Join a two-day, multi-genre symposium, exploring the post-liberal state of the world through theory, games and other creative practices. The symposium will take place on October 26th and 27th in Kassel. While the first day is open to the public, the workshop on the second day requires an application.
“Neoliberal globalization is in tatters: deregulation, trade liberalization, and promoting unfettered markets are no longer seen as the only “rational” economic activities. Instead, various other strategies have re-emerged, such as industrialization, friendshoring, and state intervention into ostensibly free markets and international trade policies. The symposium Experimental Publics aims to address this critical moment by transitioning from theoretical discussions concerned with the crisis of our present social order to postconceptual collective experimentalism.”
Day one features expert contributions on contemporary liberalism's shortcomings, post-globalization issues, and games for socio-political change. Throughout the symposium, the artist Cem A., in an adaptation of his Crit Club series, will invite participants to engage in alternative modes of debate through Ping Pong. The first day will conclude with a lecture performance and concert by Terzij de Horde.
On the second day, an experimental workshop led by Pekko Koskinen will invite the participants to deepen their engagement with the issues raised during the talks and discussions from the first day, using the game mechanisms.
Workshop participants from diverse fields are sought, including the arts, political science, sociology, economics, and game design.
To apply, send a brief introduction and motivation to andreas.niegl@uni-kassel.de. Limited travel stipends available.
More information about the symposium and how to apply for the workshop can be found on the documenta institut website.
