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21/04/2024

WAXING PHASES - CRESCENT
2 days of A/V live performances focused on Ambient Drone music and new media arts in on the 20th and 21st of April.
Join us for the live stream on the event day.

20/04/2024

Gaza, Ukraine & Azerbaijan: Challenging Network Authoritarianism
With Manolo Luppichini (Filmmaker and Author, IT), Arzu Geybulla (Journalist and Editor, AzNet Watch, Global Voices, AZ/TR), Tetyana Lokot (Associate Professor in Digital Media and Society, Dublin City University, UA/IE). Moderated by Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE)..

This panel brings together three different stories from Gaza, Ukraine and Azerbaijan, documenting the monopoly of communication channels during wartime and how strategies of digital authoritarianism can be used to maintain power, target people and distort reality. We will also discuss how it is possible to circumvent restricted access to digital infrastructure in war, and how it is possible to empower people to use distributed tools to fight digital oppression.

Besides killing tens of thousands, the Israeli offensive has been destroying Gaza's telecommunications infrastructure. To bypass the blackouts and restore connections in hard-hit areas, NGO ACS-Italia is testing a network of Web-Trees: mobile hotspots radiating free, universally-accessible WI-FI signal. Web-Trees are grown by local Web-Gardners, committed to keep their community connected to the rest of the world and to their social ties. Manolo Luppichini will bring his recent direct experience in Rafah, when together with NGO ACS-Italia, he worked on developing the Gaza’s Web-Trees project to provide digital access within Gaza.

Journalist and editor Arzu Geybulla will speak about Azerbaijan's passionate affair with digital authoritarianism. Since 2003, the government has deployed an array of measures and tactics to spy on civil society representatives and the public at large and resort to digital censorship, persecution, and repression. As a result, Azerbaijan has ranked poorly year-on-year, on many international indexes measuring political and social freedoms including its backsliding on internet freedoms.

Tetyana Lokot presents how to resist networked authoritarianism in Ukraine’s occupied territories during Russia's full-scale invasion. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has seen the authoritarian state mixing its usual external cyber warfare tactics with internet control and information manipulation approaches inspired by its internal networked authoritarian regime. Russia’s interventions in the information spaces and telecommunications infrastructure in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories demand greater scrutiny, yet we should also be studying Ukrainians' grassroots citizen responses to these threats.

BEYOND CONTROL
Resisting Digital Oppression & Authoritarianism

20/04/2024

Unveiling the Depths of Online Racism: Jihad Van Puymbroeck's Story to Justice

With Jihad Van Puymbroeck (Activist and Communication Strategist, BE). Moderated by Nyima Jadama (Activist & Moderator, GM/DE).

In January 2018 Jihad Van Puymbroeck started to work at VRT NWS, the Flemish Public Broadcast. It was a moment she should have celebrated, where she could be proud of herself. But it was taken away from her, and even more than that. Who is Jihad Van Puymbroeck? A woman, a Muslim woman, with Moroccan and Belgian origins, committed and ambitious. Apparently the ideal target for the Flemish far right youth movement Schild & Vrienden. The head of the organization Dries Van Langenhove orchestrated an online racist hate campaign against her. Her overall presence in influential environments was disturbing their vision of the Belgian landscape. Their strategy to clear Jihad from the way was by making her loose her job at the strategic employer, attempting to gagging and damaging her professional and mentally.

In September 2018 journalists of VRT NWS found a way to infiltrate the online Discord groups of Schild & Vrienden and their secret activities. To the outside eye, the members succeed to build a misleading image through their well-dressed looks and eloquence. Take a deeper look and you discover a closed network where racism and sexism are rife. They uncovered the racist, sexist and antisemitic face of the right-wing group. A criminal investigation was launched after the VRT documentary.

Jihad Van Puymbroeck is one of the civil parties, she discovered a file of 200 pages of ‘secret conversations’ with the aim of smearing her. After more than 6 years the judge sentenced Dries Van Langenhove with 1-year prison sentence. Jihad Van Puymbroeck won her case after a long agony. The judge specifically mentioned Jihad in his judgement: “He encourages antagonism, discord and conflict and as such fosters physical and psychological violence."

Jihad Van Puymbroeck will tell her story about the reasons which drove her becoming a civil party, what strategy she used to sustain this legal battle, how she almost gave up but eventually saw how justice prevails.

