KUNST IM SPANNUNGSFELD IN OST UND WEST

What is the connection between the (lack of) reappraisal of reunification and the current political situation? What attacks are art and culture under from the right across Germany? With voices from research, art and activism from East and West, we want to enter into a dialogue not about, but with each other about the role of art and culture and the networking between East and West in the defence of democratic participation and diversity. Guests on the podium: Peter Laudenbach, Prof. Dr Fabian Virchow, Frauke Wetzel, Moderation: Leonie Adam

About the guests:

Peter Laudenbach is a journalist and theatre critic for the ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’ and ‘brand eins’. He has been researching the right-wing culture war for years and works closely with the alliance ‘Die Vielen’. In 2023 he published: ‘Volkstheater. The right-wing attack on artistic freedom’ (Verlag Klaus Wagenbach). Prior to this, he published volumes of interviews with Frank Castorf and Alexander Kluge, among others, and co-authored the book ‘Die Humanisierung der Organisation’ together with two management consultants.

Fabian Virchow is Professor of Theories of Society and Theories of Political Action at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences. As head of the right-wing extremism/neo-Nazism research centre there, he researches the world view, history and political (violent) practice of the extreme and populist right.

Frauke Wetzel works at the ASA-FF association in Chemnitz for the neue unentd_ckte narrative programme and advises cultural productions on political approaches and how to strengthen their position against the right. This also included #Heimspiel and the festival Der Rahmen ist Programm.