A critical examination of the aesthetic, social, and political dynamics of fascism, questioning its appeal and ideological mechanisms.
Around the world, there is a glaring turn towards a sinister form of politics. One is reluctant to name it for what all its recognizable signs point to, for fear of accepting the reality that fascism is here and it is everywhere. Amid a raging discussion about where authoritarianism ends and fascism begins, the Global Fascisms—Reader critically examines the aesthetic, social, and political dynamics of fascism, questioning its appeal and ideological mechanisms, and looking at how current authoritarian conjunctures are being condoned, contested, and resisted across the globe. The longform essays, poetry, and conversations with experts collected here accompany the eponymous exhibition at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), engaging with a quintessentially modern and eerily contemporary political mo(ve)ment.
Featuring aaajiao, Pio Abad & Frances Wadsworth Jones, Jane Alexander, Matthew Barney, Vikrant Bhise, Michaël Borremans, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Gemeinschaftsschule with Alexandre Decoupigny and Claire Fristot, Shu Lea Cheang, Hou Chun-Ming, Eli Cortiñas, Andrew Esiebo, Niklas Goldbach, Hao Jingban, Daniel Hernández-Salazar, Hannah Höch, Karolina Jabłońska, Radu Jude & Adrian Cioflâncă, Yoonsuk Jung,
Gülsün Karamustafa,
Martin Kippenberger, Josh Kline, Firenze Lai, Daniel Lannes,
Maria Lassnig, Franz Lehmkuhl, Lawrence Lemaoana, Carlos Leppe, Anna Maria Maiolino, Sliman Mansour, Ciprian Mureșan, Nguyễn Tân Hoàng, Mussunda N'zombo, Pınar Öğrenci, Mimi Ọnụọha, Raking Leaves, Robin Rhode, Glauber Rocha,
Roee Rosen,
Julia Scher, Sara Sejin Chang (
Sara van der Heide), Mithu Sen, Sana Shahmuradova Tanska, Maree Sheehan, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Sunwoo Hoon, Fuyuhiko Takata, Grace Dorothée Tong, Top lista nadrealista & Nadreality Show, Mona Vătămanu & Florin Tudor (with Ilinca Manolache)
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