The Munich house of literature is 1. July, live on the air – Tenor Rolando Villazón, the new Studio opens. We have looked around in the "Studio Salvatorplatz".

one goes to the third floor of the house of literature, feels a bit as if you would burst in a TV talk show: an LED wall, in front of chairs, TV cameras, professional Studio lighting. You know this room is quite different. For example, if 300 people sitting in it, tightly, recently, for example, in a reading of British author Jonathan Coe. That was three months ago. Since then, the hall is empty, Corona-related. Because it may also be in the next few months, not a Bang, full of events and more, there is a new concept: literature fans will be able to unlock soon for five euros online.

Rolando Villazón sets his novel, "Amadeus on the bike" before

The prelude to an Opera singer Rolando Villazón makes – he puts on 1. July his novel "Amadeus on the bike", a tribute to Mozart. The Corona-rules: mask and distance during the whole Evening duty, only 50 people are allowed to be there. "We briefly thought, until the end of the year, no readings more to offer," says Tanja Graf, 58, Head of the literature house. It is dependent on the entrance fees to pay the authors fees. "If only 50 people are allowed to come, we lose money," she explains.

Easy to stop but that would have been a wrong character, finds count. "We wanted to signal to both our audience as well as the authors: It goes on!" And how it should go, knew Jo Kieker, 54 – because its industry is in Distress. Kieker is an event technician, equips congresses, fairs and Open-Air concerts with cameras, LED walls and trusses. At the beginning of March but were cancelled all events until the end of August. "We have a warehouse of nearly 600 square meters, with more expensive technology, we could suddenly not anymore," says Kieker. "But costs such as rent and Leasing continue to run." On the site of another company for event technology are still all in the same location. "We thought: What could bring us in this Situation forward?"

The hall of the house of literature is now called "the Studio of Salvator space"

The solution: a room in which you can broadcast Events online. Kieker is in charge of the house of literature for small deals. "The room has the perfect size," says Kieker. "So I thought to ask de what's going on in the room." And Tanja Graf laughed – there was nothing going on in the house of literature.

Up to now. "The Studio of Salvator space", so the hall is now on the third floor. Starting next week, not only readings, but also Live Broadcasts of press conferences, Webcasts and product presentations. "Normally we would charge rent for the space," says Graf, "but so everyone can benefit".

+ Tanja Graf, house of literature-Boss, and event technician Jo Kieker want from 1. July live send.©Catherina Hess/house of literature

Now literature fans from all over the world can be when authors present their works. The technology is there. "Actually, a reading is a shared experience," says Graf. "A small room full of literary avid, the audience loves it." The Whole live from the Moment. Even more important, a professional Transfer is therefore. "We believe that there is a great difference whether we record a reading simply, or whether we can provide a Streaming experience that is so professional that we can take the money for it." Five euros a Ticket Online. Graf is convinced that "culture can not only be in vain." The new concept will have a lot of advantages. About the LED-wall film sequences are recorded, you could unlock also writers from other countries. And the Online audience could ask from home questions.

Rolando Villazón had registered guests from Budapest and Berlin. "Clearly, Villazón has as an international Opera singer Fans," says Graf. "We hope now, of course, that we can reach more people in the future than the 300, which would have fitted otherwise." As long as the concept remains, it is not yet clear – but it awaken to new opportunities, says Tanja Graf.

Date Of Update: 23 June 2020, 09:35