Akademie-Gespräch: Kulturkampf?

In the organizer's words:

The historical culture war of the 19th century was about the question of power between church and state. Today, the term refers to something else: the polarization of modern societies that affect identities, lifestyles and affiliations. Controversy is no longer understood as a search for the better argument, but as a struggle for interpretative sovereignty. Whoever controls the language controls the argument. Terms such as "cancel culture", "language ban" or "gender compulsion" shift perceptions as soon as they are uttered. They create camps that no longer want to convince each other, but only to defeat each other.

In the Academy discussion, the question is posed as to whether one should engage in the culture war or refuse to do so. Should we fight the battle with our own means or evade the logic of slogans and memes? What can art achieve in such a situation - and should it want to achieve anything at all?

Welcome: Manos Tsangaris, President of the Akademie der Künste and
composer

Discussion:
Annett Meiritz, correspondent for foreign and security policy at Handelsblatt
Sasha Marianna Salzmann, writer and curator
Wolfgang Ullrich, art historian and author
Anh-Linh Ngo, Vice President of the Academy of Arts and architecture journalist

An event in the context of "Resistance of Aesthetics"

At a time when the narratives of social media, short clips, fake news and AI are becoming a political power factor, a resistant, ultimately enlightening aesthetic is becoming a duty. However, it often unfolds its power precisely when it is not ostensibly political. How can resistance then succeed? The Akademie der Künste is dedicating a series of events to this question.

Price information:

€ 7,50/5