Digital Interventions. Bodies, Infrastructures, Politics
Annual Conference of the Collaborative Research Centre “Intervening Arts”
- Dialogue
English /
approx. 135 mins.
Whether we are online or off, there is no outside of "the digital”: it is always already inside us. Our bodies, infrastructures and politics are fundamentally pervaded by digital technologies. Our attention is increasingly governed and monetized by social media, our lifestyles are structured by platform capitalism, and our political discourse is undermined by algorithms – but what are the practices and where are the breaches for artists and activists to intervene and challenge these developments? The Collaborative Research Centre “Intervening Arts”, located at Freie Universität Berlin, invites scholars, artists and activists to discuss these issues within the framework of their annual conference 2025. The programme combines keynote lectures by Aria Dean, Joanna Moll, and Azadeh Ganjeh, roundtables, a workshop, and the performance “NFTs: Non Fuckable Tokens” by Claudix Vanesix.
Programme
Friday, 9 May
18:00 – 18:30 Welcome and introduction with Sarah Reimann (HAU Hebbel am Ufer), Karin Gludovatz (Freie Universität Berlin), Simon Teune and Iryna Kovalenko (Organizing Team)
18:30 – 19:45 Aria Dean: “Labor, Art, and the Vernacular Aesthetic Online”
19:45 – 20:15 Reception
Saturday, 10 May 2024
09:30 – 10:00 Introduction by Florian Schlittgen and Naomi Boyce (Organizing Team)
10:00 – 11:00 Brigitte Weingart: “The (Micro-)Politics of Meme Culture”
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:30 Roundtable: “Art Challenging Digital Repression” with Aram Bartholl, Jean Peters, and Şirin Fulya Erensoy
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break and Workshops
14:00 – 15:15 Roundtable: “Desinformation (and) War” with Pekka Kallioniemi and Muriel Fischer
15:15 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 16:45 Azadeh Ganjeh: “Not a Body for Burial”
16:45 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 18:00 Joana Moll: “Follow the Body: Materiality and Resistance in the Age of Data Extraction”
18:00 – 19:00 Concluding Discussion
Dates
Current
Notes:
Please register until 5.5. via a01@sfb1512.de
Credits
Funded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). In co-operation with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
Latest information for arrival:
There is currently a construction site on Hallesches Ufer between Wilhelmstraße and Möckernbrücke underground station. There is a divided replacement route for pedestrians (right) and cyclists (left), which are separated by a yellow ground line. The carriageway is narrowed to one lane.
Travelling to HAU2 via U Hallesches Tor:
If you are coming from Hallesches Tor underground station, you will have to use an alternative footpath from Wilhelmstraße / Hallesches Ufer junction, which is separated from the carriageway by a construction fence – the actual footpath is currently closed. Please note: the alternative route is also used by cyclists. Pedestrians should keep to the right. We therefore currently recommend that visually impaired or blind visitors come to the HAU with an accompanying person.
Arrival HAU2 via U Möckernbrücke:
When you leave Möckernbrücke underground station, please stay on the footpath on the canal side until you reach Hallesches Ufer / Großbeerenstraße junction – the opposite side is currently closed due to construction work.
