Publications

Olivier Herter has published written works in both Dutch and English, and his work has been translated into English and German. Herter has written plays, performance texts, short stories, libretti, poetry and essays.

In his writings Herter presses against the limits of language and the political conditions of form. By doing so,  Herter develops a distinctive body of work: athmospheric, non-linear and non-narrative. Understanding and non-understanding are a key part of his practice. His pieces are immersive, rhythmic and associative compositions, in search of footing in a shifting world.
Published and performed


The Contemporary Text: Anthology (zine, upcoming)
Homecoming (column, 2026)
Counterforces
(essay, 2025)
Dat het was (performance, audio, and text, 2025)
De essenties van Brancusi (article, 2025)
Songs for a Passerby (VR and libretto, 2023)
A city beyond the city (performance, 2021)
Nowhere (VR and libretto, 2021)
Het is stil en licht en donker (performance, 2021)
THANK YOU (performance, 2020)
The Michaël Triptych (performance, 2020)
Opera of the Falling (VR and libretto, 2019)

Links to published works (online)


Essay in De Groene Amsterdammer
Dat het was on Hard//hoofd
Dat het was with FIRMA GOTT
Column on Hard//hoofd
Article in Vind Magazine



Complete collection of written works

Plays and performances
Dat het was (2023)
A city beyond the city (Een stad voorbij de stad, 2021)
THANK YOU (2020)
The Michaël Triptych (Het drieluik Michaël, 2016/20)

Libretti
Songs for a Passerby (2023)
Nowhere (Nergens, 2021)
Opera of the Falling (Opera van de Vallende Mens, 2019)

Articles, essays and columns

Homecoming (Thuisloosheid, 2026)
Counterforces
(En waar in ons de tegenkrachten, 2025)
De essenties van Brancusi (2025)

Short stories
Second Person (2026)
Kamers (2024)

Poetry
The Contemporary Text: Collection of poems (2026)
    ekprhastic draft
    260809
    drawing from the archive
   all I heard
   second person (prose poem)    

Het is stil en licht en donker (2021)
Het was hier (collection of poems, pre 2020)



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