A shift to the right and a threat to artistic freedom for the international cultural scene?

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12/6/24

6:00 PM

How is the political shift to the right affecting artistic freedom and cultural scenes both nationally and internationally? The author and freelance journalist Eva Kienholz, the curator of the Osten Festival Martin Naundorf, the Finnish-Cameroonian choreographer Sonya Lindfors and the South African-Jewish artist Candice Breitz report and look for strategies to make art less vulnerable. The panel will be moderated by Michel Abdollahi.

Eva Kienholz studied German studies, history and German literature in Mannheim and Berlin. She works as a freelance journalist and author. In 2015, she began to focus intensively on the AfD and the New Right. In 2020, she published her book "Ihr Kampf. How Höcke & Co. radicalise the AfD" was published by Das Neue Berlin. In August 2024, Kienholz published "Eine kurze Geschichte der AfD. From Eurocriticism to the Remigration Scandal".

Martin Naundorf works as a curator for the OSTEN festival in Bitterfeld-Wolfen and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. He studied "Cultures of the Curatorial" at the HGB Leipzig and cultural work in Potsdam and Amsterdam. After graduating, he worked as an artistic production manager and produced for the Kunstfest Weimar, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, the YMUSIC production office and the Marc Sinan Company, among others. His current curatorial practice is focussed on public spaces, "the East" and the festival format.

The Finnish-Cameroonian choreographer Sonya Lindfors was last a guest at Kampnagel in October 2024 with her production ONE DROP. In addition to her choreographic work, she is also active in the fields of mediation, community organisation and education and is a founding member and artistic director of UrbanApa, an interdisciplinary and counter-hegemonic art community that offers a platform for new discourses and feminist art practices. In all her positions, she pursues the goal of creating and promoting anti-racist and feminist platforms.

Candice Breitz is a South African Jewish artist. She lives in Berlin and teaches at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig. In her photographic and video works, she examines the role of media in the development of individuals and groups.