Archive 2018

Thinking together – an experiment, guided by Angelika Fink.

Agonistic conversation guided bij Katja Dreyer.

During the Non Stop festival in Moss, Norway, the Norwegian conversation guides, who were trained by Peter Aers in the past year, will have a number of conversations. Conversation without words, Parliament of things and the Agonistic conversation.

During the Non Stop festival in Moss, Norway, the Norwegian conversation guides, who were trained by Peter Aers in the past year, will have a number of conversations. Conversation without words, Parliament of things and the Agonistic conversation.

During the Non Stop festival in Moss, Norway, the Norwegian conversation guides, who were trained by Peter Aers in the past year, will have a number of conversations. Conversation without words, Parliament of things and the Agonistic conversation.

4 conversations per day accompanied by young facilitators (students). All conversations are in German.

4 conversations per day accompanied by young facilitators (students). All conversations are in German.

Training guides by Peter Aers and Daan ‘t Sas prior to Hambach Demokratie festival.

Training guides by Peter Aers and Daan ‘t Sas prior to Hambach Demokratie festival.

Training guides by Peter Aers and Daan ‘t Sas prior to Hambach Demokratie festival.

Training guides by Peter Aers and Daan ‘t Sas prior to Hambach Demokratie festival.

The Embassy of the North Sea gives a voice to things, plants, animals in the North Sea and the people who enjoy it. In the months March, April and June, we will draft with these actors a ‘Plea of the North Sea’. You can follow the process on www.ambassadevandenoordzee.nl. On Saturday the 16th of June a hands-on and inspirational event is organised by the Embassy with the following central question: How can we use open data and artificial intelligence to give a political voice to the North Sea ecosystem? Bring your design, hack, artistic vision, visualisation, analytics, programming, and entrepreneurial skills and give the creatures and things that inhabit and make use of our North Sea a visually appealing, realtime, and real voice. Your input, the output of the lab, as well as the plea that is developed will be presented in the Hague to the House of Representatives on the 29th of June.

(this lab is in Dutch)

The increasingly divided European society is crying out for renewed attention to the need for conversation between people. Nowadays, people who disagree with each other hardly ever meet in real life. How can we get people to really talk with one another? What are the right circumstances in which people dare to discuss complex subjects in today’s polarised society?

For the Forum on European Culture, artist collective Building Conversation challenges you to start a conversation with your fellow European citizens in the form of an Agonistic Conversation. This session will focus on European issues and the challenges that Europe needs to address. For example, should Europe close its borders to immigrants or not? Should The Netherlands stay within the EU or not? It’s up to the participants to bring in the topics that will be addressed during the conversations on the 1st of June.

On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 April we will be in Amsterdam Oost with our conversation-marathon.
The separation between newcomers and occupants, the participation society, entrepreneurship, creativity, political participation, meeting, the future. Can we discuss the topics of the city? Read more about it here.

On friday, january 19, we will perform at Performing New Europe Festival 2018 in Salzburg. You can join us in Conversation without words, Agonistic conversation, Thinking together – an experiment and Parliament of things. More information about the festival + tickets here.

Thinking together – an experiment: You never think alone and your thinking is always related to the thinking of others. Conversation is the place where you can investigate and readjust the patterns of this collective thinking with each other. A conversation in which the chaos, frustration and irritations can be seen. Inspired by the theory and practice of the quantum physicist David Bohm.

Also on PNEU 2018 / Salzburg – Parliament of things.

We are used to hearing people speak not only on behalf of themselves but also on behalf of other entities. Investigate what it means for us Westerners to speak on behalf of things, on behalf of nature. Will this remain a dualistic relation between people and things, or is it conceivable that a different relation will unfold, that we will give ourselves a different place in the universe? Inspired by the theory of Bruno Latour and the practice of the Aborigines (Australia).

More info + tickets here.

The intensity that arises when you look at each other without saying anything is enormous. This conversation lets us see and experience what human contact is based on and brings groups together in a very direct way. Inspired by the practics of the Inuit (Arctic).

On friday, January 19, we will perform at Performing New Europe Festival 2018 in Salzburg. You can join us in Conversation without words, Agonistic conversation, Thinking together – an experiment and Parliament of things. More information about the festival + tickets here.

On friday, january 19, we will perform at Performing New Europe Festival 2018 in Salzburg. You can join us in Conversation without words, Agonistic conversation, Thinking together – an experiment and Parliament of things. More information about the festival + tickets here.

Between consensus and war there lies a whole gamut of possibilities in which we can be each other’s adversaries, and we must use them. The impact of people’s physical position on the conversation is tremendous. Inspired by the theory of Chantal Mouffe and the practice of the Maori (New Sealand) people.