07/10/2017
performance
Dark Matters.
Animated talk in the dark
- In the last few years, online hate speech has become a prevalent topic of discussion. Issues concerning the infecting of social media and forums under information services are being subjected to analysis. The strength of this phenomenon stems from the fact that they occur anonymously, or the sense of anonymity itself intensifies the radicalization of language. What prompts people to hate speech? What are the social, political as well as emotional consequences of this? The anonymous discussion – in the dark – will attempt to answer these questions, but also to outline the wider spectrum of this disturbing phenomena. What is gained from a missing or hidden physical presence? It dissolves the barrier of identity and image. The distance between the expert and the receiver disappears.
- The talk in the dark will be an opportunity to develop a new space of understanding and discussion. We shall focus on voice, the transfer of thought as well as knowledge. We expect for a talk in complete darkness to produce unconventional results. We will start as well as depart in anonymity.
- We invited the following experts to participate in this experimental meeting: a journalist, sociologist, theatre director, and philosopher.
