If science is queen at Humboldt Lab, then #Logoskop is her court jester. Since 2021, artistic freedom has been making monthly appearances at Humboldt University’s exhibition space, using literature to shake up the scientific perspective. Equipped with microphones and amplifiers, two slam poets wander through the exhibition and recite texts.
This time, slam poets Pauline Füg and Tobias Heyel will be joining us. Together, they will comment on the exhibition ‘On Water’ with live recitations. Visitors are invited to accompany them on their tour of eloquence.
Curated by Bas Böttcher
Participants
Pauline Füg
Pauline Füg, born in Leipzig in 1983 and now living in Fürth, has been one of the defining voices of German-language stage poetry for many years. With a background in psychology and a master’s degree in creative writing and cultural journalism, she combines analytical clarity with poetic imagery – a trademark that characterises both her performances and her texts.
She has been performing on stages across Europe since 2003: as a stage poet, author, creative coach and empathetic presenter. She has received numerous awards for her artistic work, including the Bavarian Culture Prize, the Culture Promotion Prize of the City of Würzburg, the Working Scholarship of the Free State of Bavaria and the Culture Prize of the City of Nuremberg. Her current poetry collection, nach der illusion (after the illusion), demonstrates how intense, musical and at the same time reflective her language is.
Together with Tobias Heyel, Pauline Füg has formed the duo großraumdichten since 2005 – the longest-serving and most championship-proven slam team in the German-speaking world. Twelve qualifications for the German-language poetry slam championships mark an extraordinary continuity and creative perseverance. In their joint performances, synchronised or staggered spoken texts merge with beats and visual elements to create an atmospheric stage setting that is poetic, playful and often surprisingly physical.
At LOGOSKOP, Pauline Füg will be performing both solo and in the duo großraumdichten. She presents texts that oscillate between intimacy and intellectual force: precisely observed, atmospherically condensed, with a presence that immediately captivates the audience. Füg’s performances thrive on subtle nuances, rhythmic tensions and a way of speaking that takes silence just as seriously as volume.
An evening that not only shows language in motion, but also an artist who thinks, feels and makes poetry audible.
Tobias Heyel
Tobias Heyel was born in Biberach and lives in Stuttgart. For many years, he has been one of the most distinctive voices on the German-language spoken word scene. Since the mid-2000s, he has been performing on stages throughout the German-speaking world and beyond, known for his precisely crafted texts, his rhythmic delivery and a stage presence that combines wit and intensity. His writing moves between poetry, spoken word and narrative miniatures, carried by a voice that masters both rhythm and reflection in equal measure. In addition to his work as an author and performer, he also works as a photographer – an eye for atmosphere that is subtly reflected in his artistic projects time and again.
At LOGOSKOP, Tobias Heyel demonstrates his artistic versatility in two ways: first solo, with texts characterised by linguistic clarity, intellectual depth and an unmistakable performative energy. In the second part of the evening, he will be on stage with Pauline Füg – the two have been forming the duo großraumdichten since 2005.
Guests at LOGOSKOP will experience Tobias Heyel as a solo artist with his own staccato style of speech, which sometimes shifts from High German to Swabian, and at the same time as part of one of Europe’s longest-running and most innovative poetry teams.