BEYOND CONTROL: Resisting Digital Oppression & Authoritarianism
https://disruptionlab.org/beyond-control

25/11/2023

With: Anas Aremeyaw Anas (Investigative Journalist, GH). Moderated by Stephanie Busari (Journalist and Editor for CNN, UK/NG). Like many human activities, crimes have evolved over the years and become complex – making their resolution difficult. Most crimes are committed under the thick cover of darkness, and can only be uncovered through sophisticated operations. The necessity of permeating criminal rings is of utmost importance due to the impact of such crimes on society as a collective. In this keynote, impelled by his mantra to name, shame, and jail, undercover investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas will present the mechanics of undercover and sting operations through heart-rending stories born out of his work over the years, highlighting the challenges thereof. Pioneered in Ghana and Africa, “Anasism”, popularly called the Anas principle in Ghana, involves the use of undercover tools and has proven to be a very effective strategy for penetrating criminal rings operating under the shadows of darkness. At the local level, the Anas principle has been employed to shed light on the callous treatment of individuals with mental health issues while under the custody of the agency responsible for their well-being. Subsequently, legislations were passed in the parliament of Ghana to deal with the maltreatment of individuals with mental health issues. In the story “Ghana in the eyes of God (Justice for Sale)”, several judges and judicial officers were caught taking bribes of varying degrees to bend the course of justice, free criminals, and jail the innocent. Over 40 judicial staff including judges, were sacked, and judicial reforms initialised, consequently. Internationally, Anasism was used to, for the first time, premiere the story “Number 12” which involved the uncovering of the grand and perennial corruption in football in Africa. Referees and other football officials were filmed taking bribes to change the outcome of the game which led to FIFA handing sanctions to those caught and leading to a total overhaul of football in Ghana: this work have not come without costs, with the recent assassination of Ahmed Suale, an agent of Anas playing a central role in uncovering football corruption in Africa. Through the Anas method, the story “The Spell of the Albino” was birthed, about a criminal ring harvesting human parts of albinos in Tanzania. Those involved in the horrendous act were busted and prosecuted. A similar criminal ring was penetrated in Malawi in the story “Malawi’s Human Harvest”. The list of stories involving the pe*******on and busting of criminal rings using the Anas principle is endless. Consequent reforms arising from such stories remain an indelible feature of Anasism.
www.disruptionlab.org/organised-crime

25/11/2023

With Vincenzo Musacchio (Criminologist, IT), Dritan Zagani (Whistleblower, Former anti-Drug Police Officer, AL), Pleurad Xhafa (Artist and Activist, AL), Andrea Dip (Investigative Journalist and Researcher, BR/DE), Anton Radniankou (Chair of the Board, Center for New Ideas, BY/PL). Moderated by Verena Zoppei (Advisor Anti-corruption and Integrity, IT/DE). This panel connects different organised crime and corruption strategies from the local to the global at the political and financial levels. Globalised crime will be analysed through various local contexts: money laundering, drug-, human- and organ trafficking by Italian and global mafias; the current state of Albania regarding organised crime, corruption, and its entanglement with government and politicians; the connections between Brazil's religious far-right, political power and organised crime; as well as corruption, sanctions and the role of media in authoritarian Belarus. Vincenzo Musacchio will describe how the globalised financial system and the consequent deregulation has facilitated money laundering, allowing the world’s mafias to hide their illicit profits. He will show how the mafias benefit above all from financial deregulation, as it provides the path for them to launder money through placement, stratification, and full integration into the legal financial system. The global mafias have been able to make the most of the negative effects of globalization processes by expanding their networks of influence and power in every part of the world. They currently have access to cutting-edge technologies (airplanes, submarines, drones) for trafficking drugs, human beings, and organs. They also use complex financial and IT operations (most recently crypto currencies like Bitcoin) to launder dirty money through lawful activities. Trafficking of drugs, including co***ne, generates income to fund other crimes. It is no coincidence that the main global mafias (Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and South American) constitute the economic power in many developing countries and are capable of overturning the rules of the market, of conditioning the legal economy and democracy. Transnational crime demands transnational strategies. Twenty years after the UN Palermo Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), it will be necessary to take further and decisive steps in the direction of an integrated system that is capable not only of guaranteeing the effective implementation of the existing legislative framework, but also of coordinating supervision of anti–money laundering efforts. In the context of organised crime and corruption in Albania, Disruption Network Lab invited Dritan Zagani, a whistleblower and former anti-drugs police officer, who currently resides in political asylum in Switzerland. In 2014-2015 after unveiling the collusion between politicians and organised crime in Albania, he was forced to leave his country. From his asylum in Switzerland he has recorded a statement for the conference in cooperation with Pleurad Xhafa, an artist and the co-founder of Debatik Center of Contemporary Art, a multidisciplinary platform that contributes on exploring critical themes such as power, corruption, colonialism, and resistance to the status quo in Albania and internationally. Both Zagani and Xhafa will contribute to the discourse sharing their personal experiences and offering insights into the current situation of political corruption and organised crime in Albania. Xhafa will take part in the panel discussion, intending to piece together a puzzle about the symbiotic relationship between organised crime and government in Albania and the effects produced by it. Andrea Dip has been covering stories on youth, inequality and poverty, violence against women, hate crimes, and attacks against the LGBTQ community for a long time, and for the past few years, she has investigated the transnational coalitions of far-right religious movements. Brazil has one of the highest rates of trans people killed, as well as femicides in the world. In the National Congress, 20% of federal deputies and 16% of senators are ultra-conservative religious, who mainly attack the rights of LGBT+ people and reproductive rights. This year, congressmen intend to vote on laws that could ban homoaffective marriage as well as abortions – even in cases of r**e or anencephaly of the fetus, or life-threatening conditions for pregnant women. The ultra-conservative discourse created to generate moral panic in the population is inflamed by far-right groups, politicians and "bolsonaristas". Bolsonarismo remains strong, despite the new progressive government. Evidence of this was the attempted coup that invaded and vandalised public buildings in Brasilia earlier this year. These far-right politicians, ultraconservative religious and fascist groups have established international connections, especially with North American and European organisations with questionable sources of funding. Meanwhile, the relationship between ultraconservative Christian churches, the far right and the militia is also growing strong in the country. Anton Radniankou will explore the intricate relationship between sanctions, corruption, and media influence in authoritarian Belarus. This presentation delves into the unintended consequences of sanctions, shedding light on how they can inadvertently fuel corruption within a regime. We will discover how Belarus has sought to export corruption to its allies while violating sanctions and learn about the role of the media in uncovering these intricate networks. The presentation will offer insights into the need for international cooperation, and the role of informed citizens in the fight against corruption.
www.disruptionlab.org/organised-crime

