[fome] FW: SHADOWS OF ILLIBERALISM - Resisting the Radical Right, June 13-15 Berlin

Do Jun 12 10:26:16 CEST 2025

Liebe fome Freund:innen,

wegen ein technisches Problem mit der List-Zugang erschien dieser 
Einladung für SHADOWS OF ILLIBERALISM am 13. - 15. Juni (dieses 
Wochenende) etwas verspätet. Falls Leute in Berlin hin möchten, bitte 
mich kontaktieren wegen Freikarte.

Das Event wird auch über FB gestreamt: https://fb.me/e/2pMp594Dk

mit besten Grüßen,

Stephen

On 10/06/2025 11:09, Stephen Kovats wrote:
> Liebe FoME Freund:innen,
>
> am Wochenende gibt es einen spannenden Konferenz, veranstaltet von 
> unseren Kolleg:innen vom Disruption Network Lab in Berlin: SHADOWS OF 
> ILLIBERALISM - Resisting the Radical Right (alle Infos und Karten etc 
> unten).
>
> Unter anderem, der Keynote am Freitagabend von Franco "Bifo" Berardi 
> dürfte eine rare Besonderheit sein, mit diesem langjährigen verfechter 
> Meinungsfreiheit aus dem italienischer 'autonomen' bzw 'anarchisten' 
> Szene auseinanderzusetzen!
>
> mit besten Grüßen,
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>
> Dear friends,
>
> I would like to invite you to our 35th conference SHADOWS OF 
> ILLIBERALISM - Resisting the Radical Right at Kunstquartier Bethanien 
> (Berlin and streaming), on June 13-15.
> https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism
>
> SHADOWS OF ILLIBERALISM: Resisting the Radical Right focuses on the 
> rise of anti-democratic and authoritarian ideologies in the Western 
> world and the complicit role of big tech. The title refers to the 
> concept of 'illiberal democracy', whereby a governing system hides its 
> non-democratic practices behind formally democratic institutions and 
> procedures. The conference showcases technological, media, artistic 
> and activist projects designed to counteract human rights violations 
> perpetrated by state or corporate actors, and deconstructs the current 
> language of violence by tracing the origins of far-right politics.
>
> As usual, you can also participate using our online chat to ask 
> questions to the speakers.
>
> ———
>
> ## Full programme
>
> OPENING · Fri 13.6 · 16:30–16:40
> Tatiana Bazzichelli · Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab - 
> Director, Disruption Network Institute.
>
> KEYNOTE · Fri 13.6 · 16:40–18:10
> Exhaustion and Hyper-Colonialism: The Disintegration of the West
>
> Franco "Bifo" Berardi is a key figure of the Italian Autonomia 
> movement of the 1970s, and has published around twenty books, 
> translated in several languages. His keynote, moderated by Yasmeen 
> Daher, examines the resurgence of the mythology of white supremacy, 
> how illiberal oligarchy has taken control of the most powerful nuclear 
> powers, US, and Russia, and the disintegration of both geopolitical 
> and socio-economic order in the Western system.
> https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#exhaustion
>
> PANEL · Fri 13.6 · 18:40–20:40
> Art, Activism & the Rise of Illiberalism in Hungary, Poland & Slovakia
>
> Moderated by Tonia Mastrobuoni, this panel features case studies on 
> the rise of illberalism in Eastern Europe. Péter Adamik from the Freie 
> Ungarische Botschaft exposes the real face of the Orbán’s system and 
> the authoritarian playbook his government is exporting from Hungary. 
> Anna Krenz, founder of the Dziewuchy Berlin collective, provides an 
> auto‑ethnographic perspective on feminist Polish activism and 
> political art, arguing that the fight for democracy remains 
> inseparable from the fight for women’s rights. Slavo Krekovič, the 
> artistic director of A4 in Bratislava, maps the unfolding systematic 
> attacks in the Slovakian context and highlights the tactics of immune 
> response by the cultural community.
> https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#art-activism
>
> KEYNOTE/PANEL · Sat 14.6 · 16:30-18:10
> The New Right’s Cultural Hegemony and Contradictions
>
> This keynote focuses on the contradictory positions of the New Right: 
> queerness versus anti-gender politics, disruption versus 
> traditionalism, technocracy versus ecofascism, populism versus 
> elitism. Katrien Jacobs focuses on anti-gender movements in Belgium 
> and the Netherlands, enigmatic grassroots alliances between religious 
> groups, conspiracy theorists and political campaigns against sex 
> education. Florian Cramer addresses how illiberalism emerged from 
> liberalism, and how liberal concepts of spontaneous order informed 
> experimental arts, technological developments, free-market economics, 
> and ultimately the New Right.
> https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#new-right
>
> LECTURE PERFORMANCE & PANEL · Sat 14.6 · 18:30–20:30
> Generative AI, Weaponised Language & Political Shadow Campaigns
>
> 'Speculative violence' of generative AI is the topic of Donatella 
> Della Ratta’s lecture performance "Ask Me for Those Unborn Promises 
> That May Seem Unlikely to Happen in the Natural #2", blending text 
> with visuals—including found footage, social media threads, and 
> AI-generated media—about the violence of the not-yet-realised, 
> traversing landscapes from Palestine to Trump’s America. The 
> performance is followed by a panel discussion with Míriam Juan-Torres, 
> on how authoritarian populists weaponise the language of justice and 
> democracy, and Amber Macintyre on how the far-right runs 
> disinformation shadow campaigns with institutional financing. 
> Moderated by Tina Lee.
> https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#ask-me
> https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#ai-weaponised
>
> WORKSHOP · Sun 15.6 · 13:00–16:00
> Defending Civic Space: Lessons from Georgia, Hungary, Russia & Turkey
>
> This workshop examines how disinformation - including conspiracy 
> theories and misleading narratives - is used to justify legal, 
> administrative and narrative tools to limit activism, weaken 
> independent media and discredit opposition voices. Focused on Georgia, 
> Hungary, Russia and Turkey and led by Maya Talakhadze, director of the 
> Regional Development Hub – Caucasus, it explores the impact of such 
> tactics on protest movements, media freedom and the safety of human 
> rights defenders.
> Registration for the workshop is required.
> https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#workshop
>
> Get tickets here:
> https://tickets.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism/
> The streaming doesn't require previous registration.
>
> More information:
> https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#introduction
>
> -- Check also our upcoming dates:
> https://www.disruptionlab.org/upcoming
> https://www.disruptionlab.org/meet-ups
>
> I am looking forward to seeing you!
>
> All the best,
>
> Tatiana
>
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