Rike Scheffler (*1985) is a poet, musician and artist creating work at the intersection of language and music. Her work varies from poetry and poetical essays for publication in journals and anthologies (e.g. World Literature Today, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2013-2019, Edit, Bella Triste, Monopol Magazine) to readings, concerts and performances (some solo, some with fellow musicians) as well as sonic ecosystems and spacial installations. As a live performer, she uses her voice, loop station, effect pedals and synthesizer, to create immersive realities challenging common perceptions.
Scheffler has studied Psychology in Berlin and Literary Writings in Leipzig. She has received various scholarships (inter alia, by the Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, the Berlin Academy of Arts, the Goethe Institute, the artists’ houses Edenkoben and Schreyahn) and has performed at festivals around the globe. Her poetry collection der rest ist resonanz (kookbooks, 2014) won the Orphil Debut Prize for political and avant-garde writing. Her works have been translated into Czech, English, Spanish and Slovenian.
She is a member of the Berlin KOOK e.V., a literature, music and artist network that develops and realizes reading series, festivals and exhibitions, and often collaborates with other artists such as Daniela Seel, Mette Moestrup, Mihret Kebede, the Sound Virtuosos Claudio Puntin and Ólafur Elíasson’s Institute for Spacial Experiments. raumexperimente.net/de/participant/rike-scheffler/
She also gives workshops on poetry, voice, analogue live looping & performance, most recently at the Treffen junger Autor*innen at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and as a guest in Robert Lippok’s seminar Experiments in Future of Performing & Producing at NYU Berlin.