24/11/2023

With Stevan Dojčinović (Investigative Reporter and Editor, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, OCCRP, SRB), Floriana Bulfon (Investigative Journalist, IT), Shehryar Fazli (Author and Senior Policy Advisor, Asia-Pacific, OSF, PK/UK). Moderated by Denisse Rodriguez Olivari (Researcher, BR/DE). Drug trafficking is a highly lucrative market worldwide, with an estimated value of 30 billion Euro per year in the European Union, and is estimated to account nearly 1.5% of total global trade. In the context of transnational organised crime, it is an especially complex form of criminal activity, frequently involving several states and often overlapping with other offences, including financial crime and cybercrime. This panel details how drugs are trafficked and how this impacts technical and organisational complexity, with crime groups involved becoming more specialised and more fully interconnected. Organized crime has grown in size and strength over the past three years. While citizens in various countries were still isolated due to the coronavirus, organised crime was moving drugs and money across the globe, and effectively organising murders of opponents. Investigative reporter Stevan Dojčinović will dwell deep into new ways criminals are organising themselves, and how super cartels are making organised crime organisations larger. Today, seizures of one to ten tons of drugs are a regular occurrence and are no longer as damaging to criminals as they once were. Dojčinović will describe how global narcotic smuggling works from the Balkans and Europe to North America, and from South America to the Pacific. His focus will be on the various ways in which criminals overcome barriers to grow their businesses, protect themselves, and hide their money. Trends include adopting software to encrypt communication, using offshore companies to launder billions of euros, moving leaders of organised crime groups to Dubai where they are protected from international warrants, but most importantly, investing a lot in corruption and making connections with governments on the highest level. Award-winning author and journalist Floriana Bulfon, who has spent years investigating transnational organized crime, will examine the boom in drug trafficking in Europe, which in a decade went from importing quintals of co***ne to tons per shipment, enabled by a web of collusion. Relations between criminals and men of institutions have different characteristics – in countries like the Netherlands, where mafia organisations are a recent phenomenon (such as Ridouan Taghi’s Mocro Mafia), 'simple' bribery of port authority officials has been used to facilitate the passage of containers full of narcotics. On the other hand, in places with deep-rooted presence of clans, as in Southern Italy, organised crime has been able to exploit its capillary control of the territory, like the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro, historically dominated by the 'Ndrangheta. At the same time, the global narcotics market has seen the rise of new players – the brokers: hybrid figures between entrepreneurs and bosses, able to weave licit and illicit relationships more easily with institutions, to build logistical networks, shell companies, and diplomatic protection. A dowry that has allowed them to move hundreds of tons of co***ne while living undisturbed in the Arab Emirates for years. Shehryar Fazli, specialist on political and security affairs in South Asia, will describe how Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, along with Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle, became Asia’s most notorious drug smuggling hub. Since 2002, Iran and Pakistan have consistently accounted for more than 90 percent of global o***m seizures, originating in Afghanistan. Central Asia, too, contributes significantly to drug trafficking from Afghanistan to Russia and Europe, with Tajikistan being the most critical country in this northern route. These states have all adopted highly punitive counter-narcotics regimes, relying on coercive and arbitrary force, but with largely limited political will to tackle criminal organisations. Combined with high levels of corruption, this approach targets those at the lowest rungs of the criminal ladder while effectively protecting the most resourceful traffickers. Other than serving organised criminal groups, the drug trade is deeply intertwined with local economies in the region. Poppy remains vital to Afghanistan’s rural economy; for millions of Afghans, food security, children’s education, and meeting everyday costs would be impossible without its cultivation. The interim Taliban’s April 2022 edict banning poppy cultivation could, therefore, have enormous ramifications for farming communities amid a drought-prone and collapsing Afghan economy. Pakistan, Iran, and Tajikistan share long porous borders and deep cultural ties with Afghanistan. Cross-border informal trade and smuggling is a way of life and financial lifeline for border communities. Yet, the infrastructure that sustains these cross-border economies also lend themselves to drug and other trafficking, through transnational networks of transporters on land and sea, corrupt officials at entry and exit points, and recruiters and middlemen connecting suppliers with clients. International counter-narcotics assistance that has largely supported coercive state organs has not only failed to tackle the official corruption and collusion that enables a flourishing narcotics trade; it has also often fed that very problem. www.disruptionlab.org/organised-crime

