The fourth international ENAG-meeting zooms in on the avant-garde in present-day literature, and on the mixture of genres in this type of literature. The meeting will take place between 30th of November and 1st of December 2017. The subject will be “Hybrid genres and the contemporary neo-avant-garde”.     For more information see our calendar […]

ENAG cordially invites you to a conference organised by the Faculty of Polish Studies at Jagielloniann University together with The Center for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor. More information in the link below: Avant-Garde CfP Invitation

With good reason, the 20th century has been described as the century of the avant-gardes, regarding its aesthetic and even some of its political and scientific manifestations. While the historical avant-gardes (approx. 1910-1930) have received a good deal of theoretical attention, the post-war neo-avant-garde is still awaiting a thorough reappraisal of all its transdisciplinary and […]

This talk, held on March 14, 2017 at KU Leuven, deals with the exploration of audiotape and tape recorders by poets and artists during the cold war period. Through a reading of works by Vito Acconci, David Antin, Henri Chopin, and others – focusing on issues of voice, signals, time, and performance – tape recording […]