Poetry Slam de Luxe’15 goes LUGA

Bilingual. Sustainable. Unforgettable.Poetic, political and poignant – this year’s Poetry Slam de
Luxe’15 brings together some of the best slammers and slam duos from Germany,
Austria, Switzerland and the Congo to touch, move and stir audiences with their
texts.In German and French, these linguistic artists tackle the
major issues of our time: climate justice, environmental protection and
sustainability.Sebastian
Rabsahl, alias Sebastian 23, is a best-selling author, poetry slammer, trained
philosopher and guitarist. In 2008, he won the individual competition title at
the German-language Poetry Slam Championships. Rabsahl has appeared on comedy
and cabaret stages, in mixed shows and on German television programmes such as
TV total and WDR Poetry Slam.Fann
Attiki was born in 1992 in Pointe-Noire, Congo. In 2011, he fell in love with
poetry when he unwittingly attended a slam workshop organised by the
Association du Styl’Oblique Congo while wandering around the lobby of the
French Institute with the sole aim of staving off boredom on a seemingly
endless afternoon. He moved to Brazzaville in 2016, where he devoted himself to
writing and theatre, joined a book club and ran slam workshops. With his book “Cave
72”, he won the 2021 ‘Voix d’Afriques’ literary prize.Lisa Rothhardt and Christoph Steiner founded the poetry slam
team ‘Tommy und Annika’ in 2023 and, in the same year, became the first
Austrian team to win the German-language poetry slam championships in Bochum.
In Bielefeld in 2024, they successfully defended their title with a
breathtaking performance.Kandid has been performing on the Swiss slam scene in
Geneva, Lausanne and Neuchâtel for almost a year now, where he has been
diligently honing his words and his approach to the stage. A father, lawyer and
winner of public speaking competitions, he draws his inspiration from everyday
life, people and the moment. In May 2025, he won the Pommier de Neuchâtel
tournament and was catapulted to the title of French-speaking Swiss champion,
spurring him on to further hone his writing and stage presence in order to do
justice to his future audiences. In July 2025, he teamed up with fellow
students from Strasbourg and won the team competition at the first edition of
the Grand Slammerstein in Mulhouse.Presentation: Sarah Andjelkovic, Bob Reinert