“Losing Control” is the motto, which can be interpreted in many different ways, and invites artistic exploration of experienced or threatened loss of control. Wrapped up in the theme is the hint that man is unable to direct his destiny on many levels. In art production, loss of control stands for wild ecstasy as well as for conscious letting go and immersion in creative flow.
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At the LOSING CONTROL Line-Up, discursive formats, film screenings and performances will line up in rapid succession for one afternoon. Top-class guests from art and science invite the audience to engage with the experienced or threatened loss of control.
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15:00-15:05 Welcome by Robert Punkenhofer, Künstlerischer Leiter VIENNA ART WEEK

15:05 -15:45: Jules Evans (Author and Philosopher, London Philosophy Club) Lecture on his book “The Art of Losing Control”
Online participation via ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/2737419612

16:00-16:50: Anderwald + Grond (artist-researcher, Vienna) in conversation with Sergio Edelsztein (curator, Tel Aviv/Berlin), Anna Kim (author) and Jeanne Drach (artist and producer OH WOW production).

17:00 – 17:45: Javier Telléz (artist, born in Mexico, lives and works in New York) Lecture on “Losing Control ” moderated by Robert Punkenhofer
Online participation via ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/2737419612

18:00-19:00: Saskia Sassen (sociologist and economist, Columbia University, New York) Lecture on “Losing Control”
Online participation via ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/2737419612

19:00-20:00 Talk and presentation “Regaining Control. Humans at the Center of Technological Development” moderated by Michael Strassnig, WWTF
Participants: Hannah Metzler (Complexity Science Hub Vienna); Jörg Flecker (University Vienna); Martin Kampel (TU Vienna)