Antonio Cataldo & Anushka Rajendran; Nikima Jagudajev — OITF 2021, session 1–2 + intro no. 5

and : ‘What does it mean to be public? Bodies in Transformative Alliance’
What: This presentation questions the meaning of the ‘space of appearance’ today. It will look at how the democratic space of discussion once relegated to the physical space of assembly — of coming together as a form of claiming change — happened at the intersection of different architectures — including the street, the square, the pavement — has now moved on the fringes of the physical and the digital sphere; here aggregation of masses assume a complete different meaning. We will look at the intersection of these spaces to understand how art continues to be a social space, creating new assemblies and alternative parliaments.

UPDATE: Dear listeners, future participants, please enjoy this reference list to the presentation by Antonio and Anushka. Might be useful! And here is the full presentation that was made and included as an excerpt in the stream:

↗︎ A & A, 2021 (WAV, 555MB)

For the notion of the space of appearance: ↗︎ Hannah Arendt (1958), The Human Condition, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
For the notion of the space of appearance rethought by Butler: Judith Butler (2011), ↗︎ ‘Bodies in Alliance and the Politics of the Street’, transversal texts.
For the notion of the space of appearance rethought by Rancière: Jacques Rancière (2001), ↗︎ ‘Ten Theses on Politics’; and Jacques Rancière, ↗︎ ‘Politics and Aesthetics: An Interview’, interviewed by Peter Hallward, Angelaki 8, no. 2 (2003): 191–211.
For the notion of political society: Partha Chatterjee (2011 [2008], Lineages of Political Society, New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
And we can add ↗︎ Shine Utopians by ( and ) and ↗︎ Antonio’s text about that work.

: An introduction!
will talk about the beauties happening in ↗︎ Saturday’s program by Draglab.

: ‘Aufhebung — a bedtime story’, from now on ↗︎ The Backstreet Boys!!!
What: Entangled fiction and critical praxis; The Backstreet Boys focuses on kinship and mothering from the point of view of one person’s sporadic life story. Their story begins in college and moves through various influential encounters that grapple with entanglement, boundaries, and the structures necessary for them to commit to Love. The Backstreet Boys also looks at kinship as an antithesis to the institutionalization of family, pedagogy, and identity, and mothering as an un-gendered political practice; a social responsibility towards the future of this planet. Nikima invites us to take part in a short conversation and a late-night reading. Duration will be approximately 70 minutes. Grab your pillows and get in a comfortable position while listening! PS: We have heard rumours the title is changes to The Backstreet Boys. More about that tonight. If it is true, and why. Update: It is true. Listen and you will know more. Listen below (WAV upon request):

↗︎ The Backstreet Boys (MP3, 164MB)

NOTE: Both Antonio & Anushka and Nikima is currently working on texts later to be published by Karmaklubb* and the . The current version of Nikima’s text, co-published with , can be found ↗︎ here.

Streamed live into virtual space through ↗︎ Vimeo (HERE) from / ’s headquarters, Bergen. Much love to the most eminent multitech anchor ; this would not have been possible without you! Facebook link in case needed ↗︎ here. Event is *FREE* and in English. If you have any questions to the beauties involved, please write us in advance of the session at karmaklubb(at)protonmail(dot)com or Instagram DM @karmaklubb_oslo!

Above: Snippets from the greatness! The tune: ↗︎ Route 8, Klasszik from It's okay To Dance (2019).

This is , anno 2021. IRL he is very nice.

Endnotes

Karmaklubb* is growing through collaboration and continuity as method. As some of you might have already notices, we are proudly taking part of ‘ 2021 — Online & At Home Edition!’, working with our dear friends at . A ‘series of bending encounters’, queerness and joy, some green paint, too. A group of glorious beings as gathered with us through five sessions over three nights – 16, 19, and 20 March. All very different yet they have in common a ‘queer eye’ on how the presence of our physical bodies is a highly political and liberating tool for challenging borders, repression, and language – to expand, renegotiate, and change the spaces and architectures we inhabit (IRL and virtually). Texts are being printed, and ↗︎ kiwi green artist’s edition T-shirts made for your pleasure. And besides the festival programme, written contributions are coming up as part of this collaboration during the next months. And so will a ‘house of joi (sic)’, hopefully this fall, when we can practice as we preach! House party in a church. A drag. *A PROPER BALL!* A celebration.

Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival has been the pulsing heart of the spring season since 2013. Daring and surprising, it has become an annual rendezvous for performing arts in Oslo in March. This year’s festival will be different than the previous ones. The preparation of Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival 2021 takes place in a very uncertain context – but one thing is for sure: The festival will happen! It will take another format and on a smaller scale. It is also subtitled ‘11 days of Live Art experiences’ to emphasize that it is not only theater in its traditional sense being shown, but a wide range of live arts, performances, installations, seminars, and talks. The festival will unfold in spaces that are still accessible, with site-specific and outdoor projects, new modes of sharing as well as a digital program. In this moment of forced isolation, we need more than ever to rely on the common, on co-construction and on trusting each other. Evolving around the question: “At present time, what do we need most?” this edition is conceived together with various contributors and guest curators, among them Karmaklubb*.

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