Brasiers & Brassières

You will find the answers to these questions on the evening of ‘Brasiers et brassières’, the fiery theme of the literary cabaret of the Réseau des autrices francophones de Berlin, which will take place on 22 February at Lettrétage. The programme includes texts inspired by this theme and written with great passion by various authors from the network, as well as musical performances by Ann Gaspe and Rock élégant. The evening will be moderated by Neïtah Janzing, the current director of the network, and Delphine de Stoutz.

The evening will be in French, and the texts will be available in German.

Ann Gaspe (Agnès Guipont) is a Franco-Berlinese author, musician and
actress whose work is influenced by poetry and theatre. Based in Berlin since 2002, the poet and singer has participated in numerous theatre productions and worked as a co-author, musician and sound artist. She is working on a musical adaptation of the 24 sonnets by Louise Labé. She is a founding member of the network of French-speaking authors Réseau des autrices francophones de Berlin e.V.

Rock élégant is an all-female indie trio from Berlin. In their original songs, mostly performed in French, Quebecers Elizabeth Grenier (guitar, vocals) and Karine Simard (bass, vocals) celebrate the power of existential humour.
With Japanese drummer Miho Shimomura, a third voice is added, making the
garage-lofi sound of this band even more elegant. Their first album, "Tu
arrives à point", was released in 2024.

Neïtah Janzing is a German-Quebecois artist. After arriving in Berlin in 2019,
she joined the network of French-speaking authors in Berlin, with whom she
has realised several projects, including reading stages, events and text workshops. At the end of 2021, she founded the U8 Kollektiv with author Laurence ErmacoVa, a literary collective that aims to give poetry a place in public space.
In 2022, Janzing was a resident at Stadt.Land.Text and in the artists' village of Schöppingen (North Rhine-Westphalia), where she wrote postcards to unknown people. Nature, memory, people and the unfamiliar are among her favourite themes. Paper materials, photography, rituals and text work are her preferred means of expression.

Delphine de Stoutz *1976, Évian-les-Bains, France. Delphine de Stoutz is a
writer, dramaturge and literary mediator. She is one of the founders of the
Network of French-speaking Women Writers in Berlin (abbreviated to Réseau des Autrices) and the ‘Hôtel des Autrices’, an award-winning and internationally recognised German-French programme for digital residencies and publications. Her first novel, ‘Adult(R)’, was published in 2018. Her work revolves around heterolinguistics, post-patriarchal language and literature outside the book. Delphine de Stoutz has lived in Berlin since 2008.