Poetry and the other arts

Wednesday 25 September, 2-4pm, Buchanan 216

a Masterclass with Philippe Beck (open to UGs, PGs and researchers)

‘Poetry is here or there. Not everywhere./ It depends on a sortie.’ (Opéradiques, Flammarion, 2014)

In this masterclass we addressed the relationship between poetry and the other arts. The following questions were discussed:

  • How does poetry approach the plurality of other arts?
  • Through which formal explorations can poetry understand the reality of other arts and the conflicts not only between them but also within each one of them?
  • Through which kinds of reconfigurations can the poem question the hierarchy of the arts?
  • What spaces or new scenes open up to poetry as it confronts the other arts?
  • What is at stake in poetry’s encounter with the other arts, both in terms of its own existence and its ability to make a difference in the world and to the possibilities of sociability?