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// tHH // the Party at the Happening Hotel

While 2 of the 3 guest rooms undergo a major renovation, the Happening Hotel opens the doors for an exclusive party on 26 August 2017. This is a private event. Contact brenda.lush@thehappeninghotel.com if you think you quality for an invitation. The Happening Hotel is the hotel of the Institute of …

New text – An introduction to the research of the Institute of Idle Curiosity for Elements of Seduction

The Institute of Idle Curiosity for Elements of Seduction is a research institute established in 2006. It is built on the (fragmented) legacy of the historical Institut Weich-Fehler für kritische Philosophie der Psychologie that existed from 1924 until 1952. The research programme of the Institute of Idle Curiosity for Elements …

// tMt // Agnes Sabitova en Jo Seminck in het salon van The Mono Theatre

Op zaterdag 5 november 2016 spreekt Agnes Sabitova in The Mono Theatre over Melancholie van de zintuigen Hoe belangrijk zijn zintuigen in het beleven van melancholie? En hoe wordt ze beleefd als er één of meerdere zintuigen wegvallen? Door middel van een serie kleine experimenten en lichte filosofische verhandelingen worden …

// tAI // Workshop ‘Melancholies of Modernity’ at the Rijksakademie Amsterdam

Revisiting Melancholy Robert Burton published the first edition of his magnum opus ‘The Anatomy of Melancholy’ in 1621. His aim was to write a definite and comprehensive study of the meaning of melancholy. His book promised to explain ‘.. What it is: With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and …

// tA // New paper – Better Living (in a Complex World): An Ethics of Care for our Modern Co-Existence

What do we mean when we say we live in a complex world? This paper characterises problems such as combating climate change, the provision of affordable access to healthy food for all, or evaluation of the possible use of nuclear energy as ‘complex social problems’ of which the complexity can …

// tAI // [Your Absence was Noticed] – expo and performance night

[Your Absence was Noticed] > expo and performance night From 20 to 27 August 2016, the 23rd floor of the Antwerp – Tower is occupied by artists, activists and philosophers alike. In discussions and through photography, video, performance, painting, drawing and installation art, they work around the idea of melancholy …

// tAI // 2nd World Conference on the Value of Melancholy in Times of Cheap Commitment

Programme The draft conference programme is now available! Check it out: conference programme. Programme overview Revisiting Melancholy Robert Burton published the first edition of his magnum opus ‘The Anatomy of Melancholy’ in 1621. His aim was to write a definite and comprehensive study of the meaning of melancholy. His book …

// tAI // Workshop ‘Art and Activism in the Age of Populism, Positivism and Profitism’ at the Rijksakademie Amsterdam

The fate of activism through art is that, in order for it to generate controllable social or political effect, it would need to become social work or politics itself. On the other hand, the artistic act of critical withdrawal will eventually appeal to a non-conformist audience, but it will not …

// tAI // show “Another Day in September – Life at the Institut Weich-Fehler (1924 – 1952)”, Kris Gevers & Gaston Meskens

Opening 29 April 2016 6pm Praetoria, Pretoriastraat 38, 2600 Berchem, Antwerpen, Belgium Open Sat / Sun 2 – 6pm from 30 April to 22 May 2016 Artist talk on Friday 6 May 2016 at 8:30pm Het Institut Weich-Fehler für kritische Philosophie der Psychologie (1924 – 1952). In 1924 richtten de …

// tAI // show “10 Years Of (life at the Institute of Idle Curiosity for Elements of Seduction)”

Opening Friday 29 April 2016, 6 – 11pm The AnteRoom, serving as LAMART OFFSPACE, Kattenberg 93, 2140 Borgerhout – Antwerp Open 29 april – 15 May 2016 on Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 6pm See also http://www.lamart.be The research programme of the Institute of Idle Curiosity for Elements of …

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