Eugen Gomringer (*1925 in Cachuela Esperanza, Bolivia, †2025 in Bamberg) is regarded as the founder of Concrete Poetry. He studied economics and art history in Bern and Rome, founded the magazine “Spirale” with Dieter Roth and Marcel Wyss in 1953 and was Max Bill’s secretary at the Ulm School of Design from 1954 to 1958.
The documentary MIT DEM GEIST DES KONKRETEN. Eugen Gomringer und Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart by Ralph Goertz and Prof. Dr. Stefan Lüddemann was made in 2023 on behalf of the Stiftung Kunst.Konkret.Konstruktiv – Vordemberge-Gildewart, funded by the Sievert-Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Kultur (43 min., German).
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