24/11/2023

With Julian Hessenthaler (Private Investigator, AT). In conversation with Frederik Obermaier (Investigative Journalist, DE).

In 2019, a scandal rocked Austrian politics as journalists from Der Spiegel and Süddeutsche Zeitung revealed a secretly recorded video featuring Heinz-Christian Strache, the leader of the far-right FPÖ. In the video, he offered state contracts to a woman who claimed to be a millionaire and the niece of a Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin. Among other statements in the video, Mr. Strache mentioned his desire to create a media landscape similar to what Viktor Orbán had done in Hungary. Just hours after these initial reports, Mr. Strache resigned, prompting Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to call for new elections.

Following the "Ibiza affair," Austria has weathered a series of subsequent scandals. Investigations have exposed illegal donation schemes, election tampering, and inquiries funded and manipulated using taxpayers' money. Searches were conducted at various locations, including the Austrian Chancellery, the Ministry of Finance, the ÖVP party headquarters, and the media house Österreich. Consequently, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was compelled to resign, as he and his closest associates are suspected of misappropriating taxpayers' money to purchase favorable media coverage and manipulate fake surveys on behalf of the ÖVP, with alleged involvement of the Ministry of Finance. Austria, once again, is synonymous with a country plagued by endless scandals.

Julian Hessenthaler, the private detective who set the trap for Strache and triggered the "Ibiza affair," delves into the issues of power and abuse of power in the state of Austria with Frederik Obermaier, one of the journalists to whom he leaked the video.

21/11/2023

"I want to live in a society where it is possible to reveal war crimes and torture without ending up in prison."
21 November in Berlin join the reading and discussion with Stefania Maurizi, Christian Mihr and John Goetz.

04/11/2023

"I want to live in a society where it is possible to reveal war crimes and torture without ending up in prison (...) Today, such an authentically democratic society does not exist. And no one is going to create it for us..." Stefania Maurizi

21 November in Berlin join the reading and discussion with Stefania Maurizi, Christian Mihr and John Goetz.

To help the organisers to stream the event online please contribute here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/secret-power-by-stefania-maurizi-in-berlin

Learn more: https://bit.ly/47d19KO

10/09/2023

In der vierten Episode mit dem Titel Ressourcen/Arbeit/Extraktion geht es Hindernisse für die wirtschaftliche Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft und an Arbeitsprozessen. Sie hinterfragt stereotypische Darstellungen von Migranten und POC und erforscht die Formen der extraktiven Migration. Außerdem analysiert die Episode die Hindernisse für die professionelle Produktion in der Kulturindustrie

In the fourth episode, titled Resources/Work/Extraction, the focus is on the barriers to economic participation in society and the labor processes. It questions the stereotypical portrayals of black men and explores the modes of extractive migration. Additionally, the episode analyzes the barriers to professional production in cultural industries

GUESTS/GÄSTE: Youness Atbane (Künstler & Choreograph), Elaheh Kouhestani (Rechtswissenschaftlerin und Aktivistin.)

