciers—including poems and prose by Lord Byron, Friedrich Nietzsche, Max Frisch, and Christoph Ransmayr, as well as powerful and captivating folk tales from Switzerland—with great intensity and charm. The performance is perfectly complemented by Julien Blondel, who captures the mood of the texts with his cello—accompanied by a projection of images by photographer Thomas Wrede, who focuses on the disintegration of the glacial world in the age of climate change. Music, words, and images enter into an immediate, captivating dialogue.
Performers and Additional Information:
Verena Buss (reading) and Julien Blondel (cello)
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
German actress Verena Buss recites historical and contemporary texts about glaciers—including poems and prose by Lord Byron, Friedrich Nietzsche, Max Frisch, and Christoph Ransmayr, as well as powerful and captivating folk tales from Switzerland—with great intensity and charm. The performance is perfectly complemented by Julien Blondel, who captures the mood of the texts with his cello—accompanied by a projection of images by photographer Thomas Wrede, who focuses on the disintegration of the glacial world in the age of climate change. Music, words, and images enter into an immediate, captivating dialogue.
Performers and Additional Information:
Verena Buss (reading) and Julien Blondel (cello)
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.