Take a seat at the main reading of poet Aase Berg. This is the moment to get to know both the poetry and the person behind it.
Aase Berg (1967, SWE) is an influential and distinctive voice in the Swedish poetry scene. Her work is internationally acclaimed for its avant-garde ecopoetics. Berg writes in a sharp, surreal, and experimental style, taking you into a universe of language where you might find yourself wondering: am I human, animal, or machine?
Host Hassnae Bouazza opens the main reading with a short introductory conversation. After that, the poet will read from her own work, sharing a personal selection of brand-new poems, her response to the festival theme, or a surprising gem from her oeuvre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"event_date":"2026-06-06","footnotes":""},"venue":[267],"event_type":[97],"route":[],"class_list":["post-879","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","venue-lantarenvenster-6","event_type-reading"],"acf":{"event_location":267,"event_location_source":{"label":"Locatie","type":"taxonomy","formatted_value":267},"event_category":[97],"event_category_source":{"label":"Categorie","type":"taxonomy","formatted_value":[97]},"language":["english"],"language_source":{"label":"Voertaal","type":"select","formatted_value":[{"value":"english","label":"Engels"}]},"spoken_languages":"English, Swedish","spoken_languages_source":{"label":"Gesproken talen","type":"text","formatted_value":"English, Swedish"},"language_label":"spoken","language_label_source":{"label":"Label","type":"select","formatted_value":"Gesproken talen"},"subtitles":["english","dutch"],"subtitles_source":{"label":"Boventiteling","type":"select","formatted_value":["Engels","Nederlands"]},"has_interpreter":false,"has_interpreter_source":{"label":"Tolk NGT\/Schrijftolk","type":"true_false","formatted_value":false},"poets":[407],"poets_source":{"label":"Dichters","type":"relationship","formatted_value":[{"ID":407,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2026-03-02 17:14:11","post_date_gmt":"2026-03-02 16:14:11","post_content":"\n
Aase Berg (1967, SWE) is an influential and idiosyncratic voice in the Swedish poetry field and is internationally praised as avant-garde ecopoetics. Berg once addressed young poets with the words: \u201cForget your readers, forget recognition. Poetry is not about making connections. You do not have to be understood, you do not even have to understand yourself. Poetry is only an investigation of the incomprehensible.\u201d Berg\u2019s work is sharp, surreal and experimental. Tighten your literary sweatband for this intense listening experience. Let yourself be taken to the depths of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, meet its inhabitants and awaken in an anti-universe of language where you ask yourself: am I now human, animal or machine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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