Cultural asset Haus Nottbeck

If you look it up in the Duden dictionary, ‘PIPIFAX’ stands for ‘nonsense and rubbish’ – and that is exactly what Erwin Grosche has been doing on stage for 50 years, hiding touching philosophical thoughts and earnest insights within all the nonsense. He often has a little tune on his lips whilst accompanying himself on a blue children’s accordion or children’s piano. Sometimes it’s about something he’s good at, sometimes he sings an ode to poppy seed cake, which drives him to strange thoughts. And as if that weren’t enough, he plays the accordion with his double chin! You really can’t ask for more. Unless, of course, a miracle were to happen: the miraculously resurrected garden waste bag.

There is a flair for language and linguistic wit, there are intelligent double meanings rather than shallow ambiguities, there is a talent for lovingly portraying human weaknesses and making the audience laugh without ridiculing others. What a treat. This is humour taken to the fifth dimension. The multi-award-winning cabaret artist and performer has received, among others, the German Cabaret Award and the Prix Pantheon.

Heinrich Schürmann is a stroke of luck for Low German dialect poetry. He

it with a unique facet: visual poetry. Added to this is an unmistakable

playfulness, a kind of subtle humour that is rarely found in modern Low German

German literature. His uninhibited engagement with the

history of literature and art is a distinctive feature of Schürmann’s work. ‘Pop Art in

Platt – this didn’t exist in this form until Heinrich Schürmann simply gave it a go,

then put it into practice and perfected it with the help of computer graphics programmes.’

With the exhibition ‘Heinrich Schürmann: Min Platt. Visual Poetry – Experiments

– Collages’, the Kulturgut Haus Nottbeck, in collaboration with the Rotten-

dorf Foundation is already presenting its third outdoor exhibition, which focuses on a particular aspect of

Low German literature. The result is a representative

overview of the multifaceted body of work by the Clarholz-based author and visual artist, whose

literary work combines experimentation, wordplay and regional identity.

An exhibition by the Rottendorf Foundation in collaboration with the Kulturgut Haus

Nottbeck

Heinrich Schürmann is a stroke of luck for Low German dialect poetry. He enriches it with a unique facet: visual poetry. Added to this is an unmistakable mischievousness, a kind of subtle humour that is rarely found in modern Low German literature. His uninhibited approach to literary and art history is also a distinctive feature of Schürmann’s work. “Pop art in Low German – that didn’t exist in this form until Heinrich Schürmann simply gave it a go, then put it into practice and perfected it with the help of computer graphics programmes.”

With the exhibition ‘Heinrich Schürmann. Min Platt. Visual Poetry – Experiments – Collages’, the Kulturgut Haus Nottbeck, in collaboration with the Rottendorf Foundation, is presenting its third outdoor exhibition to date, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of Low German literature. The result is a representative overview of the multifaceted body of work by the Clarholz-based author and visual artist, whose literary oeuvre combines experimentation, wordplay and regional identity.

The feminist linguist Luise F. Pusch was born in 1944 and grew up with her single mother in East Westphalia. From 1963, she studied English, Latin and general linguistics in Hamburg. As a lesbian woman in a homophobic society, she endured many traumatic and violent experiences. At the same time, she pursued a successful academic career, received various scholarships and awards, and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in 2025. She has been publishing books since 1981; her latest book, *Gegen das Schweigen. Meine etwas andere Kindheit und Jugend* (*Against Silence: My Somewhat Different Childhood and Youth*), was published in 2022.

On the new edition of the autobiography by the feminist linguist and author.

In cooperation with Aviva Verlag (Berlin) and Bergmann bookshop (Rietberg)

An introduction to the exhibition ‘Heinrich Schürmann: Min Platt. Visual Poetry – Experiments – Collages’ by curator Walter Gödden, followed by a reading by Georg Bühren and the actor Hermann Fischer entitled ‘Sound Images and Miniatures’. Alongside Heinrich Schürmann’s poems, which are crafted using the techniques of visual art, printmaking and typography, others make an impact through their pure phonetic quality and minimalist presentation – everyday situations, snippets of conversation, anecdotal exchanges between ‘ick’ (I) and ‘dou’ (you). Visitors can then gain a deeper insight into Heinrich Schürmann’s ‘
’ work during a guided tour of the exhibition.

An exhibition by the Rottendorf Foundation in collaboration with Kulturgut Haus Nottbeck.