Hyperpresent
We live in a time of emergencies. They are political, economic, ecological, social, racial, sexual – they cover the totality of our existences, as well as the ones of the species with whom we share the Earth. In order to think this time, we need to heighten our intellectual equipment to the level of these emergencies, intensifying our relationship to our present.
This Kaaitheater season, five important thinkers will introduce a series of helpful new concepts. From architecture to art theory, from philosophy to political thinking, they all challenge our current assumptions and suggest new ways of looking at what surrounds us. When the sense of the present is dramatically augmented by a feeling of emergency, there is no choice but to confront ourselves with what it means to live in the hyperpresent.
Under the title Hyperpresent, five contemporary thinkers will give a talk on a new idea that they introduced themselves. Afterwards, they will engage in a conversation with philosopher Laurent De Sutter – who curated this series.
• Laurent de Sutter is a philosopher and professor of legal theory at the VUB. He has published several books, including most recently Qu'est-ce que la pop'philosophie ?
