The talk and the workshop aim to familiarize the participants with the nature, use of X-rays technology and images in visual arts and as evidence of war crimes through forensic investigations and prosecutions. With: Jana Lozanoska: visiting Assistant Professor of Human Rights and International Law and Program Head, Al-Quds Bard College for Arts and Sciences.

This talk and Q&A will discuss the way artificial intelligence is concretely changing the way conflicts are managed, and human rights violations are recorded. Are technologies destined to become tools of destruction and surveillance for those already in power? Are other paths possible?

This talk and workshop will ask participants to reimagine and reinvent common AI and deepfake content with focus on gender inclusivity and queer creativity.

On the night of July 8, which would have been the day before Julian Assange's appeal against extradition from the UK to the US we will celebrate the freedom of Julian Assange and connect the fight for freedom of information through the work of Assange and WikiLeaks with the fight for climate justice.

The right to analogue is not a rejection of technology, but a call for autonomy. It is another tool in the toolbox of digital rights activists, alongside decentralised software alternatives. If the right to analogue is formally recognised, companies and institutions would be obliged to provide diverse options, and this in turn could help loosen the grip that tech monopolies have on individuals, governments and society.

Join our Meetup April 25 realised in cooperation with Kulturschafft e.V. (Berlin) and Untitled Tbilisi (Tbilisi - Berlin) to learn about activities that were part of the project Pause / Play: Culture under Pressure.

Join our Meetup November 2nd with September 26th with Julia Auf dem Brinke, Co-Founder, Corruption Tracker.

Following our 30th conference Artivism: The Art of Subverting Power we invite you to join us on August 30 at 8pm for the screening of We’re All Going To Die, a documentary film by Ben Knight, hosted by ACUD MACHT NEU.

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For the  Smart Prison post-conference meet-up on May 5 at 7:30 pm at ACUD MATCH NEU in Berlin we will screen the film "The feeling of Being Watched" by Assia Boundaoui.

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In this workshop, we will discuss the ways in which mental health institutions and discourses were appropriated by white heteropatriarchal and capitalist logics. Together we will rethink healing from a marginal point of view….

Workshop at the NoisyLeaks festival with Tatiana Bazzichelli & Jonas Frankki

Frederik Obermaier, Tatiana Bazzichelli and Robert Trafford in dialogue around some of the book’s topics, discussing respectively the role of whistleblowers and journalists to fight for a more transparent world, the impact of whistleblowing on art and culture, and the links between “big data”, whistleblowing and open-source investigation.

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A collective experiment aiming to decolonize and queer our perceptions of menstruation. Participants of all genders will be invited to share their experiences and examine the representations of menstruation and its rituals…