TEXT MATTERS. MATTERS OF TEXT 2026

Ein anderes Leben ist möglich

Participatory Stage Discussion: Tia Morgen × Daniela Seel

Tia Morgen (b. 1991), an author and director, explores the ambivalence of intimacy, desire, and power in her writing, radio plays, and on Instagram. Her most recent work is the audio drama “NIXE” (2025). Her debut novel “Was wir lieber für uns behalten” will be published next year.

Daniela Seel (* 1974), poet and translator, founded the publishing house kookbooks in 2003 with book designer Andreas Töpfer—a “laboratory for poetry as a way of life”—and is a co-founder of the writers’ association PEN Berlin. Her latest work is the long poem “Nach Eden” (2024).

The KLINGSPOR MUSEUM explores the linguistic and cultural multilingualism of our time through an analog aesthetic. With more than 80,000 artist books, posters, tapestries, and calligraphic works, it serves as a living archive representing “matters of text.”

PRÄPOSITION was born as a literary space on the internet and today seeks a multimedia, anti-capitalist presentation of text and language. Its non-profit commitment, as well as the commitment of the OFFENBACH UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN as a learning space for transdisciplinary artistic and design work, form the enduring imperative that brings this festival to life for the third time: text matters.