In the workshop “Reimagining and rewriting futur(es) in Plato’s jungle” we will envision alternative ideas for the place where Plato, the author of Politeia, one of the first utopian texts, taught 2500 years ago. Using techniques of mindfulness, awareness, narration, oral history, dialogue and the historical-philosophical background we will narrate – write, draw, or perform – different futures for the park. There will be an introduction into the subject as well as an explanation about techniques of envisioning future(s), may…
Find out more »Art After All? – Commoning Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz / Berlin Dust to Glitter (Staub zu Glitzer): Cecilia Hussinger, Falk Lörcher, Kasia Wojcik, Sarah Waterfeld The German state-theater is in crisis: scandals of misuse of power, declining attendance, attempts at delegitimization from the Far Right. The discrepancy between emancipatory claims on stage and democratic deficits behind the curtain is unmistakable. Diversity management, leadership collectives or gender quotas do not change anything about the core problem, the hermetic and strictly hierarchical theater structures. Although these…
Find out more »Film presentation. Podium discussion with Magali Dougoud and the independent curator and cultural producer Eleni Riga The video “The Blue Continuum” by Magali Dougoud is a cinematic investigation of the feminicides in the waterways of Berlin. The story connects all the women who were killed and drowned in the city’s rivers. A new population has emerged from this loss and violence: the Womxn Waves. In the liquid, they reappropriated the sounds, textures and intervals of their voices. Once the water in…
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