Podcast quotes: (SUB)CULTURAL NETWORKS AT THE EXAMPLE OF THE POETRY SCENES IN BERLIN & DÜSSELDORF by Poesiepandemie: LYRIK LEBT WEITER! published on 2022-05-02T12:18:46Z An english podcast: (SUB)CULTURAL NETWORKS AT THE EXAMPLE OF THE POETRY SCENES IN BERLIN AND DÜSSELDORF. A COMPARISON. AN INTERVIEW WITH TOM DE TOYS IN APRIL 2022 The idea of this podcast was developed by BARBARA GONZÁLEZ NELDNER through the seminar "In the City! Music and urbanisation in cultural perspective" held by Prof. Bottá at the HSD (University of Applied Sciences) in Düsseldorf. YOUTUBE-VIDEO (AMBIENT): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZX2ikPb5I TIKTOK-VERSION (JAZZ): https://www.tiktok.com/@nahzone/video/7089143748440919301 "I miss the intensity in many poems that get big prizes in Germany by established institutions." "Here in Düsseldorf i tried to figure out where underground poets are and where they perform. I see just a very reduced network of established institutions that organize literature events but that's all. And they present moreover mostly established authors. So where are the underground poets? That was always my problem here and that's why i organized myself that big festival in 2017 just to present once forever here in Düsseldorf real established stars of the german subcultural poetry scene." "In Cologne i was bored because i thought nobody needs us. Nobody needs readings. Nobody needs poems and poets and live poets. Everybody just has his routine in life. In Berlin you have this hypnotizing feeling that something happens. Of course nothing happens at all. It's just we who do something and have our fun. There's as well as here no influence on society." "I'm not the one who ignores the others even if i don't like them but i go to the library and i read complete books of the other poets that i don't like just to prove if i'm still right with my opinion or if something has changed. I am interested in finding intensity and existential themes. But i regret that the literature has no influence on the society. I feel very disappointed and sad about the fact that i can put as much intensity in my poems as i want - it will never change the situation! So the influence of literature at all is my question." Genre Learning