Entfällt

While initiatives such as Strike Germany and numerous international artists accuse most German cultural institutions of complicity in silencing pro-Palestinian positions or at least a lack of balance, the latter often see themselves as defenders of freedom of expression who, against all odds, keep spaces for dialogue open. Margarita Tsomous is a curator who organises discourse programmes at Berlin's Theater Hebbel am Ufer - HAU. Eyal Weizman, director and founder of the research agency Forensic Architecture, criticises bias and self-censorship in the German cultural sector.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM "THE CONDITION OF NO - TALKS ON BOYCOTT, CENSORSHIP AND PROTEST IN GERMANY":

The boundaries of freedom of speech and artistic freedom are currently under scrutiny. Cancellations, boycotts, censorship, codes of conduct and protests are having a massive impact on the cultural sector, but talking about them is difficult. With this series, we invite experts from various disciplines to engage in intensive and candid discussions about very specific case studies in Germany and ask: What happened? Why did it happen? And: What can we learn? “The Condition of No“ seeks to facilitate understanding, differentiation and communication in what is currently a precarious situation. It’s about creating a fear-free space in which people can talk.

Curated by Tania Bruguera, Florian Malzacher, Roland Wenninger
VS – Villa Stuck – in cooperation mit INSTAR und The Art of Assembly