- documenta
Antisemitism in the Arts
Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 6.30–8 pm
On site in Kassel and via livestream
An event by Bildungsstätte Anne Frank and documenta gGmbH
About
Antisemitism is a widespread problem throughout society, in Germany and globally. This is now evident in Kassel: Antisemitic imagery at the global documenta fifteen. How could it come to this? What is needed now for not escalating the polarized debate even further? How do we converge the ideas of avoiding censorship and avoiding antisemitic art? The panel dares to attempt a problem diagnosis on anti-Semitism and the arts, also in relation to the state of Israel – and at documenta fifteen.
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan, Professor for Political Theory and the History of Ideas, TU Dresden
Prof. Dr. Doron Kiesel, scientific Director of the Education Department of Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland
Prof. Dr. Meron Mendel, Director of Bildungsstätte Anne Frank
Adam Szymczyk, curator and author, Zürich. He was the artistic director of documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel (2017) and is curator-at-large at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam
Hortensia Völckers, Artistic Director of the German Federal Cultural Foundation
Host
Stefan Koldehoff, Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Welcoming address
Angela Dorn, Hessian Minister of Higher Education, Research and the Arts
In German and English with simultaneous translation into English and German as well as German Sign Language.
Location
UK 14 – Untere Karlsstraße 14, 34117 Kassel as well as via livestream
Due to the current developments in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, on-site seating space is highly limited. We kindly ask to follow the event via livestream.
YouTube channel of documenta: https://bit.ly/3OmaeYu
YouTube channel of Bildungsstätte Anne Frank (German livestream only): https://www.youtube.com/c/Bildungsst%C3%A4tteAnneFrank