Bin vollendet

At its center is a fictional dialogue between the East German underground artist Frank Lanzendörfer (flanzendörfer), who died in 1988, and the Berlin author Willi van Hengel.


Lanzendörfer, a poet from the Prenzlauer Berg scene in the GDR who was persecuted by the Stasi, is brought back to life through the voices of Magnus Tautz and van Hengel and Tobias Breyer's electronic compositions. The project combines historical reappraisal with contemporary artistic innovation and creates a new form of literary communication.


Flanzendörfer, as Frank Lanzendörfer (1962–1988) called himself, was a subversive poet and filmmaker in the GDR. His poems revolve around the “lump” in his stomach, his head, his heart, using words that are sometimes angular, sometimes subtle. Until the very end, Flanzendörfer is unable to break down “the aches and pains” – and he finds no place where he can find peace with himself and his struggle with the demon. All that remains for him to finally redeem himself is to escape into the illusion of his childhood dream: just under a year before the fall of the Berlin Wall, he jumps from a 50-meter-high fire watchtower near Bernau.


Willi van Hengel seeks to encounter Flanzendorf's creations of words and thoughts in this work of linguistic art with his own text fragments and lyrical prose miniatures, the so-called “Wunderblöcke” (miracle blocks).


Magnus Tautz has arranged this audiobook in precisely this spirit: as an encounter between two kindred poets who have not (yet) found their place in life and in the world.


Tobias Breyer has enveloped the dialogue between the two poets in his music with a unique tapestry of sound, allowing it to unfold.


Willi van Hengel, born in Oberbruch in 1963, studied philosophy, German language and literature, and political science in Bonn. After completing his master's degree on Friedrich Nietzsche and Jacques Derrida (which remained his life's theme), he began writing and published his first novel, Lucile (written from a woman's perspective), in 2006. This was followed in 2008 by his second novel, Morbus vitalis, and finally the poetry collection Wunderblöcke (2010). In the meantime, love drew him to Berlin's White Lake, where his two plays, De Janeiro (2018) and flanzendörfer (2021), premiered. In 2022, he published the novel Dieudedet oder sowas wie eine Schneeflocke (Dieudedet or Something Like a Snowflake). In 2024, he released his first audiobook together with Magnus Tautz: “Wir werden über die Einfachheit unserer Liebe staunen” (We Will Marvel at the Simplicity of Our Love). In 2025, van Hengel published the novel “Entstellung des Gesichts. Eine Verirrung” (Disfigurement of the Face. An Aberration) and his second audiobook (together with Tobias Breyer and Magnus Tautz): “Keiner Lippen Winter schweigt. Zweischneidiges Selbst – bin vollendet” (No One's Lips Winter is Silent. Double-Edged Self – I am Complete).
Van Hengel earns his living as an editor for several publishing houses and in the German Bundestag.


Tobias Breyer, born in 1973, studied applied arts and has been working successfully as a founder and entrepreneur in the field of marketing and business development for many years. Musically, Tobias Breyer has been involved with electronic music since 2014. He is a member of the basement band “Goldene Gitarren” and has been releasing his own works under the stage name “SoulOverFlow” since 2020. He was responsible for the conception and implementation of the musical design for the symphonic drama “Keiner Lippen Winter schweigt” (No One's Lips Are Silent in Winter). His challenge was to underscore the powerful text fragments with sound and to create a balance between literature and music. In addition to music, Breyer is also dedicated to photography, graphic design, and painting. He has been working for several years as a holistic coach with a focus on hypnosis and NLP.


Magnus Tautz, born in 1968, studied German language and literature and theology in Erfurt and Berlin, works as a teacher in Brandenburg, and lives in Berlin. He has published poetry and short stories in anthologies and magazines, including “poesiealbum.” He is a member of the Society for Contemporary Poetry (GZL) and stages his own texts and songs in theater projects. Since 2017, he has been a member of the cabaret group “Die Lehrkörper” and, as a musician, part of the basement band “Die goldenen Gitarren.”
Together with Willi van Hengel, Magnus Tautz released the audiobook “Wir werden über die Einfachheit unserer Liebe staunen” (We Will Marvel at the Simplicity of Our Love) in 2024.