Raimar Stange in Conversation with Florian Malzacher
As part of the exhibition
Demokratie heute – Probleme der Repräsentation

31 March 2021
In German

Around the world, many existing democracies are in a crisis: freedoms and options for political participation are being restricted or their use is declining. The exhibition Demokratie heute – Probleme der Repräsentation (Democracy Today – Problems of Representation) curated by Raimar Stange takes the vulnerability of the basic democratic order as a starting point and illuminates problem areas such as burgeoning right-wing populism around the world, the mediatisation of politics, and new forms of political participation.

On Wednesday, 31 March 2021, the KINDL hosted a live-stream discussion between Florian Malzacher and Raimar Stange. They discuss alternative forms of political participation in relation to selected works from the exhibition.

Florian Malzacher (* 1970 in Bonn, lives and works in Berlin) is an independent curator, dramaturge and author. From 2012 to 2017 he was the artistic director of the Impulse Theatre Festival in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mühlheim / Ruhr, and before that he was head dramaturge and curator of the steirischer herbst festival in Graz for seven years (2006 to 2012). His publications include Not Just a Mirror. Looking for the Political Theatre of Today (ed., 2015) and Empty Stages, Crowded Flats. Performativity as Curatorial Strategy (ed. with Joanna Warsza, 2017). His book Gesellschaftsspiele. Politisches Theater heute was published in 2020.

Raimar Stange (* 1960 in Hanover, lives and works in Berlin) is an independent curator and art publicist who writes for various art magazines including Flash Art, Milan; Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich; Springerin, Vienna; Camera Austria, Graz, and taz, Berlin. His most recent publications include 2050 – Nature Morte: Kunst zum Klimawandel (Berlin 2020) and Global National – Kunst zum Rechtspopulismus (Cologne 2019). Stange has curated numerous exhibitions, including at L 40 | Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin (2020); Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (2019); and at Kunst Haus Wien (2015; 2016).