🫂✊ MEETUP: ILLIBERAL REALITIES
⏰ 19:00-21:00, 3 April 2025
📍 nGbK, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 11/13, 10178 Berlin
We welcome you to join us on Thursday, 3. April for a community meetup, focused around the topic of “Illiberal Realities: Understanding Propaganda and the Orbánisation of Europe.” Our guests are Péter Adamik and Sára Szedlár from the Freie Ungarische Botschaft (Free Hungarian Embassy), a spontaneously organised group of Hungarian-European citizens living in Berlin, with a mission for the restoration of rule of law and the creation of a solidarity society in Hungary from abroad.
REGISTER BELOW - attendance is free!
https://www.disruptionlab.org/event/illiberal-realities
⏰ 19:00-21:00, 3 April 2025
📍 nGbK, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 11/13, 10178 Berlin
We welcome you to join us on Thursday, 3. April for a community meetup, focused around the topic of “Illiberal Realities: Understanding Propaganda and the Orbánisation of Europe.” Our guests are Péter Adamik and Sára Szedlár from the Freie Ungarische Botschaft (Free Hungarian Embassy), a spontaneously organised group of Hungarian-European citizens living in Berlin, with a mission for the restoration of rule of law and the creation of a solidarity society in Hungary from abroad.
REGISTER BELOW - attendance is free!
https://www.disruptionlab.org/event/illiberal-realities
Disruption Network Lab
Illiberal Realities: Understanding Propaganda and the Orbanisation of Europe — Disruption Network Lab
This event will focus on understanding how an illiberal democracy has successfully existed in the middle of the EU for the last fifteen years and how propaganda is an important tool within it.
See you tonight, 7pm at nGbK! ☝️
How to get there & find it:
https://ngbk.de/en/besuch/ngbk-alexanderplatz
How to get there & find it:
https://ngbk.de/en/besuch/ngbk-alexanderplatz
ngbk.de
nGbK am Alex
Die neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) ist ein deutscher Kunstverein. Er wurde 1969 mit basisdemokratischer Struktur gegründet und ist einer der aktivsten und mitgliederstärksten Kunstvereine Deutschlands.
Relevant to the topic of our meetup tonight: Hungary has announced today that they will withdraw from the ICC. 😬
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/04/03/hungary-withdrawing-international-criminal-court-netanyahu-visit/82788752007/
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/04/03/hungary-withdrawing-international-criminal-court-netanyahu-visit/82788752007/
Reuters
Hungary says it is withdrawing from International Criminal Court as Israel's Netanyahu visits
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban invited Netanyahu to Budapest a day after the ICC issued an arrest warrant over allegations of war crimes in Gaza.
🖥🌐 AFTER NETWORKS
⏰ 14:30 – 16:30, 17 April 2025
📍 RWTH Aachen University – Super C, Templergraben 57, Aachen, 52062
On Thursday, Tatiana Bazzichelli will be speaking in a roundtable discussion at RWTH Aachen University as part of the workshop “After Networks: reframing scale, reimagining connections." In times when the ‘extinction internet’ notion has been claimed from a “platform-in-the-age-climate-collapse perspective” (Lovink, 2024), which other telecommunication infrastructures could be developed in this current configuration? How can a more nourishing sense of community be recreated beyond the social disintegration naturalized on social media?
https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/after-networks-reframing-scale-reimagining-connections/
Register to attend by email: events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
⏰ 14:30 – 16:30, 17 April 2025
📍 RWTH Aachen University – Super C, Templergraben 57, Aachen, 52062
On Thursday, Tatiana Bazzichelli will be speaking in a roundtable discussion at RWTH Aachen University as part of the workshop “After Networks: reframing scale, reimagining connections." In times when the ‘extinction internet’ notion has been claimed from a “platform-in-the-age-climate-collapse perspective” (Lovink, 2024), which other telecommunication infrastructures could be developed in this current configuration? How can a more nourishing sense of community be recreated beyond the social disintegration naturalized on social media?
https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/after-networks-reframing-scale-reimagining-connections/
Register to attend by email: events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
✋ NO. THE EXHIBITION
⏰ 17:00, 25 April 2025
📍 Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
The title of the project sounds purposefully radical. “Нет”, the Russian word for ‘no’, is a symbol of disobedience, born out of ten years of resilience, stubbornness and the will to fight. Saying 'no' is a fundamental and inviolable human right that is denied to many people around the world today, including those in Russia. The mere word 'no' can lead to arrest or imprisonment in some countries. It can cost lives. The exhibition brings together the voices of those who, against all odds, continue to dare to say no.
