[spectre] Reminder: SHADOWS OF ILLIBERALISM - Resisting the Radical Right, 13-15 June

[Tatiana Bazzichelli]

Dear all,

I would like to send a short reminder to join in person (or to follow us 
online) our upcoming conference: "SHADOWS OF ILLIBERALISM - Resisting 
the Radical Right" at Kunstquartier Bethanien (Berlin and streaming), on 
June 13-15, 2025.
https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism

Exploring the roots of far-right politics and challenging its influence 
through art, activism, and tech. The schedule is below.

I hope to see many of you either online or in real life!

All the best,

Tatiana

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Schedule

## Friday, June 13, 2025
16:00 CET · Doors open

16:30–16:35 · OPENING
Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab, 
Director, Disruption Network Institute, IT/DE).

16:35 – 18:10 · KEYNOTE: Exhaustion and Hyper-Colonialism: The 
Disintegration of the West
Franco Berardi (Philosopher, Media Theorist, IT). In conversation with 
Yasmeen Daher (Philosopher, Co-director, Febrayer Network, PS/DE).

18:40 – 20:40 · PANEL: Art, Activism & the Rise of Illiberalism in 
Hungary, Poland & Slovakia
Péter Adamik (Freie Ungarische Botschaft, HU/DE), Anna Krenz (Artist, 
Architect and Activist, Founder Dziewuchy Berlin, PL/DE), Slavo Krekovič 
(Artistic Director, A4 Space for Contemporary Culture, SK). Moderated by 
Tonia Mastrobuoni (Journalist, Correspondent La Repubblica, IT/DE).

## Saturday, June 14, 2025
16:00 · Doors open

16:30 – 18:10 · KEYNOTE: The New Right’s Cultural Hegemony and 
Contradictions
Katrien Jacobs (Associate Professor, Monash University Malaysia, BE/MY), 
Florian Cramer (Professor of Artistic Research, Willem de Kooning 
Academy, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, NL). Moderated by 
Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE).

18:30 – 19:00 · LECTURE PERFORMANCE: Ask Me for Those Unborn Promises 
That May Seem Unlikely to Happen in the Natural · #2 2025
Donatella Della Ratta (Associate Professor of Communication and Media 
Studies, John Cabot University. IT).

19:00 – 20:30 · PANEL: Generative AI, Weaponised Language & Political 
Shadow Campaigns
Donatella Della Ratta (Associate Professor of Communication and Media 
Studies, John Cabot University. IT), Míriam Juan-Torres (Head of 
Research, Democracy & Belonging Program, UC Berkeley, ES), Amber 
Macintyre (Research Lead, Tactical Tech, SCOT/UK/DE). Moderated by Tina 
Lee (Editor-in-Chief, Unbias the News, US/DE).

## Sunday, June 15, 2025

13:00–16:00 · WORKSHOP: Defending Civic Space: Countering Disinformation 
in Challenging Environments
With Maya Talakhadze (Director, Regional Development Hub – Caucasus, GE).
At Stadtwerkstatt
Registration until June 5 (you can sign up for the waiting list).

## Full programme:
https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#programme

All the best,

Tatiana
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Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director
Disruption Network Lab
https://www.disruptionlab.org/
E-mail for personal messages: tbazz(at)disruptionlab.org
Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz
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