6 poets in 60 minutes [English]

Spoken word artist and doctoral candidate Alexander Cromer (Academy of Creative and Performing Arts, Leiden University) curates this celebration of contemporary poetry and recitation techniques in which a new generation of spoken word artists display their artistry, their passion and their politics. By placing contemporary poetic style in the context of OverActing, we question just how closely the rhymical, musical quality of today’s spoken word approaches the declamation of the past?