I began working as a freelance writer and translator in the 1980s, devising and adapting texts for theatre and performance projects. From 1998 until 2009 I was co-director of the Western Front Publications Program and editor of FRONT magazine, and from 2011 to 2019 editor of Dance Central. I served as guest editor of Candian Theatre Review and as contributor/editor for several publications on contemporary interdisciplinary art practices, and continue to work as a translator in both directions between English and German.
Writing, Editing
and Translation
Imaginary volumes occasioned by the incomprehensible allure of soccer,
Unplayable, Essay on Grass, Flaunting It, Autoeroticism in Soccer, Scrounged: Mass Sports in the Era of Neoliberalism, Roundings, Polemic towards a Theory of Cultural Valuation
Visual Poetry, Notional and Other Writing
THE WORLD IS EVERYTHING THAT IS THE CASE
Performance Text, Augmented Reality Project,
Radix Theatre, 2025
BEING COUPLAND
Short Film Script, Radix Theatre, 2019
ENISLING
Ontologies of Confinement. Notional Book Project and Intervention.
Presented through The Gabriola Institute of Contemporary Art, 2013
https://issuu.com/gabriolainstitute/docs/enlising
THE SELF/INCRIMINATION FORM
IN:THE LAST VISPO (An Anthology of Visual Poetry (2012)
edited by Crag Hill & Nico Vassilakis, Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, USA
BODIES IN ARTICULATED SPACES
Essay for Dance Aesthetics: Space, Kaija Pepper, Ed.
The Dance Centre, Vancouver, 2012
ACOUSTIC CARTOGRAPHY: PERFORMING THE MAP
Commissioned by the Western Front New Music Program, 2012
Essay on the Acoustic Cartography Project (UBC, SFU, Western Front)
GUIDE TO SUCCESS
Ready-Made Poem, published as part of THE ENPIPE LINE, Christine Leclerc, Ed., 70,000+ kilometres of poetry in resistance to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal, Creekstone Press, Smithers, 2012
ISBN 978-0-9783195-6-4
THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Commission for CBC Living Out Loud and The Deep Wireless Festival of Radio Art, Toronto >> 2010
EAR | NOSE | THROAT
Libretto, Commissioned by Gamelan Madu Sari, 2009
English and German Version performed at the 21st International Paper Theatre Festival in Preetz, Germany
Special Thanks to the Canada Council Theatre Section
FOR THE LOVE OF FISH
Radio Play/Audio Performance
performed with the Deep Wireless Ensemble: Chantal Dumas, Debashis Sinha, Kathleen Kajioka, Andreas Kahre,
Deep Wireless Festival of Radio Art, Toronto, 2008
SEMAR'S JOURNEY
A Contemporary Shadowplay, Libretto: The Cave, Michael O'Neill, Composer
Commissioned by Gamelan Madu Sari, Canada Council For the Arts, 2007
COUNTDOWN / AIR
Two Playlets, Adaptations for the Text for 'Transit Lounge'
Theatre at UBC, 2007
THE LINEAR ANIMAL
Paper Theatre / New Media Performance, Western Front, Lulu, 2007
SHELTER THEORY
written as part of the "Transit Lounge" Project. With Anosh Irani, Kendra Fanconi, Conrad Alexandrovitsch, Rachel Ditor and Ami Gladstone,
Theatre at UBC, 2005
ASSEMBLY
Co-Writer, with Andrew Laurenson, Billy Marchenski, Emilia Symingon Fedy and Katy Harris McLeod
Radix Theatre, Vancouver, 2004
THE IKEA PLAYS
Writer, Co-Director, Performed as 'The Swedish Play'
Radix Theatre, Vancouver, 2001
BOX | BOX2
Co-Writer, Co-Director, Graphic Design
Radix Theatre, Vancouver, 1998
A CONCISE HISTORY OF DRUMMING
Interdisciplinary Performance
Co-produced by Rumble Theatre, Western Front, Vancouver, (1990/1994)
Critical Writing
THE AESTHETICS OF DISAPPOINTMENT
by Andreas Kahre and Heidi Taylor, published in
COLLISION: Interarts Practice and Research
Editor: David Cecchetto, Nancy Cuthbert, Julie Lassonde and Dylan Robinson. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008.