Musik Shadi Ali (Vocals, Guitarre, Elektronik)

20/08/2023

GÄSTE /GUESTS Khabit Ebob Enow (Projektleitung Tubman Network), Ali Moraly (Syrischer Violonist & Journalist) Musik: Ali Moraly & Yara Mekkawi
Moderation Fetewei Tarekegn

In der dritten Folge, Eigentum/Stimme/Repräsentation, untersucht die Serie kritisch die Darstellung verschiedener Gruppen in der Mainstream-Kultur. Es wird untersucht, wie Kulturen interagieren und sich überschneiden, welche Personen und Ereignisse die öffentliche Meinung prägen und wie verschiedene Stimmen in öffentliche Planungsprozesse einbezogen werden. Die Folge beleuchtet auch die Vertretung von Personen, die keinen Status haben oder nicht zur nationalen Bevölkerung gehören, und den Einzug neuer Ideen und Innovationen in verschiedene Bereiche.

In the third episode, Ownership/Voice/Representation the podcast critically examines the representation of different groups in mainstream culture. It explores how cultures interact and intersect, the individuals and events that shape public opinion, and the involvement of diverse voices in public planning processes. The episode also sheds light on the representation of individuals without status or not belonging to the national population and the entry of new ideas and innovation into various sectors.

13/08/2023

Episode/Folge 2: Nachrichten/Narrative/Aufmerksamkeit | News/Narratives/Attention

im Nachbarschaftscampus Dammweg
Dammweg 216 | 12057 Berlin
Zum Stream auf Youtube

GÄSTE /GUESTS Anna Homann (Ukrainische Künstlerin & Filmproduzentin); Hossam Aldeen (Syrisch-Deutscher Journalist)
MUSIK/MUSIC Louay Kanawati (Guitar, Electronics)

Die zweite Folge, Nachrichten/Narrative/Aufmerksamkeit, befasst sich mit der Frage, wie wir in der heutigen hyper-mediatisierten Umgebung relevante Informationen finden und filtern. Sie befasst sich mit den Veränderungen bei der Informationsbeschaffung in den letzten 20 Jahren, mit den Quellen, auf die sich die Menschen bei der Information über öffentliche Projekte verlassen, und mit der Polarisierung der Stimmen in der Medienlandschaft. Die Folge untersucht auch den Einfluss von Informationen auf die öffentliche Meinungsbildung und die sich verändernde Rolle des einzelnen Informationskonsumenten.

The second episode, News/Narratives/Attention focuses on how we find and filter relevant information in today's hyper-mediatised environment. It delves into the changes in acquiring information over the past 20 years, the sources people rely on for information about public projects, and the polarization of voices in the media landscape. The episode also investigates the influence of information on shaping public opinion and the evolving role of individual consumers of information.

16/07/2023

The first episode of the talk series Civic City, titled "Planning Processes/Decision-Making/Accountability," dives into how decisions are made and urban processes are planned. It examines the involvement of different stakeholders in the planning process, their reactions to the needs of the population, and the starting point for processes of change. The representation of minority cultures and the voices of the marginalized in these processes are also explored.

Die erste Folge Planung/Entscheidung/Rechenschaft befasst sich damit, wie Entscheidungen getroffen und urbane Prozesse geplant werden. Es wird untersucht, wie verschiedene Interessengruppen in den Planungsprozess einbezogen werden, wie auf die Bedürfnisse der Bevölkerung reagiert wird und wo der Ausgangspunkt für Veränderungsprozesse liegt. Auch die Vertretung von Minderheitenkulturen und die Stimmen der von diesen Prozessen ausgegrenzten werden untersucht.

GÄSTE /GUESTS Tina Müller (Protestoper Lauratibor), Christof Mayer (Mitgründer Raumlabor, UDK Berlin) MODERATION: Fetewei Tarekegn nach dem Gespräch Musik von/after the talk a concert by Öz Kaveller

24/06/2023

Artists as provocateurs: The Yes Men and Coco Sollfrank, moderated by Klara Hobza, explore art, activism, and political subversion.

24/06/2023

Following the screening of “The Little Diary of Ailments” by Italian artist and activist Giacomo Verde, the discussion with Superazione Collective, Collettivo "Dada Boom" and Guido Segni focuses on artistic interventions and tactics of resistance in the grassroot scene of Italy.

23/06/2023

Exploring art's role in fighting control systems: Derek Curry & Jennifer Gradecki works on surveillance, researches by Yasmine Boudiaf on AI biases, Tobaron Waxman work on gender bureaucracy. The panel is moderated by Magdalena Tyżlik-Carver.

