All of Me for A Piece of You, Part 2
Jan Verwoert

Tell me why? That way? — When spirits pass the doors to language and say “we want“

In this series of talks, Jan Verwoert addresses dominant protocols surrounding the recognition of authorship in the arts, and searches for alternatives in daily practice and ancient comedy. In this talk, he will turn to demonological accounts of how spirits enter into dialogue with the living via art and politics; dwell on psychoanalytical notions of what happens when desires pass over into language, and we fail to authorize them; and end by asking: how is it that, since antiquity, people find it funny to see comedians open the door, when the Unknown comes knocking.

The lecture on 13 December at 20:00, will be followed by a workshop session on 14 December at 11:00. During the workshop, the ideas presented in the talk, as well as excerpts from the manuscript of a forthcoming book, will be discussed in greater depth through communal peer-review discussions.