ISBN: 1-4438-0031-7
ARMS-LENGTH CALCULUS
Policy Matters,:Administrations of Art and Culture
by Clive Robertson, YYZ BOOKS (2006)
Contributor: Arms–Length Calculus, Artists Project
L'ESPACE TRAVERSÉ
Interdisciplinary Art Practice, 2001
Editors: Guy Laramee, Bernhard Schutze, Andreas Kahre.
Editions d'Art Le Sabord, ISBN: 1-4438-0031-7
FALSE FRONTS
Reinventing the politics of collectivity in the age of institutionalized art:
Six essays explore issues of governance and disciplinary discourse in artist-run centres. Notional publication. Gabriola Institute of Contemporary Art, 2014.
A typical Canadian Artist-run Centre. Photo: A. Kahre, 2009
BEHIND THE SCENES
Contemporary Set Design,by Phoebe Adler and Tom Howell
including THE IKEA PLAYS (performed as 'The Swedish Play') by Andreas Kahre, with the Radix Collective, Black Dog Press, London, 2014
ISBN: 1907317740
Editing
DANCE CENTRAL
Editor, Art Director, (2011 - 2019)
Bi-mothly publication by The Dance Centre, Vancouver, focusing on contemporary dance and dance theatre, performance theory and movement-based art practice. For back issues, please see: https://issuu.com/search?q=dance%20central
TECHNOLOGY, NATURE, SOFTWARE AND NETWORKS:
Materializing the Post-Romantic Landscape
by Chris Welsby, Andreas Kahre ed.
Leonardo Journal, MIT PRESS,
Volume 44, Number 2, April 2011, pp. 101-106 (Article)
EXPANDED CINEMA: Activating the Space of Reception
An essay by Chris Welsby, Andreas Kahre, ed.
Published in Expanded Cinema: An Anthology,
Tate Modern Gallery, London, UK, 2011
FRONT Magazine
Published by the Western Front Artist-run Centre, Vancouver,
Editor/Art Director 1998-2010 (1998-2000 co-editor with Kerri Embrey)
For some examples from the Wayback Macine, go to: http://web.archive.org/web/20210614032451/https://front.bc.ca/events/tolerances/
For an essay on the magazine's position and role in artist-run culture, see:
FRONT IS NOT A REAL MAGAZINE
by Donato Mancini, 2007
Commissioned Essay for the Western Front's 30th Anniversary, Published online at the Western Front website but currently not available.
CANADIAN THEATRE REVIEW
CTR 129, Sound Design, 2007
Essays on Contemporary Practices in Sound Design
Edited by Andreas Kahre
University of Toronto Press, ISSN: 3398-20983
TRANSMISSIONS
Rumble Productions, Vancouver, Bi-Annual Publication on Performance and New Theatre, Editor/Art Director/Author, 1997-2006
Translations of Critical and Literary Texts
GEORG LUKACS" REIFICATION THEORY
Rüdiger Dannemann, Institute for the Humanities, SFU 2016
BILDER DES ROTEN WIEN
ZUR PREKAEREN SICHTBARKEIT EINES FEHLENDEN VOLKS
by Johan Frederik Hartle (Samir Gandesha, ed.)
Simon Fraser University Centre for the Humantities, UnIversity of Amsterdam, 2012
EIN "OFFENER BRIEF" AUS DEM AMT FüR UNZUSTELLBARE POST AN SIEGFRIED KRACAUER, DEN "WUNDERLICHEN BRIEFSCHREIBER"
Essay by Jerry Zaslove, (David Kettler, ed.)
Bard College Press, New York, 2011
TAKE ME HOME
or: Is it actually (about) singing?