23/06/2023

In this panel Lauri Love, Manu Luksch and Tatiana Bazzichelli discuss how art, activism, and hacking converge against surveillance and data exploitation.

12/04/2023

Live from Morphine Records

25/03/2023

Stella Assange (Julian Assange's wife, Lawyer, UK), Kevin Gosztola (Journalist, Dissenter Newsletter Editor, US). Introduced and moderated by Stefania Maurizi (Investigative journalist, IT).
Speaking the Truth is Not a Crime – Edward Snowden, 2013.

As an introduction to the film Ithaka, this panel describes the pervasive surveillance, monitoring and personal control that has oppressed Julian Assange and WikiLeaks for more than ten years, and discusses the conditions around Assange’s incarceration at the Belmarsh high-security prison in the United Kingdom, where he has been imprisoned for four years, and faces indefinite detention, while the United States seeks his extradition to face a 175-year prison sentence. He is accused of receiving and publishing documents from Chelsea Manning which documented war crimes, extrajudicial killings and civilian casualties during the US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.

24/03/2023

With: Sean Vegezzi (Artist and Researcher, US - short film), Adnan Softić (Artist, BA/DE), Jens Kambeck (Attorney at Law, DE). Moderated by Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE).

This panel discusses research-based works influenced by a broader notion of technology, which is not merely attached to technical devices. At the focus of the debate are offshore detention facilities as a specific technological application of systemic knowledge, and as a contemporary technique of border demarcation, surveillance, and control of society. The speakers reveal a direct link between the facilities they have studied and examine the logistics behind rendering humans stateless in exterritorial spaces and maritime geographies.

New York based artist Sean Vegezzi has developed a new artistic project on New York City’s carceral and policing infrastructure, focusing on a floating detention site used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Correction. The Vernon C. Bain Center (VCBC) is an 800-bed, 191-meter floating detention facility moored in the East River within the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. It functions as an auxiliary of the Rikers Island jail complex and is the primary facility for the criminal court intake in the Bronx. Worldwide, VCBC is the only floating structure that was ever purpose-built as a detention facility. It has a projected closure date within 2027. Sean Vegezzi will showcase a corrected history of VCBC through a new video work commissioned by Disruption Network Lab, VCBC: Christening, featuring the only known surviving video documentation of the vessel's christening ceremony in 1991.

This short film will be brought in conceptual dialogue with the work of artist Adnan Softić, who lived in a floating "accommodation barge" – the Bibby Challenge, a cross between a cruise ship and container ship – set up by German authorities on the river Elbe in Hamburg to accommodate refugees fleeing the Bosnian War. These mobile housing units can be easily used when required, dismantled without leaving a trace or easily relocated. In their artistic work, of which a video excerpt will be shown, Adnan Softić and Nina Sofitć engage with the phenomenon of extraterritoriality. The well-known dichotomy “refugees and water” appears in a new form, and the interest of the state becomes visible to maintain the invisible condition of the refugees.

Prisons are a tool of legal enforcement and play a role in all legal systems. Jens Kambeck talks about special prisons in different countries and introduces the example of the airport procedure for asylum seekers in Germany. Comparing daily procedures in selected prisons in different countries worldwide, he examines the range between right-based-approaches to the economy of scarcity. In a short excurse to legal sociology and legal theory, the concept of legal pluralism and the legal kite (based on state law, international law, customary law and religious law) is introduced.

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Gaza, Ukraine & Azerbaijan: Challenging Network Authoritarianism

Gaza, Ukraine & Azerbaijan: Challenging Network Authoritarianism With Manolo Luppichini (Filmmaker and Author, IT), Arzu Geybulla (Journalist and Editor, AzNet Watch, Global Voices, AZ/TR), Tetyana Lokot (Associate Professor in Digital Media and Society, Dublin City University, UA/IE). Moderated by Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE).. This panel brings together three different stories from Gaza, Ukraine and Azerbaijan, documenting the monopoly of communication channels during wartime and how strategies of digital authoritarianism can be used to maintain power, target people and distort reality. We will also discuss how it is possible to circumvent restricted access to digital infrastructure in war, and how it is possible to empower people to use distributed tools to fight digital oppression. Besides killing tens of thousands, the Israeli offensive has been destroying Gaza's telecommunications infrastructure. To bypass the blackouts and restore connections in hard-hit areas, NGO ACS-Italia is testing a network of Web-Trees: mobile hotspots radiating free, universally-accessible WI-FI signal. Web-Trees are grown by local Web-Gardners, committed to keep their community connected to the rest of the world and to their social ties. Manolo Luppichini will bring his recent direct experience in Rafah, when together with NGO ACS-Italia, he worked on developing the Gaza’s Web-Trees project to provide digital access within Gaza. Journalist and editor Arzu Geybulla will speak about Azerbaijan's passionate affair with digital authoritarianism. Since 2003, the government has deployed an array of measures and tactics to spy on civil society representatives and the public at large and resort to digital censorship, persecution, and repression. As a result, Azerbaijan has ranked poorly year-on-year, on many international indexes measuring political and social freedoms including its backsliding on internet freedoms. Tetyana Lokot presents how

