The Cabaret Voltaire is the birthplace of the Dada movement, which emerged in Zurich in 1916 and, in the midst of the war, awakened the need to question the present with new artistic forms. Today, its cross-disciplinary legacy remains at the centre. ...
«Analytisches Kabarett» – Nr. 6: Is the Public Sphere Abolishing Itself? – With Kierkegaard, Fraser, and a Champagne Prosecco against TikTok / Review-Tour with !Mediengruppe Bitnik
Long before the obvious threat to public discourse posed by TikTok and X, Kierkegaard already viewed the daily press as a nihilistic death spiral of the public sphere. Indeed, it may be difficult to see Fox News and Instagram as the fulfillment of the Enlightenment hope for discursive opinion-formation. Is the only option the leap into one’s own self recommended by Kierkegaard – or should we, together with late Enlightenment thinkers such as Nancy Fraser, fight for more discourse and for subaltern counter-publics? The artistic contribution by !Mediengruppe Bitnik examines the impact of the digital sphere on our connection to public environments. The piece illuminates the ways in which online ranking systems configure our perception of physical locations.
More about Analytical Cabaret:
In the soirée series “Analytical Cabaret,” the analytical craft of philosophy is laid bare and challenged or intensified through contributions from other perspectives and disciplines. Each soirée includes an introduction to the school of thought by the philosopher Dominique Kuenzle, a presented text analysis, a thesis or question from emerging philosophers at the University of Zurich, as well as an artistic and a culinary contribution. Guests are invited to actively participate in the discussion or simply listen.
More about !Mediengruppe Bitnik:
!Mediengruppe Bitnik is a Berlin-based artist duo founded by Domagoj Smoljo and Carmen Weisskopf. They work both within the internet and with it as a medium. In their work, they raise contemporary questions regarding data realities, surveillance, non-human entities, and networking, among other themes.
The event will be held in German and partly in English.
Admission: pay what you want.
The selected text passages can be requested via info@cabaretvoltaire.ch.
Text by Kierkegaard: The Present Age.
Text by Nancy Fraser: Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy (1990).
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Cabaret Voltaire
Spiegelgasse 1
8001 Zürich
