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Rules of the game.
An international epitaph is to be created in honour of Gertrude Stein,
who died on 27 July 1946.
The subject prescribed for this international epitaph is the last (No.
LXXXIII) of the Stanzas in meditation ("Why am I if I am...").
We are looking for textual, audio and grafic elaborations of the theme.
The texts should, like the prescribed stanza, consist of fourteen lines/verses.
The last verse must read: These stanzas are done. It is left to the individual
author wether he/she follow the structure of the prescribed stanza by Gertrude
Stein (diminishing/increasing length of line, rhymes, etc.) or react to
other texts of the Epitaph in free association. The text should at any
event be written in the author's mother tongue and if possible accompanied
by the rough translation or a free version in German.
The audio creations must for technical reasons be noted in letters. Graphic
contributions should not exceed to format 30 x 30 cm.
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