Since the Mesopotamian hydrotechnologists, who specialised in irrigation systems, water has been harnessed for many different purposes (such as mills,… Read more ELISABETH VON SAMSONOW ° The Partition. Plain Water or Essence of Life?
Keyword: Art
JOANNA WARSZA ° Unfriendly Takeover. The Fabrication of Right-Wing Contemporary Art in Poland
Right-wing contemporary art is almost non-existent. It has to be invented, fabricated and cultivated. Core values inherent in contemporary art… Read more JOANNA WARSZA ° Unfriendly Takeover. The Fabrication of Right-Wing Contemporary Art in Poland
AMELIE DEUFLHARD – Solidary Space-Taking as Artistic Method
Kampnagel, a cultural centre in Hamburg, has been defying direct and indirect attacks from the right with a variety of… Read more AMELIE DEUFLHARD – Solidary Space-Taking as Artistic Method
OLIVER FRLJIĆ ° What Is Left to Be Right
Currently, there seems to be little divergence among parliamentary parties in Germany regarding migration policies. While phrases like ‘enhanced border… Read more OLIVER FRLJIĆ ° What Is Left to Be Right
JULIA WISSERT ° Get Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
What is the role of the theatre in a time when the world is falling apart? Looking at current political… Read more JULIA WISSERT ° Get Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
GLENN BECH I No Longer Recognise Your Authority
How can it be that artists bask in their flaunted queerness, while elsewhere gays are barely allowed out of the… Read more GLENN BECH I No Longer Recognise Your Authority
SAHAR RAHIMI ° „Mummy, What Are the Rules of Theater?“
„Mummy, what are the rules of theater?“ asked my little daughter some days ago, sending me into a dizzying spiral… Read more SAHAR RAHIMI ° „Mummy, What Are the Rules of Theater?“
KENT BYE ° VR Presence & Live Immersive Performance Trends
In his talk Kent Bye reflects on the affordances of different mediums through the perspective of VR presence, and then… Read more KENT BYE ° VR Presence & Live Immersive Performance Trends
AHMET ÖĞÜT ° The Silent University
The Silent University, initiated by Ahmet Öğüt in 2012, is an autonomous platform for academics who cannot share their knowledge… Read more AHMET ÖĞÜT ° The Silent University
ANDCOMPANY&CO. ° The Ant of Assembly
Ants are a „secret world power“ – dumb individually, but supersmart as a collective: a „superorganism“. They make decisions without… Read more ANDCOMPANY&CO. ° The Ant of Assembly
ANN LIV YOUNG ° Coming too Close
The performances of Ann Liv young often rely on irritation and direct confrontation. There is no shelter, especially for the… Read more ANN LIV YOUNG ° Coming too Close
AHMED AL-NAWAS ° Parallel Economies of Thinking Together
Since 2013 Ahmed Al-Nawas has been involved in serval collective paraxis in which the main driving force was the necessity… Read more AHMED AL-NAWAS ° Parallel Economies of Thinking Together
SARAH ROTHBERG ° Interfacing as Art
How does an interface distribute power? How does a social arrangement? How to imagine how to create both anew? Sarah… Read more SARAH ROTHBERG ° Interfacing as Art
ANNE HAHN ° Pogo on the Altar. Punk in the GDR
Punk in the GDR was characterised by a search for freedom and self-assertion that, unlike in neighbouring countries in the… Read more ANNE HAHN ° Pogo on the Altar. Punk in the GDR
NÚRIA GÜELL ° When Morality Becomes Immoral
Núria Güell’s artistic practice continuously challenges moral and legal conventions when, for example, she offers herself as a bride to… Read more NÚRIA GÜELL ° When Morality Becomes Immoral
RENZO MARTENS ° Building a World with Critique
Renzo Martens disturbed viewers with videos such as Enjoy Poverty in which he centered himself as a white man and… Read more RENZO MARTENS ° Building a World with Critique
BENJAMIN FOERSTER-BALDENIUS / RAUMLABORBERLIN ° Hospitality as Spacial Practice
Hospitality is first and foremost a social practice and can be situated in any place and become manifest in many… Read more BENJAMIN FOERSTER-BALDENIUS / RAUMLABORBERLIN ° Hospitality as Spacial Practice
CAITLIN FISHER ° Post Play
Drawing on embodied experiences from the football pitch, Fisher uses movement, muscle memory, and narrative to discuss navigating a shifting… Read more CAITLIN FISHER ° Post Play
PHIL COLLINS ° Bring Down the Walls
Bring Down The Walls looks at the prison industrial complex through the lens of house music and nightlife, proposing the dance… Read more PHIL COLLINS ° Bring Down the Walls
CLAIRE BISHOP ° Revisiting Participation
It’s ten years since Claire Bishop published Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship (Verso, 2012). In anticipation of a reprint… Read more CLAIRE BISHOP ° Revisiting Participation
MADLYN SAUER ° The NSU-Tribunals: Without Law, but with Justice
When in May 2017 the action alliance ‘Unraveling the NSU-Complex‘ held their first self-organized Tribunal at the Schauspiel Cologne parallel… Read more MADLYN SAUER ° The NSU-Tribunals: Without Law, but with Justice