Politics, Money & Rifles: Exposing Global Mafias, Authoritarian Power & Corruption #OrganisedCrime

Narconomics: Transnational Drug Trafficking & Corruption #OrganisedCrime

Corruption Unveiled: Austria's Troublesome Path from Strache to Kurz #OrganisedCrime

With Julian Hessenthaler (Private Investigator, AT). In conversation with Frederik Obermaier (Investigative Journalist, DE). In 2019, a scandal rocked Austrian politics as journalists from Der Spiegel and Süddeutsche Zeitung revealed a secretly recorded video featuring Heinz-Christian Strache, the leader of the far-right FPÖ. In the video, he offered state contracts to a woman who claimed to be a millionaire and the niece of a Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin. Among other statements in the video, Mr. Strache mentioned his desire to create a media landscape similar to what Viktor Orbán had done in Hungary. Just hours after these initial reports, Mr. Strache resigned, prompting Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to call for new elections. Following the "Ibiza affair," Austria has weathered a series of subsequent scandals. Investigations have exposed illegal donation schemes, election tampering, and inquiries funded and manipulated using taxpayers' money. Searches were conducted at various locations, including the Austrian Chancellery, the Ministry of Finance, the ÖVP party headquarters, and the media house Österreich. Consequently, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was compelled to resign, as he and his closest associates are suspected of misappropriating taxpayers' money to purchase favorable media coverage and manipulate fake surveys on behalf of the ÖVP, with alleged involvement of the Ministry of Finance. Austria, once again, is synonymous with a country plagued by endless scandals. Julian Hessenthaler, the private detective who set the trap for Strache and triggered the "Ibiza affair," delves into the issues of power and abuse of power in the state of Austria with Frederik Obermaier, one of the journalists to whom he leaked the video.

What is the purpose of journalism if war crimes are not allowed to be published?

"I want to live in a society where it is possible to reveal war crimes and torture without ending up in prison." 21 November in Berlin join the reading and discussion with Stefania Maurizi, Christian Mihr and John Goetz.

Civic City IV: Ressourcen/Arbeit/Extraktion | Resources/Work/Extraction,

In der vierten Episode mit dem Titel Ressourcen/Arbeit/Extraktion geht es Hindernisse für die wirtschaftliche Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft und an Arbeitsprozessen. Sie hinterfragt stereotypische Darstellungen von Migranten und POC und erforscht die Formen der extraktiven Migration. Außerdem analysiert die Episode die Hindernisse für die professionelle Produktion in der Kulturindustrie In the fourth episode, titled Resources/Work/Extraction, the focus is on the barriers to economic participation in society and the labor processes. It questions the stereotypical portrayals of black men and explores the modes of extractive migration. Additionally, the episode analyzes the barriers to professional production in cultural industries GUESTS/GÄSTE: Youness Atbane (Künstler & Choreograph), Elaheh Kouhestani (Rechtswissenschaftlerin und Aktivistin.) Musik Shadi Ali (Vocals, Guitarre, Elektronik)

Civic City III: Eigentum/Stimme/Repräsentation | Ownership/Voice/Representation

GÄSTE /GUESTS Khabit Ebob Enow (Projektleitung Tubman Network), Ali Moraly (Syrischer Violonist & Journalist) Musik: Ali Moraly & Yara Mekkawi Moderation Fetewei Tarekegn In der dritten Folge, Eigentum/Stimme/Repräsentation, untersucht die Serie kritisch die Darstellung verschiedener Gruppen in der Mainstream-Kultur. Es wird untersucht, wie Kulturen interagieren und sich überschneiden, welche Personen und Ereignisse die öffentliche Meinung prägen und wie verschiedene Stimmen in öffentliche Planungsprozesse einbezogen werden. Die Folge beleuchtet auch die Vertretung von Personen, die keinen Status haben oder nicht zur nationalen Bevölkerung gehören, und den Einzug neuer Ideen und Innovationen in verschiedene Bereiche. In the third episode, Ownership/Voice/Representation the podcast critically examines the representation of different groups in mainstream culture. It explores how cultures interact and intersect, the individuals and events that shape public opinion, and the involvement of diverse voices in public planning processes. The episode also sheds light on the representation of individuals without status or not belonging to the national population and the entry of new ideas and innovation into various sectors.

