Since we had a lot to do this week, the diary entry will be kept short. Our week began with a reflection on collectivity. At the end of the second week of research, the question of the relationship between German and Arabic became the subject of our discussions. This issue arose in the context of our collective collaboration within a … Read More

Our final week was intense and exciting. We completed our research work. Specifically, we created a final and definitive text version for ‘Autocracy On Air,’ which refers to a complete script for a one to two-hour theater play that can also be performed by other groups and theaters. While some team members spent the weekend in Leipzig, Saeed spent the … Read More

What symbols and myths shape the formation of nations, and how does national self-representation operate in the Middle East? To what extent are these questions interconnected with classical mass media, such as radio and television? Anderer Kunstverein, with its focus on socio-cultural, avant-garde, and radio practices, joined forces with the Rousl Studio, which previously functioned as a pirate “Rubble-Radio” near … Read More

A central motif that overdetermines the history of post-structuralist psychoanalysis, as well as the history of theater in the long twentieth century, is the “stade du mirroir” (mirror phase). With the definition of this concept, Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) initiates his discourse. Within the context of his therapeutic practice at the experimental psychiatric private clinic La Borde, Lacan’s student and media … Read More