Full Programme

The Populist Front
On the Role of Myth, Storytelling and Imaginary in Populist Movements

Dan Perjovschi

PROGRAMME
MARCH 18, 2011
10 AM - 6 PM
DE BALIE, AMSTERDAM

10 AM
Welcome Jorinde Seijdel - Editor-in-chief Open, Cahier on Art and the Public Domain

10:15 AM
Introduction Merijn Oudenampsen - Guest Editor Open 20

First Panel: Populism in Theory

10:45 AM
Rudi Laermans & Koen Abts - Sociologists, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
The Populist Triangle: People, Leader, Establishment

11:15 AM
Oliver Marchart - Political Theorist, Universität Luzern
Populism in Political Theory and Visual Culture

11:45 AM
Sara R. Farris - Political Theorist, Universität of Konstanz
Populism Unveiled: The Defence of Women as the Founding Myth of the New-Right

12:15 PM
Q&A

12:30 PM
Lunch break

Second panel: Imagery & Myth

1:30 PM
John Kraniauskas - Latin American Studies, Birkbeck University London
Eva Peron as the Image of Peronism

2 PM
Sven Lütticken - Art Critic, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
A Heteronomous Hobby: Report on the Netherlands

2:30 PM
Aukje van Rooden - Philosopher / Literary Theorist, Universiteit Utrecht
The Myth of Modern politics

3 PM
Q&A

3:30 PM
Tea and coffee break

4 PM
Presentation: Steve Lambert - Artist / Intelligent Troublemaker
Constructing Small Scale Temporary Utopias

4:30 PM
Screening of the film Museum Songspiel by Chto delat/What is to be done?

5 PM
Q & A with filmmakers Chto delat/What is to be done? - Art Collective, Sint Petersburg / Moscow

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The symposium is a coproduction of SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain, de Balie and the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht.