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?
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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
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
ATHENA ATHANASIOU ° Shifting the Conditions of Possibility
What do we lose when we win? What do we win when we lose? Such questioning involves the collective work… Read more ATHENA ATHANASIOU ° Shifting the Conditions of Possibility
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
CHANTAL MOUFFE ° Towards an Agonistic Conception of Assembly
While having sympathy for activist movements like OWS, the Spanish Indignados or the French Nuit Debuit, political theorist Chantal Mouffe… Read more CHANTAL MOUFFE ° Towards an Agonistic Conception of Assembly
CORINA STAN ° On Tact as a Political Category
The Refugee Tales walk is a political and aesthetic project inspired by the Canterbury Tales that calls for an end to indefinite… Read more CORINA STAN ° On Tact as a Political Category
DIDIER ERIBON ° How and When Can We Say „We“? On Social Protest and Political Dissent
Didier Eribon reflects on the construction of a „We“ that wants to be the subject and no longer just the… Read more DIDIER ERIBON ° How and When Can We Say „We“? On Social Protest and Political Dissent
WOLFGANG KALECK ° Juridical and Civil Society Tribunals. The Example of the Congo Tribunal
When discussing new means in the context of human rights, one must also talk about the arts. Art has become… Read more WOLFGANG KALECK ° Juridical and Civil Society Tribunals. The Example of the Congo Tribunal
EDIT KALDOR ° Beyond Control (Learning from Powerlessness)
In the theatrical research project Inventory of Powerlessness (2013-16) hundreds of inhabitants of five European cities: Amsterdam, Poznan, Berlin, Prague… Read more EDIT KALDOR ° Beyond Control (Learning from Powerlessness)
EVA VON REDECKER ° The Assembly is dead
The Assembly is dead. It rests on an ableist appeal to mobilization. It celebrates human representation when even the most… Read more EVA VON REDECKER ° The Assembly is dead
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
ISABELLE FREMEAUX & JAY JORDAN / LABOFII ° Compos(t)ing Together to actually do shit!
The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination (Labofii) has brought artists and activists together to co-design and deploy forms of creative disobedience… Read more ISABELLE FREMEAUX & JAY JORDAN / LABOFII ° Compos(t)ing Together to actually do shit!
MICHAEL GABRIEL ° Stubborn and Independent: The Ultras
The emotional attachment and cultural expressions of football fans shape professional soccer worldwide. Clubs and the fan culture associated with… Read more MICHAEL GABRIEL ° Stubborn and Independent: The Ultras
Z. BLACE ° Queering Sport (Events)
It is 40 years since the first ‘GayOlympicGames’ in San Francisco, the first global attempt to innovate sport events for… Read more Z. BLACE ° Queering Sport (Events)
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
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?
JUDITH BUTLER ° Where are We Now? Assembly, Care, and Connection
We might have expected the pandemic to shut down popular assemblies, since they have traditionally presumed access to shared space. … Read more JUDITH BUTLER ° Where are We Now? Assembly, Care, and Connection
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
MICHAEL HARDT ° Strategic Multiplicities
Revolutionary movements in the late 1960s and early 1970s experimented with constructing political multiplicities. In this lecture Michael Hardt puts… Read more MICHAEL HARDT ° Strategic Multiplicities
DANA YAHALOMI ° Body Next to Body. The Practice of Being Together
To assemble is first and foremost a physical act of being present body next to body. Dana Yahalomi elaborates on… Read more DANA YAHALOMI ° Body Next to Body. The Practice of Being Together
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
BRANDON LABELLE ° On Acoustic Justice
The presentation will pose acoustics as a critical and creative practice, one that assists in contending with dominant regimes of… Read more BRANDON LABELLE ° On Acoustic Justice
OLIVER RESSLER ° Voices to Reckon with
Assemblies provide a crucial platform for direct decision-making in any attempt to make societies more inclusive and democratic, more just… Read more OLIVER RESSLER ° Voices to Reckon with
XENIA KOGHILAKI ° What a Body Can Do in the Mosh Pit
Moshing is a furious form of crowd dancing usually associated with punk and rock culture. It happens during live music… Read more XENIA KOGHILAKI ° What a Body Can Do in the Mosh Pit
THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING ° Singing Toward Assembly
The Stop Shopping Choir has been exploring the shape and time of song for twenty years- in movement building, direct… Read more THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING ° Singing Toward Assembly
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