Projections from the West? Art, Antifascism, Autonomy, and the Wohlfahrtsausschüsse
Thursday, Oct 1, 2026, 7 pm
With Dr. Isabelle Graw (Professor of Art History and Art Theory, Städelschule – Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt am Main), Schorsch Kamerun (theater director and singer, Hamburg), Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk (historian, Berlin), Masha Qrella (singer and songwriter, Berlin), representatives of the clubs Conne Island (Leipzig) and ://about self (Berlin), among others.
Conceived and moderated by Andreas Fanizadeh (chief correspondent for cultural affairs, taz, Berlin)
In the 1990s, bands, intellectuals, and antifascist activists joined forces as Wohlfahrtsausschüsse (“welfare committees”). United by the attempt to defend antiauthoritarian ways of life in Rostock, Dresden, and Leipzig against farright scenes, participants discuss what can be learned from this history and where we stand today.
In German, free admission; the event will also be livestreamed
The event is a cooperation with taz.
Projections Onto the East is a project by n.b.k. in cooperation with the Schinkel Pavillon, conceived by Fabian Bechtle and Leon Kahane.
Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation).
Funded by the Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media).
