For The Department of Germanic Studies/SOMLAL (University of Sheffield) Henriëtte Louwerse hosts the UK version of citybooks. She welcomes five authors, a photographer and a video artist to create a unique portrait of the city of Sheffield, an alternative travel guide.
Joost Zwagerman was the first to visit Sheffield. Otto Vallei, the main character in Zwagerman novel Chaos en Rumoer, returns with a vengeance and finds himself in Sheffield, where the energetic Elleke Bestevaer shakes his world. Flemish actrice and podcaster Rebecca Lenaerts stayed in Sheffield in Spring 2011. She invites you to explore Sheffield's picturesque past and demonstrates the consequences of a dreadful disaster. Hungarian-English poet Ágnes Lehóczky undertakes a linguistic journey through Sheffield while poet Helen Mort describes a nocturnal stroll in the Sheffield of our dearest dreams – or worst nightmares. Abdelkader Benali wil travel to Sheffield in Fall 2011.
Photographer David Bocking shows us everyday life in a green, snow-white, warm, ice-cold, lonely, cosy – in a word – versatile Sheffield. Dominic Green will record the City One Minutes.
citybooks Sheffield presentation at ‘ Low Countries, Big Cities ’ conference
From Tuesday 3rd until Thursday 5th of April 2012, more than forty academics will present their reflections on the theme ‘Low Countries, Big Cities’. The theme arises from the participation of The University of Sheffield in the citybooks project.
During the conference dinner the citybooks launch will take place. Willem Bongers-Dek introduces the project, poets Helen Mort and Ágnes Lehóczky will read their citybooks, and the photo's of David Bocking will be exhibited. Film maker Dominic Greene will also be present.
Abdelkader Benali during his residency in Sheffield.
Above: with studenten of the Virtual Dutch Translation Project.
Left: Abdelkader Benali and Ágnes Lehóczky.
© Henriette Louwerse
Lost in Translation from VirtualDutchTUOS on Vimeo.
Workshop Language = Art by Rebecca Lenaerts at Sheffield University. A film by Heleen Vanschoenwinkel and Rebecca Lenaerts.
Workshop Rebecca Lenaerts from VirtualDutchTUOS on Vimeo.
Rebecca Lenaerts doing a workshop with students of Havelock Academy, Grimsby.