Civic City II: Nachrichten/Narrative/Aufmerksamkeit | News/Narratives/Attention

Episode/Folge 2: Nachrichten/Narrative/Aufmerksamkeit | News/Narratives/Attention im Nachbarschaftscampus Dammweg Dammweg 216 | 12057 Berlin Zum Stream auf Youtube GÄSTE /GUESTS Anna Homann (Ukrainische Künstlerin & Filmproduzentin); Hossam Aldeen (Syrisch-Deutscher Journalist) MUSIK/MUSIC Louay Kanawati (Guitar, Electronics) Die zweite Folge, Nachrichten/Narrative/Aufmerksamkeit, befasst sich mit der Frage, wie wir in der heutigen hyper-mediatisierten Umgebung relevante Informationen finden und filtern. Sie befasst sich mit den Veränderungen bei der Informationsbeschaffung in den letzten 20 Jahren, mit den Quellen, auf die sich die Menschen bei der Information über öffentliche Projekte verlassen, und mit der Polarisierung der Stimmen in der Medienlandschaft. Die Folge untersucht auch den Einfluss von Informationen auf die öffentliche Meinungsbildung und die sich verändernde Rolle des einzelnen Informationskonsumenten. The second episode, News/Narratives/Attention focuses on how we find and filter relevant information in today's hyper-mediatised environment. It delves into the changes in acquiring information over the past 20 years, the sources people rely on for information about public projects, and the polarization of voices in the media landscape. The episode also investigates the influence of information on shaping public opinion and the evolving role of individual consumers of information.

Civic City: Politics, Participation & the Arts of Cohabitation

The first episode of the talk series Civic City, titled "Planning Processes/Decision-Making/Accountability," dives into how decisions are made and urban processes are planned. It examines the involvement of different stakeholders in the planning process, their reactions to the needs of the population, and the starting point for processes of change. The representation of minority cultures and the voices of the marginalized in these processes are also explored. Die erste Folge Planung/Entscheidung/Rechenschaft befasst sich damit, wie Entscheidungen getroffen und urbane Prozesse geplant werden. Es wird untersucht, wie verschiedene Interessengruppen in den Planungsprozess einbezogen werden, wie auf die Bedürfnisse der Bevölkerung reagiert wird und wo der Ausgangspunkt für Veränderungsprozesse liegt. Auch die Vertretung von Minderheitenkulturen und die Stimmen der von diesen Prozessen ausgegrenzten werden untersucht. GÄSTE /GUESTS Tina Müller (Protestoper Lauratibor), Christof Mayer (Mitgründer Raumlabor, UDK Berlin) MODERATION: Fetewei Tarekegn nach dem Gespräch Musik von/after the talk a concert by Öz Kaveller

Unmasking Power as Art: Sharing Tactics & Practice #ARTIVISM

Artists as provocateurs: The Yes Men and Coco Sollfrank, moderated by Klara Hobza, explore art, activism, and political subversion.

Hacktivism, R(Ǝ)O Dada & Resistance #ARTIVISM

Fighting Technologies & Systems of Domination #ARTIVISM

Inverted Gaze: Watching the Watchers in a Well-Watched World #ARTIVISM

In this panel Lauri Love, Manu Luksch and Tatiana Bazzichelli discuss how art, activism, and hacking converge against surveillance and data exploitation.

Buck Passing Live from @Morphine

Live from Morphine Records

Targeted by Surveillance: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks & Networked Repression #SmartPrisons

Stella Assange (Julian Assange's wife, Lawyer, UK), Kevin Gosztola (Journalist, Dissenter Newsletter Editor, US). Introduced and moderated by Stefania Maurizi (Investigative journalist, IT). Speaking the Truth is Not a Crime – Edward Snowden, 2013. As an introduction to the film Ithaka, this panel describes the pervasive surveillance, monitoring and personal control that has oppressed Julian Assange and WikiLeaks for more than ten years, and discusses the conditions around Assange’s incarceration at the Belmarsh high-security prison in the United Kingdom, where he has been imprisoned for four years, and faces indefinite detention, while the United States seeks his extradition to face a 175-year prison sentence. He is accused of receiving and publishing documents from Chelsea Manning which documented war crimes, extrajudicial killings and civilian casualties during the US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.