INTRODUCTION

stage ocw invited the rotterdam writer-poet lodewijk ouwens to compose crimmp_26. _together with a team of curators he programmed two evenings with each its specific theme and pool of contributors. _title of the meetings, scheduled on friday evening 23rd and saturday evening 24th february 2018, is:

THE ALCHEMY OF THE WORD

alchemy: mix high-grade ingredients,
add energy
look what happens

poetry manifests itself in many forms: in words, music, theater, images, performances, experiment and interaction

who is the creator, who's the spectator?