The exhibition is curated by an international team of independent & critical journalists and artists who were forced to leave Russia in 2014 and co-founded Meduza, a Riga-based news outlet in Russian and English.
The exhibition will continue to run from 26 April through 6 July 2025.
https://kunstraumkreuzberg.de/no-the-exhibition-nein-die-ausstellung/
⏰ 17:00, 25 April 2025
📍 Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
The title of the project sounds purposefully radical. “Нет”, the Russian word for ‘no’, is a symbol of disobedience, born out of ten years of resilience, stubbornness and the will to fight. Saying 'no' is a fundamental and inviolable human right that is denied to many people around the world today, including those in Russia. The mere word 'no' can lead to arrest or imprisonment in some countries. It can cost lives. The exhibition brings together the voices of those who, against all odds, continue to dare to say no.
The exhibition is curated by an international team of independent & critical journalists and artists who were forced to leave Russia in 2014 and co-founded Meduza, a Riga-based news outlet in Russian and English.
The exhibition will continue to run from 26 April through 6 July 2025.
https://kunstraumkreuzberg.de/no-the-exhibition-nein-die-ausstellung/
Early birds catch the worm 🐦🪱 especially in #Berlin!
Registrations 🎟 for our upcoming conference in June are now open, and a dozen speakers are already confirmed. #DNL35
Friday, June 13 (16:00–20:40)
Saturday, June 14 (15:50–20:30)
Sunday, June 15 (12:30–16:00)
Read more: https://dnlb.org/news92
Registrations 🎟 for our upcoming conference in June are now open, and a dozen speakers are already confirmed. #DNL35
Friday, June 13 (16:00–20:40)
Saturday, June 14 (15:50–20:30)
Sunday, June 15 (12:30–16:00)
Read more: https://dnlb.org/news92
BOOK LAUNCH 📖
⏰ 19:00, 28 April 2025 (tonight!)
📍 Mariannenplatz 2, Marielle-Franco-Platz, 10997 Berlin
Cornelia Sollfrank and Felix Stalder will speak at FIXTURES #4 about the contemporary in embodied data practices and its relation to the planetary. The occasion is the publication of their new book Contemporaneity in Embodied Data Practices, published in the series The Contemporary Condition by Sternberg Press.
The event will be held in English and German.
More info here: https://www.bbk-kulturwerk.de/en/news/fixtures-4-cornelia-sollfrank-and-felix-stalder-conversation-kevin-rittberger-embodied-data
⏰ 19:00, 28 April 2025 (tonight!)
📍 Mariannenplatz 2, Marielle-Franco-Platz, 10997 Berlin
Cornelia Sollfrank and Felix Stalder will speak at FIXTURES #4 about the contemporary in embodied data practices and its relation to the planetary. The occasion is the publication of their new book Contemporaneity in Embodied Data Practices, published in the series The Contemporary Condition by Sternberg Press.
The event will be held in English and German.
More info here: https://www.bbk-kulturwerk.de/en/news/fixtures-4-cornelia-sollfrank-and-felix-stalder-conversation-kevin-rittberger-embodied-data
🛠 #DNL35 WORKSHOP 🎨
Defending Civic Space
📍 13:00–16:00, 15 June 2025
Stadtwerkstatt (Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11, 10178 Berlin)
Civic space is becoming increasingly restricted. This workshop will examine how #disinformation impacts protests, media freedom and #humanrights defenders.
REGISTER now! Limited to 25 participants. https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#workshop
Defending Civic Space
📍 13:00–16:00, 15 June 2025
Stadtwerkstatt (Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11, 10178 Berlin)
Civic space is becoming increasingly restricted. This workshop will examine how #disinformation impacts protests, media freedom and #humanrights defenders.
REGISTER now! Limited to 25 participants. https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#workshop
🗓 1 MONTH to go until #DNL35!
SHADOWS OF ILLIBERALISM (June 13–15th 2025) will explore the roots of far-right politics and challenge its influence through art, activism & tech.
🎟 REGISTER now!
🐦 'Early bird' tickets for only 2 more days!
https://tickets.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism/
SHADOWS OF ILLIBERALISM (June 13–15th 2025) will explore the roots of far-right politics and challenge its influence through art, activism & tech.
🎟 REGISTER now!
