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Natias Neutert (spoken: "noytərt"; born February 24, 1941) is a German artist, author, poet, orator, and translator who lives in
Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
and
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.


Life and career

Neutert was born in Neusalz, Province of Lower Silesia,
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
(Nowa Sól, Poland) and grew up in Hamburg-Eppendorf, attending the Rudolf Steiner School. After doing an apprenticeship as a graphic illustrator, he studied philosophy, literary studies, and art history at the
University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...
, and completed a fellowship at the Franz Mehring-institute, part of the
University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...
. From the outset of his career, he has been active in different media. Since the mid-1960s he has written poems, and made collages and drawings about which the Hamburger Abendblatt wrote: "He delicately draws human figures" (and) "he has his own distinctive verve and expressiveness". Inspired by America's new journalism, he has also written articles for different newspapers, including ''
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History Th ...
,'' ''
Frankfurter Rundschau The ''Frankfurter Rundschau'' (FR) is a German daily newspaper, based in Frankfurt am Main. It is published every day but Sunday as a city, two regional and one nationwide issues and offers an online edition (see link below) as well as an e-p ...
'', ''Stern'', and essays for ''
Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. Histo ...
'' and ''
Norddeutscher Rundfunk Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; ''Northern German Broadcasting'') is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, M ...
''. In 1965, he screened his short film '' Noch und Nöcher'' (with Iris Berben) at the
Berlinale The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
. But his actual artist's departure was in 1968. Instead of a normal academic final degree, he founded the first Internationale Walter Benjamin Gesellschaft in Hamburg. Its purpose: to promote Benjamin into a global prototype of theory of revolutionary change beside
Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...
, and to connect Benjamin's insights with the mass phenomenon of pop music. From his first docentship at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in 1971, through his 2014 book ''Wo sind wir, wenn wir im Bilde sind?'' (Where Are We When We Are In The Picture?) he has always been concerned with the freedom, power, and variety of imagination. Between the 1970s and 1980s almost every child knew him as "Zaubertramp" because of his conjuring performances all over the country, his appearances in TV shows like Sesamstrasse and others, and because his children's book, which he illustrated himself, became a bestseller. He also developed a performance art, about which
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History Th ...
No. 32, 04. August 1978 wrote: "In his person are blended jugglery, poetry, standup theater, and self-expression into a kind of entertainment that is really based on a colloquy with the audience". As a solo artist who presented almost two-hour performances at thousands of cabarets, street and folk festivals, he also appeared at the top theatres, opera houses, and art museums in Germany, which earned him the nickname "Totalkünstler" (total artist). Since the turn of the 21st century, he has concentrated more and more on freely spoken lectures which include distinctive performance art elements.


Performances and expositions


Group shows (selection)

* 1986 ''Diogenes Synopse — ein paar Radischen'' at Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 05.-08. 1986. * 1987 ''Wenn Elefanten sich treffen, kommt einiges Gewicht zusammen'', with En Esch, Jacques Sehy and Udo Sturm at Staatsoper Hamburg, 1987. * 1988 ''Graphik, Collagen, Multiples'', Galerie Kammer, Hamburg


Solo shows (selection)

* 1988 ''Arbeiten auf Papier'', Kunst Büro Berlin 1988. * 1988 ''Sympathy for Piano und Pump'', Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin 1988 * 2002: ''Phantombild des Paradoxen'' (Composite Sketch of Paradoxy), performance lecture in celebration of the 450-anniversary of the
Philipps-Universität Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...
2002. * 2008: Guest Poet on ''Ringelnatz-Sommer'', Kulturhistorisches Museum, Wurzen * 2015: ''Rilke — Reise, Rausch und Rose'', Rilke-Soiré, 14. 03. 2015 Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Maison Heinrich Heine, Paris. * 2017: ''Sich die Freiheit nehmen. Über die Bilderfinderin Hannah Höch'' (Taking Freedom. About the Image-inventress Hannah Höch), lecture-performance at Galerie St. Gertrude, Hamburg 2017.


Translating

In the '70s, Neutert began translations from English into German, and since living in New York in 1980, he has also translated works from German into English, In 2013, at the
Leipzig Book Fair The Leipzig Book Fair (german: Leipziger Buchmesse) is the second largest book fair in Germany after the Frankfurt Book Fair. The fair takes place annually over four days at the Leipzig Trade Fairground in the northern part of Leipzig, Saxony. ...
, during a public reading at "Leipzig liest" Neutert provided insights into his greatest private passion project—translating
Gottfried Benn Gottfried Benn (2 May 1886 – 7 July 1956) was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1951. Biography and work Family and beginnings Go ...
’s poetry adequately to preserve his linguistic innovations as well as his poetic sound.