Radio Documentary by Michael Lissek, written for Südwestrundfunk SWR Baden-Baden, Feb 2009
Deep Wireless Conference, Toronto, 2010
PARIAHS AGAINST THEIR WILL
Essay by Dieter Auer, 2007
Adorno and Arendt and Their Experience of Exile,published in Understanding Political Modernity: Comparative Perspectives on Arendt and Adorno, Lars Rensmann/Samir Gandesha, eds., Stanford: Stanford University Press 2011
UNDERWATER
based on 'Unter Wasser', puppet play by Günter Eich,
Adaptation and Translation for Paper Theatre, unpublished, 2006
THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
Essay by Wolf-Dieter Narr
West Coast Line, (ed. Jerry Zaslove), 2003
WOYZECK
Play by Georg Büchner
Translation and Adaptation for Paper Theatre, 1996
Literary Translations in collaboration with Michael Mundhenk
BRAD TOLINSKI: LICHT UND SCHATTEN: Gespräche mit Jimmy Page
German Translation: Michael Mundhenk, Andreas Kahre, Editor, Musical Adviser. Edel Verlag, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-8419-0129-3
MEIN BRUDER, DIE SEE*
by Jack Kerouac
EDEL, HAMBURG, 2011
MERCY AMONG THE CHILDREN*
A Novel by David Adams Richards
Brennendes Eis | Fischer , 2006
CRAZY HORSE*
A Biography by Larry McMurtry
Crazy Horse | Claassen, 2005
HUNTING AND FISHING WITH HEMINGWAY,*
A Biography by Hilary Hemingway & Jeffry P. Lindsay
Fischen und Jagen mit Hemingway | Claassen, 2004
THE ELECTRICAL FIELD*
A Novel by Kerri Sakamoto
Das Echo eines langen Tages | Claassen, 1999
MY BELOVED DEAD*
Novel by Erika de Vasconcelos
Meine geliebten Toten | Claassen, 1999
JACOB'S HANDS*
Novella by Aldous Huxley / Christopher Isherwood
Jakob der Heiler | Ullstein, 1998
MY BROTHER'S BLOOD*
Novel by Michael C. White
Das Blut meines Bruders | Ulstein, 1998
THE JADE PEONY*
Novel by Wayson Choy
Die Pfingstrose aus Jade | Ulsteinm 1997
SCENARIOS IN THE IMAGE SPACE OF REALITY*
Essay by Jeff Wall,
Szenarien im Bildraum der Wirklichkeit.
Essays und Interviews | Verlag der Kunst, 1996
AIM FOR MAXIMUM DIFFICULTY IN WHAT HAS HAPPENED*
by Jasper Johns, Notes from Sketchbooks
"Ziele auf maximale Schwierigkeit dessen, was passiert ist." Interviews, Statements, Skizzenbuchnotizen | Verlag der Kunst, 1996
THE POST OFFICE*
Biographical Novel by Charles Olson
Das Postamt. Eine Erinnerung | Maro, 1995
OBASAN*
Novel by Joy Kogawa
Obasan | Reclam Leipzig, 1993
Technical Translations and Localizations
GOETHE - INSTITUT
VISUAL ART PROJECT FUND, INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
Website Text, Goethe-Institut München, Visual Arts Section, 2023.
GAMES & POLITICS
Exhibition Catalog, Goethe-Institut and ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, 2017.
SSX SNOWBOARDING GAME
Software Localization German, 2000
Electronic Arts Canada, Burnaby, BC
NHL'98
Software Localization German, 1998
EA Sports, Electronic Arts Canada, Burnaby BC
CONTROLVIEW
Software Localization, German, 1992
Dynapro Inc. ( A Divison of Allen Bradley )
New Westminster, BC
THE BLOOD BOOK
Understanding Blood Tests, 1990
by Peter Birkner, (ed. Sue Tauber)
Hartley & Marks Publishers, Vancouver
Dramaturgy and Adaptations
SHOW ON EARTH
Shadowplay Opera by Michael O'Neill
Dramaturgy, 2024
SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE
by Andrew Laurenson, Joy Gong, Anthony Lee, Billy Marchensli and others Dramaturgy, Radix Theatre, 2023
THE PILLAR CLOCK
by Manami Hara
Dramaturgy, 2004
TWO IN THE HEAD THREE IN THE BACK
by Jason Shermann, Production Dramaturgy
Rumble Productions, PI Theatre, 2003
VANUNU
By Camyar Chai,
Dramaturg, Co-Director, Set Design
Rumble Productions/NeWorld Theatre, 2002
X,Y: THE SOLDIER'S TALE
Adaptation for Paper Theatre
Western Front, Adaptation from Ramuz, 2001
TRUTH, OR THE JOURNALS OF JOHN D.
by Guillermo Verdecchia
Production Dramaturgy, Rumble Productions, 2001
WOYZECK
by Georg Büchner
New translation and adaptation for Paper Theatre
Havana Theatre, Vancouver, 2000
PUBLIKUMSBESCHIMPFUNG/OFFENDING THE AUDIENCE
Peter Handke, SFU Theatre, Translation and Adaptation. 1990