CONF: Idea of Communism Conference, Berlin
Clark, Stephen
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The Idea of Communism. Philosophy and Art
The Idea of Communism. Philosophy and Art is a scientific/artistic conference aimed at considering the concept of “Communism” from a new perspective and including its multiple significations. For three days, all rooms in the Volksbühne will be devoted to this event. “Since the labour movements in the 19th century and their interpretation by great minds of the times, the word "Communism" has been at the intersection between politics and philosophy. Therefore, nowadays it must be considered on the basis of both its ideal content and the actual experiences to which it has been associated and in which it has been seriously compromised.” (Alain Badiou) The conference will focus on a review of the socialist States that embodied the motive of a “dictatorship of the proletariat” in the 20th century. With this in mind, it will host a significant number of participants from Eastern European countries. The main events are four philosophical panels on the subject “The word Communism: between ph
ilosophical criticism and an actual review of the socialist States” led by Alain Badiou (Paris) and Slavoj Žižek (Ljubljana). The aesthetical approach to the subject is an art program including performances, installations, films and concerts.
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin
25.-27. Juni 2010
On June 25 from 2 p.m. onwards. Großes Haus
Panel 1
Alain Badiou: Introduction
Frank Ruda / Jan Völker: TheseS ON A COMMUNIST morale provisoire
Gernot Kamecke / Henning Teschke: WHAT MATTERS? 1. COMMUNITY 2. EQUALITY
Cécile Winter: THE RESUSCITATION OF Communism
in German and English with simultaneous translation
On June 26 from 10 a.m. onwards. Großes Haus
Panel 2
Glyn Daly: A Thirst for the Real: Avatars of Communism
Janne Kurki: Communism of Truth – Kant with Aristotle
Saroj Giri: Communism, the real movement
in German and English with simultaneous translation
On June 26 from 3 p.m. onwards. Großes Haus
Panel 3
Bülent Somay: Repeating Marx: A Course we have failed
Slavoj Žižek: To Begin from The Beginning, or, How to get rid of Ghosts of the XXth Century
Artemy Magun: Communism that is and communism to be
in German and English with simultaneous translation
On June 27 from 10 a.m. onwards. Großes Haus
Panel 4
Goldex Poldex Collective: Event in the icebox. The carnival of Solidarity (1980-81) as an outburst of political imagination
G.M. Tamás: Communism on the Ruins of Socialism
Alain Badiou: Le socialisme est-il le réel dont le communisme est l’idée?
in German, English and French with simultaneous translation
[Performances.]
On June 25 at 7 p.m. Backstage
The League of Time
A performance by BADco.
in English
On June 25 at 10 p.m. Backstage
1 poor and one 0
A performance by BADco.
in English
On June 26 at 8 p.m. Backstage
Pupilja, Papa Pupilo and the Pupilceks – Reconstruction
Performance by Janez Janša
in English
On June 26 at 8 p.m. Third Floor
THE BADEN-BADEN LESSON ON CONSENT by Bertolt Brecht. Music: Paul Hindemith (1929)
Staging: Frank Castorf
in German
On June 26 at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Throughout the theatre. Meeting point: Sternfoyer
communist blackboard - UNRELIABLE tOUR
Guided tour by Nick Currie aka Momus
in English
On June 26 at 9:30 p.m. Third Floor
SCHUTT (Ingemüllermonolog)
A scenic reading by Thomas Martin
in German
[Installation.]
On June 25 from 6 p.m. onwards and on June 26 from 7 p.m. onwards. Right Parkettfoyer
giocando agli spettri / PLAYING SPECTRES
Installation by Anne Kuhn with the cooperation of Andreas Mihan
On June 25 from 6 p.m. onwards and on June 26 from 7 p.m. onwards. Left Parkettcafé
songspiel-Triptych
Video installation by Chto delat’
In Russian with English subtitles
[Podium.]
On June 25 at 8:30 p.m. Sternfoyer
THE IDEA OF COMMUNISM AND ist POTENTIAL FOR ART PRODUCTION TODAY
Panel discussion with Felix Ensslin, Bojana Kunst and Jan Ritsema
in English
[Film.]
On June 25 at 7 p.m. Roter Salon
2+2 Practicing Godard
by Chto delat’ (RUS 2009), 38’
In Russian with English subtitles
On June 25 at 8 p.m. Roter Salon
SEMLJA/EARTH by Alexander Dowschenko (Rus 1930) and DIE GEBURT DER NATION by Klaus Wyborny (D 1973)
On June 25 at 9:30. Roter Salon
LE TOMBEAU D`ALEXANDRE/The Last Bolshevik
by Chris Marker (F 1993), 119 Min
in French with English subtitles
On June 25 and 26 at 7 p.m. Rangfoyer
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ideological antiquity. Marx – Eisenstein – Das Kapital
by Alexander Kluge (D 2008), 570 Min
in German
[Music.]
On June 26 at 9:30 p.m. Roter Salon
VERTOV VS. WEISER: ENTUZIAZM 2010
by Marc Weiser aka Rechenzentrum. A film concert
On June 26 at 11 p.m. Großes Haus
SCHWABINGGRAD BALLETT
Concert performance
On June 26 at 11 p.m. Roter Salon
Party
with DJ Monokid (The Goldmunds)
Philosophical panels curated by Gernot Kamecke, Frank Ruda, Henning Teschke and Jan Volker.
Art program curated by Michael Busch, Alexandra Engel, Maximilian Haas, Sebastian Kaiser and Christian Morin.
With the support of Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Éditions Lignes and Institut Français.
Tickets (including the complete art program and conference): 55 Euros (reduced 27,50)
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