HuelsTrunk (b. 1964) is an internationally renowned sound poet, spoken word poet, writer, creative writing teacher and curator of art/poetry events from Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Influences range from Dada, Surrealists, Fluxus, Beatpoets to Pop and modern electronic sound-poetry. He works with and between different media and frequently collaborates with artists & musicians.
Huelstrunk lectures on sound poetry, spoken word, outsider art, gives workshops in creative writing and performance poetry and is also one of the pioneers of the Poetry Slam movement in Germany, organizing Poetry Slam and Spoken Word events since 1996.
Current/recent collaborations:
“a pile of frames – sound poetry moves” with dancer/choreographer Milla Koistinen (FIN)
“antibodies” with performance artist/musician Brandstifter (Mainz/GER) – art book & multimedia performance based on the book antibodies
Teaching (See Teaching site)
I have taught creative writing & performance poety since 2001 at schools, libraries, museums, universities & in cooperation with literary Institutions (Literaturhaus
Frankfurt, Hessisches Literaturforum).
I have lectured at on sound poetry, Dada, Spoken Word etc… on German and international Universities and Institutions.
Hosting/curating.
Since 2013 I host the monthly song slam frankfurt
Since 1998 I host the monthly poetry slam frankfurt, the oldest regular poetry slam in Hessen, after first experiments with poetry slam 1996
Since 1997 I host the monthly radioshow „Knallfabet“ at local Radio X, Frankfurt with a podcast on Kulturnetz Frankfurt & iTunes
I also hosted & curated poetry/sound poetry shows for & in cooperation with Kulturamt Frankfurt, Hessischer Rundfunk, Goethe Institute, schauspielfrankfurt, Hessisches Literaturforum, Finnish Literature Exchange (FILI), Turku Poetry Week, CRiSAP Institute London, Indonesian National Committee and many other institutions.
I hosted the German national poetry slam in 2003 in collaboration with Dichterschlacht Darmstadt.
Residencies/grants:
2015 Writers House Prague/Hessischer Literaturrat, Prague, Czechia
2014 Kone Foundation, Bold Initiatives in the Arts Grant, for “a pile of frames” with Milla Koistinen
2012 Kone Foundation, Saari, Finland,
2011 Hessischer Literaturrat, Madison, Wisconsin
2011 Nuoren Voiman Liitto, Villa Sarkia, Sysmä, Finland,
2008-2010 School artist at two schools in Hessen.
Member of the internationla board of Turku Poetry Week Association
Member of VS Verband deutscher Schriftsteller (German Writers Union)
Founding member and member of board the nonprofit organisation Kulturnetz Frankfurt