{"id":51429,"date":"2022-06-05T11:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T15:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=51429"},"modified":"2022-06-11T15:15:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T19:15:27","slug":"imagine-that-a-swiss-counterweight-to-conformism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2022\/06\/imagine-that-a-swiss-counterweight-to-conformism.html","title":{"rendered":"<em>Imagine That!<\/em> <br><strong>A Swiss Counterweight to Conformism<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em><strong> Updated June 10 \u2014<\/strong><\/em> The poet Louise Landes Levi and her translator Florian Vetsch were recorded at the Kult-Bau in videos by the photographer Ams\u00e9l. This one runs for five minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louise Landes Levi und Florian Vetsch als Moderator, St. Gallen Kultbau 7. 6. 2022, Teil B by Ams\u00e9l\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VJS9i-9Izyc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the heart of St. Gallen, a town not far from Zurich, where Dada began,  there is a haven for the outlandish and the curiously extravagant. It is a counterweight to conformism, a place for the exchange of ideas and information, passionate discussion, chamber music, and for poetry. Imagine that in famously bourgeois Switzerland! It is called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www-kultbau-org.translate.goog\/die-idee\/?_x_tr_sl=de&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=sc\">Kult-Bau<\/a>, and the American poet Louise Landes Levi, who is based in Japan, performed there on Tuesday, June 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kult-bau-louise-landes-levi-1752.jpg\">Click to enlarge.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kult-bau-louise-landes-levi-1752.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"485\" data-attachment-id=\"51428\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/kult-bau-louise-landes-levi-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kult-bau-louise-landes-levi-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,485\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kult-bau (louise landes levi (750)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kult-bau-louise-landes-levi-750-300x194.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kult-bau-louise-landes-levi-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kult-bau-louise-landes-levi-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51428\" title=\"CLICK TO ENLARGE.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kult-bau-louise-landes-levi-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kult-bau-louise-landes-levi-750-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">ThIs video runs for 35 minutes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louise Landes Levi und Florian Vetsch als Moderator, St. Gallen Kultbau 7. 6. 2022, Teil A by Ams\u00e9l\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N-D1Yws7Jx8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here is a third video, running 18 minutes, which completed the performance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louise Landes Levi, Christian Berger und  Dominic Doppler, Kultbau St.  Gallen, 7. 6. 2022 by Ams\u00e9l\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mdmcBmuMbR8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED with videos of the performance. In the heart of St. Gallen, a town not far from Zurich, where Dada began, there is a haven for the outlandish and the curiously extravagant. It is a place for the exchange of ideas and information, passionate discussion, chamber music, and for poetry. The American poet Louise Landes Levi, who is based in Japan, performed there on Tuesday, June 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,26,18,4,20,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-books","9":"category-literature","10":"category-main","11":"category-media","12":"category-political-culture","13":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/kult-bau-louise-landes-levi-750.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-dnv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51429"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51569,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51429\/revisions\/51569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}