Animated Poems

Those of us who are in Berlin explored and expressed our needs, wishes, hopes and criticism through poetry.

In response to Maya Angelou’s poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me“ (1978), the poet Tanasgol Sabbagh supported us to produce our own texts.

Process

We asked questions about the things that scare us but also what makes us strong enough to deal with those fears.

First we wrote poems in which we confronted our personal fears under the title “Nichts im Leben macht mir Angst” (Nothing in Life Frightens Me).
Then we worked on our personal wishes and desires, starting with the words “Ich wünsche mir einen Ort…” (I wish for a Place…).
Then we recorded our poems as audios.

You can listen to our voices and read the texts’ translations in English below. Instead of using our real names, we preferred to invent pseudonyms so we made up names for ourselves.

Animated poetry

Some of us animated our poems as short films in a workshop led by Zoltan Kunckel using Trickmisch.

You can see our impressive results below.

Instead of using our real names, we preferred to invent pseudonyms, so we made up names for ourselves.

I wish for a place...

BY BERGHERO

I wish for a happy life.

A life in which I’m not annoyed.

I WISH FOR A PLACE ...

BY SUNNYBOY & MURAT

Like Paris with a villa and my family

Like Madrid: soccer, Ancelotti, Arda Güler

Like Dubai: where a ketchup costs about €10, a beautiful city, a rich country, golden steaks, Nusret, golden Baklava, everything is gold

Golden cars: Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley, RS Coupé Audi, Bugatti Chiron

Like Turkey: there is the sea, the real sea, it is healthy, there is salt water, salt water is healthy, Baklava, Turkish bazaar, I can buy Gucci and Balenciaga for only 50 cents, mosque, Bodrum is awesome because the sea and the hotels are the best here

Like Saudi Arabia: there is Mecca, there are nice dates, Shawarma, the weather is always hot

Like Bosnia: Zdravo, Ćevapčići

Soccer pitches everywhere, no matter where.

Nothing in life scares me

BY SINAN

Fear of heights

Fucked up

Lies

Nothing in life scares me

fear

Victoria Berlin / Füchse Berlin

1:1

Penalty kick

For Victoria Berlin

Last action

I am the goalkeeper

he shoots, I jump, touched the ball with my foot and it rolls into the goal

Nothing in life scares me

I wish for a place

BY SINAN

that I play at Real Madrid.

I wish for a place,

that is like home.

I wish for a place

where there are many moments.

I wish for a place

where there is a lot of gold.

I wish for

infinite water

Nothing in life scares me

BY ALI B

Fear of heights

Bundestag dome, hiking in the mountains.

Nothing in life scares me

I WISH FOR A PLACE

BY ALI B

here there are lots of friends.

I wish for a place

where I can pray.

I wish for a place

at the soccer field.

Animated poems

Process