Description
The panel »Art Challenging Digital Repression«, held at the annual conference »Digital Interventions. Bodies, Infrastructures, Politics« of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) Intervening Arts at HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin on May 10, 2025, explored the growing significance of understanding and resisting repression in digital spaces. As forms of digital repression, including mass surveillance, censorship, misinformation and invasive spyware, equip governments with powerful tools to suppress dissent, artistic interventions play a crucial role in challenging these mechanisms and fostering critical awareness.This follow-up conversation with film and media scholar Şirin Fulya Erensoy extends the panel's discussions by examining how these ideas translate into ongoing artistic, curatorial and academic practices. Having relocated from Berlin to Groningen in 2024, where she now teaches at the University of Groningen, Erensoy builds on her recent work to share insights into her feminist and intersectional approach, her engagement with video activism and archiving and her reflections on the possibilities and limits of resilience through art. The interview provides a personal and process-oriented perspective, connecting theory and practice, and highlighting how critical artistic interventions can remain visible and effective in an increasingly surveilled digital landscape. An audio recording of the original panel discussion from the annual conference is also available at the end of the interview.
| Period | Nov-2025 |
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| Degree of Recognition | International |