New title: Stéphan Crasneanscki — The Encounter w/ texts by Jean-Luc Nancy, Patti Smith, Pierre Joris There are no photographs, no testimonies, no recordings of poet Paul Celan’s (1) encounter with philosopher Martin Heidegger (2) in the German village of Todtnauberg in Schwarzwald (Black Forest) in 1967. Only Celan’s poem remains, along with the possibility of an endless narrative. Endless because everything was to prevent from such a meeting between the German philosopher who tied himself to the Nazi party in 1933 and the Jewish poet who was imprisoned in a work camp and made orphan by the war. And yet on July 24th, 1967, they were brought together to give a poetry lecture in Freiburg which was followed by a private invitation of Heidegger to his hut in Todtnauberg. — Excerpt from press release, further information can be found on our website. (1) Paul Celan (b. 1920, Cernăuți, Kingdom of Romania, now Ukraine, d. 1970, Paris, France — he committed suicide by drowning in the Seine) (2) Martin Heidegger (b. 1889, Meßkirch, Baden, German Empire, d. 1976, Meßkirch, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) #stephancrasneanscki #soundwalkcollective #jeanlucnancy #pattismith #pierrejoris #libraryman