School of Resistance
In search of strategies of resistance, Milo Rau, the IIPM (International Institute of Political Murder) and the NTGent founded a globally networked "School of Resistance" as a livestream debate series in May 2020. As a symbolic institution of the future, it has now come to the Akademie der Künste, Berlin and, drawing on previous projects, examines aesthetic practices of resistance. Activists and artists discuss art as a transformative, reality-creating practice.
Milo Rau and the IIPM have been working on the contradictions of global capitalism for almost 15 years through installations, plays, films, books and political interventions. The interweaving of activism and art leads to an expansion of artistic strategies and at the same time contributes to dissolving the boundaries of the concept of art. How can art react to states of crisis? How can it contribute to strategies of resistance? Six cinematic works by Milo Rau form the starting point for this investigation: The Last Days of the Ceausescus (2009/10), The Moscow Trials (2014), The General Assembly (2017), The Congo Tribunal (2017), Orestes in Mosul (2020) and The New Gospel (2020). In doing so, the "School of Resistance" at the Akademie der Künste examines the conditions of global art production and the artistic strategies of the IIPM itself.
Detailed Programme and links to the live streams
Wed, 24 Feb, 5 pm | Film & Discussion
General Assembly
Wed, 24 Feb, 7 pm | Film & Discussion
The Last Days of the Ceausescus
Thur, 25 Feb, 5 pm | Discussion
(Im)possible Art
Thur, 25 Feb, 7 pm | Film & Discussion
The Moscow Trials
Fri, 26 Feb, 4 pm | Discussion
Aesthetics of Resistance - Part I
Fri, 26 Feb, 5 pm | Discussion
Transnational (In)justice
Fri, 26 Feb, 7 pm | Film & Discussion
The Congo Tribunal
Sat, 27 Feb, 4 pm | Discussion
Aesthetics of Resistance - Part II
Sat, 27 Feb, 5 pm | Discussion
Can there be global art?
Sat, 27 Feb, 7 pm | Film & Discussion
Orestes in Mosul
Sun, 28 Feb, 4 pm | Discusison
Aesthetics of Resistance - Part III
Sun, 28 Feb, 5 pm | Discussion
The Revolt of Dignity
Sun, 28 Feb, 7 pm | Film & Discussion
The New Gospel
Credits
School of Resistance
A Film and Discussion Series
A project of IIPM, NTGent and Akademie der Künste, Berlin in collaboration with Medico International, Merve Verlag, European Alternatives, ECCHR, Allianz Kulturstiftung and Howlround Theatre Commons
Funded by Kulturstiftung des Bundes and Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
Curated by Martin Valdés-Stauber and Kasia Wojcik
Dramaturgic Collaboration: Eva-Maria Bertschy
Stage Design: Anton Lukas
Technical Director: Jens Baudisch
Production: Elisa Calosi, Mascha Euchner-Martinez, Eva-Karen Tittmann
Press and Public Relations: Yven Augustin, Tom De Clercq
Design: Nina Wolters, Thomas Schoofs
The monthly discourse series “School of Resistance” ist curated by: Eline Banken and Kasia Wojcik
