Dirk HuelsTrunk
Sound poems | Lautgedichte | Äänirunoja
Five sound poems. | Fünf Lautgedichte. | Viisi äänirunoa.
HuelsTrunk is a sound & sample poet, spoken word poet, writer, minimalist and curator of art/poetry events from Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Influences ranging from Dada, Surrealists, Fluxus, Beatpoets to Pop and modern electronic sound poetry.
He frequently collaborates with artists & musicians and is founder of the improvising jazz-poetry performance project “SOUNDS LIKE POETRY?”
He has performed live all over Germany, in many European countries and the US. HuelsTrunk is also giving lectures and workshops on performance poetry at schools and universities and Goethe Institute. He is also one of the pioneers of the Poetry Slam Movement in Germany, organizing poetry slam and spoken word events and festivals since 1996.
Books
- Antikörper/Antibodies (dt/engl), First Aid Cut up, HuelsTrunk – Text, Brandstifter – Collages, Translation: Fred Bergman, Lichtblau Verlag, Frankfurt, 2009
- SITZEN GEHEN STEHEN (minimalist prose), Darmstadt & Dreieich 1997
- ECHT (phantastic short novel), Vienna 1995
Solo-Audio CD
- Blitzkrieg/ Gemutlichkeit, gruenrekorder 2005
- Examples of Sample Poetry, gruenrekorder 2004
- Wer ist Erwin?, gruenrekorder 2004