Publications


Anthologies

* 1999: ''Dompteur des flüchtigen Augenblicks'', in: Martin Pudenz: ''Selbst''. Umschau/Braus Verlag, Heidelberg 1999. * 2000: ''
Shigeru Ban Biography
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. Ein sanfter Revolutionär'' (A Soft Revolutionary), in: ''Shigeru Ban Architects/Paper Tube Architecture — 10 Works 1990-2000''. Galerie Kammer, Architektur und Kunst, Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2000. . * 2004: ''Das Abwesende, das stets anwesend ist. Die Beunruhigungsfigur des Denkens'', in: ''Ruhm, Tod und Unsterblichkeit. Über den Umgang mit der Endlichkeit''. Hrsg. von Konrad Paul Lissmann, Philosophicum Lech, Bd.7, Paul Zsolnay Verlag Wien, 2004, . * 2006: ''Aus der Stille. Eine Antwort auf Friedrich Hölderlin'' (From the silence. A response to Friedrich Hölderlin), in: ''Vom Wesentlichen zur Substanz'', Bad Driburg, 2006. * 2014 ''Fahrradspaß. Geschichten und Gedichte''. Selected by Alexander Kluy. Reclam Verlag Stuttgart 2014, .


Editing

* 1968: "Nathias-Neutert-Magazin", Nr. 1, 18. Oktober 1968, Cicero Presse, Hamburg. * 1971: ''Spielen'', Vorwort Bazon Brock, Kunstverein Hamburg 1971. * 1980: Natias Neutert: ''Foolnotes'', Very Best German Poems. Bilingual Edition, Smith Gallery, Soho New York 1980. * 1989: ''Der fremde Blick'', Kunst mit Fotografie. Faksimile-Mappe mit 12 einliegenden Blättern von
Joseph Beuys Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art mov ...
, Rolf Dieter Brinkmann,
Jürgen Klauke Jürgen Klauke (born 6 September 1943) is a German artist. Beginning in the 1960s, he used his own body as a subject of his photographs. He also experimented with minimalism and surrealism. The ZKM in Karlsruhe exhibits his work.
,
Yves Klein Yves Klein (; 28 April 1928 – 6 June 1962) was a French artist and an important figure in post-war European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany. Klein ...
,
Urs Lüthi Urs Lüthi (born 10 September 1947 in Kriens) is a Swiss conceptual artist who attended the School of Applied Arts in Zurich. Noted for using his body and alter ego as the subject of his artworks, he has worked in photography, sculpture, perform ...
, Sigmar Polke et al. Edition Boa Vista, Hamburg 1989.


Monographies

* 1971: Nathias Neutert: ''Bausteine für eine polyästhetische Erziehung'' (Building Blocks for a Polyesthetic Education). Fachhochschule für Gestaltung, Hamburg 1971. * Nathias Neutert: »
Adorno Theodor W. Adorno ( , ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, psychologist, musicologist, and composer. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical ...
ist tot. Der von uns verschiedene Philosoph". Pozzo Press, Hamburg 1971, * 1976: Nathias Neutert: ''100 Tricks und Zaubereien'', 1st edition in 1976, 10th edition in 1993. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei
Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
, . * 1977: Nathias Neutert: ''Was ist und was sein soll'', Edition Pozzo Press, Karlsruhe 1977. * 1982: Natias Neutert: ''You Can Make Magic'', Angus & Robertson, London/Canberra 1982. . * 2014: Natias Neutert: ''Wo sind wir, wenn wir im Bilde sind? Über Differenziale der Einbildungskraft''. Lilienstaub & Schmidt, Berlin 2014, .


Bibliography (selection)

* Christa Sobe: ''Ein zaubernder Literat'' (A Conjuring Littérateur) in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Feuilleton, 09.05.1978. * Michael Buselmeier: ''Klaun'' (Fool) in:
Theater heute ''Theater heute'' (German: ''Theatre Today'') is a German language monthly magazine with a special focus on theatre. The magazine is based in Berlin, Germany, and has been in circulation since 1960. History and profile ''Theater heute'' was foun ...
, vol 6, Juni 1981, p. 68. * Elisabeth Rumpf: ''Das Ein-Mensch-Theater'' (The
One-Mensch-Theater Ein-Mensch-Theater (german: Mensch, links=no "human being") is a German expression for a traveling theater, within the owner is writer, director, stage designer, performer and sometimes even his own tour manager in one person. Origin The term ...
), in: ''Zur Person''
Die Welt ''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. ''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allg ...
Nr. 55, 06. 03. 1981. * Manfred Sack: ''Musikalische Performance. Piano und Pumpe'' in:
Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History Th ...
no 40, 30. 09. 1988.


See also

* Boa Vista (literary magazine) *
Pop journalism Pop journalism (German: Popjournalismus) is a form of journalism, that appeared under the influence of the American New Journalism in the mid-60s in Germany and coined the writing right down to the literature. This was most evident in Jörg Fauser ...
*
Sympathy (music) Sympathy (Greek language, Greek συμπάθεια (sympatheia), from σύν (syn) "together" and πάθος (pathos) "passion", in this case an affection) is a short piece of instrumental, music, a type of bagatelle (music), bagatelle, that at the ...


References


External links

* * *''Natias Neutert: Selbst als Bär'' by Dagmar Weiss {{DEFAULTSORT:Neutert, Natias Alternative theatre German-language poets German male non-fiction writers German translators English translators Cultural critics People from Nowa Sól People from the Province of Lower Silesia Artists from Hamburg Artists from Berlin 1941 births Living people