What we hope to learn:

Of interest for our discussion is how we innovate the apparatus (institutions, creative praxis, machines, interfaces, data sets, learning methods, economic conditions) in service of artistic research, socio-political communication and making of community. How can we, as Bertolt Brecht asked, assess artistic labor by “assessing the apparatus in terms of its suitability for the art-work” rather than the other way round? When does an apparatus of product distribution turn into an apparatus for process-based communication aiming at alternative ways of making society/economy/equality?

The two guest lecturers have important insights to share - in times of profound crisis and conflict. They might or might not refer to Brecht specifically but they are building alternative apparatuses. We want to know more.