🐦 'Early bird' tickets for only 2 more days!
https://tickets.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism/
Hi all! Today is the last chance to get 🐦 'Early bird' tickets!https://tickets.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism/
Hi all! The full programme is now online! (http://dnlb.org/35)
We are very happy if some of you want to help by forwarding our graphics and posts in your networks. We also have flyers and posters in our office - write to outreach@disruptionlab.org if you want some, or to help in other ways!
Here is a folder with graphics for your enjoyment:
https://dnlb.org/35-gfx
Links to our socials here:
https://dnlb.org/socials
Cheers from the DNL team
We are very happy if some of you want to help by forwarding our graphics and posts in your networks. We also have flyers and posters in our office - write to outreach@disruptionlab.org if you want some, or to help in other ways!
Here is a folder with graphics for your enjoyment:
https://dnlb.org/35-gfx
Links to our socials here:
https://dnlb.org/socials
Cheers from the DNL team
Hi again! This sunday our collegue Lucas Hoffmann moderates this panel on topics close to our research project Investigating the Kill Cloud (http://thekill.cloud).
📅 Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
📍Location: bUm, Paul-Lincke-Ufer 21, 10999 Berlin
Registration required (free):
https://dnlb.org/bum-may25
Bringing in feminist and decolonial perspectives the panel will explore what it means to resist the automation of violence across the spectrum of military AI, from autonomous weapons to algorithmic decision-support systems.
🔹 Ishmael Bhila – Activist and scholar on decolonial technology studies, Paderborn University
🔹 Marwa Fatafta – Expert on digital rights and governance in the MENA region, Access Now
🔹Elvin Çetin (DFG-VK) & Jennifer Menninger (WILPF Germany) – Members of the Stop Killer Robots Campaign
🔹Moderation: Lucas Hoffmann, Disruption Network Lab e.V.
📅 Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
📍Location: bUm, Paul-Lincke-Ufer 21, 10999 Berlin
Registration required (free):
https://dnlb.org/bum-may25
Bringing in feminist and decolonial perspectives the panel will explore what it means to resist the automation of violence across the spectrum of military AI, from autonomous weapons to algorithmic decision-support systems.
🔹 Ishmael Bhila – Activist and scholar on decolonial technology studies, Paderborn University
🔹 Marwa Fatafta – Expert on digital rights and governance in the MENA region, Access Now
🔹Elvin Çetin (DFG-VK) & Jennifer Menninger (WILPF Germany) – Members of the Stop Killer Robots Campaign
🔹Moderation: Lucas Hoffmann, Disruption Network Lab e.V.
Head’s up - only 5 spots left for the workshop! Don’t tell me I didn’t tell you! ;)
Cheers, Jonas
https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#workshop
http://dnlb.org/tix
Cheers, Jonas
https://www.disruptionlab.org/shadows-of-illiberalism#workshop
http://dnlb.org/tix
Doors open today at 4pm! Register at dnlb.org/tix or pay with cash at the door (8€).
See you soon!
See you soon!
Partner event today at 18:00, Tatwerk, Hasenheide 9:
https://tatwerk-berlin.de/en/projects/356-ai-framing-the-future-the-visual-script-that-makes-violence-feel-inevitable-en
https://tatwerk-berlin.de/en/projects/356-ai-framing-the-future-the-visual-script-that-makes-violence-feel-inevitable-en
Let’s Go!
Techno-Ecologies & Bodies of Memory – The Environment as Battleground
Exhibition: July 19 – Oct 5, 2025
Opening: July 18, 17:00
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
How do plants, landscapes & technologies remember?
This powerful group exhibition dives into environmental destruction, colonialism & digital memory — with art, performances, talks & workshops.
Curated by Dr. Marianna Liosi, featuring 20+ international artists.
🔗 More Info: https://kunstraumkreuzberg.de/programm/techno-ecologies-and-bodies-of-memory-the-environment-as-battleground/
🌐 English, German & Arabic language info on site.
Techno-Ecologies & Bodies of Memory – The Environment as Battleground
Exhibition: July 19 – Oct 5, 2025
Opening: July 18, 17:00
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
How do plants, landscapes & technologies remember?
This powerful group exhibition dives into environmental destruction, colonialism & digital memory — with art, performances, talks & workshops.
Curated by Dr. Marianna Liosi, featuring 20+ international artists.
🔗 More Info: https://kunstraumkreuzberg.de/programm/techno-ecologies-and-bodies-of-memory-the-environment-as-battleground/
🌐 English, German & Arabic language info on site.