On mothers
Writing Workshop for Schools on Inside Out – Etgar Keret (Includes Guided Tour of the Exhibition, in German)
A razor blade, a bolt of fabric, a piano: just a few of the terms in writer Etgar Keret’s mosaic of memories of his mother and which can be found in nine short stories written especially for the Inside Out exhibition. The exhibition resembles a search for clues that familiarize visitors both with the mother’s personality and with the son’s writing. Workshop participants discuss fragments and themes as a group, do some creative writing themselves and present their first drafts.
Paste event
Where
Old Building, ground level, “Meeting Point” in the Glass Courtyard
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
What techniques are there to help get you into a flow while writing? How do memories form of your mother or another person close to you? What associations do the objects in the exhibition evoke? In this workshop, participants will write texts on the theme of “mother” or a related subject. They will discuss fragments and topics with the group and present their first drafts. Afterwards, a tour with speakers Dalik Sojref or Sapir Hubermann will provide an opportunity to discover the exhibition Inside Out - Etgar Keret.
Participants will explore the short story as a literary form as well as the medium of the exhibition, developing strategies for independent writing and reflecting on their own and others’ language acquisition.
The workshop leaders adapt the exercises to the requirements of the Berlin/Brandenburg German curriculum and cater for different levels of ability depending on grade and type of school.
Exhibition Inside Out – Etgar Keret: Features & Programs
- Exhibition Webpage
- Inside Out – Etgar Keret: 21 Oct 2022 to 19 Mar 2023
- Digital Content
- A Peculiar Kinship: Etgar Keret and Daniel Kehlmann in cConversation: Video recording, 2022
- My mother’s favorite music: Exhibition playlist on Spotify
- See also
- Etgar Keret, Author and Screenwriter
- Etgar Keret’s website
