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For many years, the Cuban artist and activist Tania Bruguera, who currently lives in exile in the USA, has been campaigning for freedom of speech and against censorship in her performances and exhibitions. At the Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart in Berlin, Tania Bruguera's performance Where Your Ideas Become Civic Actions (100 Hours Reading “The Origins of Totalitarianism“) made headlines in early 2024. The reading of Hannah Arendt’s book was disrupted by protesters and stopped the following morning. Based on her experiences in Berlin and at documenta fifteen in Kassel, Tania Bruguera conceived the three-part project “The Condition of No“ for the Villa Stuck in Munich, examining the issue of censorship from different angles. Author and dramaturge Florian Malzacher and curator Roland Wenninger talk to Tania Bruguera about her experiences in very different contexts.

This event is also part of the series "The Art of Assembly".

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