Marianne van Kerkhoven spent thirty years as a dramaturge at Kaaitheater. has to attend the farewell party ‘Bye Bye Kaai’. We make her part of it with a conversation about the legacy of her work.Speaking are the dramaturges Esther Severi and Edith Cassiers.

Do you sometimes wonder how you will ever be able to do anything about global warming? An important part of the solution is in your wallet. What does your bank do with your money? Did you know that the four major Belgian banks KBC, ING, Belfius and BNP-Paribas are still investing tens of billions in fossil fuels?

Please note: this talk has been cancelled to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus. 

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. Boris Groys is an art critic, media theorist and philosopher. He is professor at New York University. His work is dedicated to the exploration of the link between socialism, modernism, contemporary art and media and technology.

This talk draws on interviews conducted with staff and students who have made complaints within universities that relate to unfair, unjust or unequal working conditions and to abuses of power such as sexual and racial harassment. It approaches complaint as a form of diversity work: the ordinary and often painstaking labour of trying to transform institutions so they are more accommodating. Sara Ahmed explores the significance of how complaints happen “behind closed doors,” and shows how doors are often closed even when they appear to be opened.