INGO NIERMANN ° Army of Love
The Army of Love is a solidarity that offers training, discussions, manuals, and testimonial videos to promote the redistribution of… Read more INGO NIERMANN ° Army of Love
JAAMIL OLAWALE KOSOKO ° American Chameleon. The Living Installments
From the stage, to the living room, to outdoor screenings, to fantasy, to the privacy of one’s own bedroom, dance… Read more JAAMIL OLAWALE KOSOKO ° American Chameleon. The Living Installments
LISA ITO-TAPANG ° On Trial. The Performance of Justice
This talk threads through different historic people’s tribunals in the Philippines and by Filipino compatriots abroad against state terrorism and… Read more LISA ITO-TAPANG ° On Trial. The Performance of Justice
SATU HERRALA ° Embodying Collective Action
Bodies are containers for life, they exist in the present yet carry the past within. Attuning to one’s body and… Read more SATU HERRALA ° Embodying Collective Action
TANIA BRUGUERA ° Truth or Dare
Artist and activist Tania Bruguera has always challenged her audience to become active participants not only in her work but… Read more TANIA BRUGUERA ° Truth or Dare
MILO RAU ° From Symbolic Institutions to Microecologies
Milo Rau believes in staging and realistic representation in his theatre plays, while for his tribunals and trials or the… Read more MILO RAU ° From Symbolic Institutions to Microecologies
SCHOOL OF RESISTANCE ° Assembling Political Power
On the weekend of the German federal elections of 2021 IIPM, NTGent, Schauspiel Köln and the School of Political Hope… Read more SCHOOL OF RESISTANCE ° Assembling Political Power
MARINA OTERO VERZIER ° Architectures of Unconditional Hospitality
Architecture, as a biopolitical and normalizing technique, participates in constructing distinctions and categories. The work of architects oozes Cartesianism. It… Read more MARINA OTERO VERZIER ° Architectures of Unconditional Hospitality
MERVE BEDIR ° Hospitality and the Politics of the Floor Table
The form of the table, who sits at the table, and how to sit at the table, as well as… Read more MERVE BEDIR ° Hospitality and the Politics of the Floor Table
NORA STERNFELD ° What is a Radical-Democratic Museum?
Today, we often hear about a “museum of the future”: as a contact zone, arena, forum and platform – perhaps… Read more NORA STERNFELD ° What is a Radical-Democratic Museum?
SARAH WATERFELD / STAUB ZU GLITZER ° Art After All
B6112 is an anti-capitalist, queer-feminist, anti-racist, transmedial theatre production by the artist collective Staub zu Glitzer (dust to glitter). It… Read more SARAH WATERFELD / STAUB ZU GLITZER ° Art After All
FLORIAN MALZACHER ° Spheres of Pragmatic Utopias and Radical Imagination. The Art of Assembly
The past decade has been marked not only by numerous activist movements and gatherings but also by a wide range… Read more FLORIAN MALZACHER ° Spheres of Pragmatic Utopias and Radical Imagination. The Art of Assembly
ATIYYAH KHAN ° How Jazz Musicians Fought Against Apartheid
Jazz in South Africa played a huge role in mobilising communities and unconventional venues during apartheid, creating spaces of political… Read more ATIYYAH KHAN ° How Jazz Musicians Fought Against Apartheid
OLIVER MARCHART ° Future Politics / Political Futures. Pre-enacting the Cause for Assembly
Do we assemble for a cause or for reasons? What is the nature of a political cause? What is it… Read more OLIVER MARCHART ° Future Politics / Political Futures. Pre-enacting the Cause for Assembly
TINO SEHGAL
Theatres regulate space and time for their audiences and demand collective engagement. Other kinds of venues – like museums or… Read more TINO SEHGAL
JONAS STAAL ° Art/Assemblism
Assemblism describes the visual morphologies that emerge from the practice of “performative assembly “in popular mass movements, as termed by… Read more JONAS STAAL ° Art/Assemblism
METTE EDVARDSEN ° Soft Spaces
For the project Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine a group of people dedicate themselves to memorizing a book of… Read more METTE EDVARDSEN ° Soft Spaces
CLAUDIA BOSSE ° Assemble in Choirs
Choir is also a gathering of different interests that approach each other over a period of time, negotiating their differences,… Read more CLAUDIA BOSSE ° Assemble in Choirs
DIE VIELEN ° We Are Many
With the growing self-confidence of various far-right parties in Europe, the attacks against artistic freedom have also become more massive… Read more DIE VIELEN ° We Are Many
EDUARD FREUDMANN & GIN MÜLLER ° Schandwache.Vigil of Disgrace
The Schandwache (Vigil of Disgrace) took place in October 2020 at the monument to the former mayor of Vienna Karl… Read more EDUARD FREUDMANN & GIN MÜLLER ° Schandwache.Vigil of Disgrace
SIBYLLE PETERS ° Reassembling Humanz & Other Animals
In 2019 Sibylle Peters devised a project called Animals of Manchester (including humanz) for which she tried to install a… Read more SIBYLLE PETERS ° Reassembling Humanz & Other Animals