{"id":2128,"date":"2017-06-08T09:10:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T10:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bremen\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2017-11-15T16:08:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T17:08:19","slug":"writers-visit-workshop-reading-dj-set-with-thomas-meinecke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bremen\/2017\/06\/08\/writers-visit-workshop-reading-dj-set-with-thomas-meinecke\/","title":{"rendered":"The William \u201971 and Elke Durden Literary Series at Bremen #2: Thomas Meinecke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Workshop, Reading, DJ-Set<\/span><\/h1>\n

by Janine Ludwig<\/strong><\/p>\n

On June 2nd<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup>, 2017, the Durden Dickinson Program in Bremen hosted the acclaimed writer Thomas Meinecke.<\/p>\n

Please find the poster here:\u00a0DLS Meinecke 2017 Poster<\/a> (Grafikdesign Sibyll Wahrig)<\/p>\n

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Meinecke and Ludwig. Foto: Verena Mertz<\/p><\/div>\n

Thomas Meinecke has received several prizes and many labels: postmodern author, writer of pop literature \u2013 although pop philosophy would be more accurate \u2013 feminist writer and even queer studies icon, because his new novel Self<\/em> will surely become a reference text. Meinecke\u2019s other professions as a musician, texter and singer of the alternative cult band F.S.K., as a DJ (Berghain, Pudel Club<\/em> a.o.) and performer with the format \u201cturntable\u201d (Plattenspieler) at the Berliner Hebbel am Ufer<\/em>, seem to reflect in his postmodern writing style: His writing technique has been described as sampling, t.i. mixing and juggling with phenomena of 20th<\/sup> and 21st<\/sup> century pop history as well as of diasporas and gender identities, and is based on a wide theoretical background, ranging from Judith Butler to Barbara Vinken.<\/p>\n

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Public lecture and DJ-Set in the club Spedition<\/em> on June 3rd<\/sup><\/span><\/h1>\n
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Meinecke and Ludwig during the reading. Foto: Verena Mertz<\/p><\/div>\n

His brand new novel Self<\/em> (\u201cSelbst\u201d) deals mainly with blurring (gender) identities, love, and erotic desire by analyzing phenomena from fashion (androgynous models), music\/ entertainment (e.g. David Bowie or Mykki Blanco music videos), and life style (techno clubs, selfies, beards, intimate shaving, feminist porn). As part of \u201cThe William ’71 and Elke Durden Literary Series at Bremen,\u201d he held a public lecture in the off-scene arts & culture & music club Spedition<\/em> which had hosted him before. An attentive audience of 60-70 people followed a lively mix of reading, video clips and discussion between Meinecke and presenter Janine Ludwig. Afterwards, DJ Winkhorst warmed up the crowd before Thomas started to turn the tables from midnight to 3 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\t\t