PACT Zollverein

Radical Proximity (Vol 1) – Handlungsräume / Agency
PACT Zollverein

One of the Most Exciting Venues for Contemporary Art, Performance, and Discourse Turns 20

PACT Zollverein is an international venue for contemporary art, performance, and research located in the former changing house of the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex in Essen, Germany, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001. PACT produces and co-produces new dance and performance works, presents regular guest performances, runs an international residency program, and hosts various exchange and work platforms for regional and international artists and scholars. Since its founding in 2002, PACT Zollverein has become a crucible for innovative developments in the fields of dance, performance, theater, media, and visual arts at the intersection of science, technology, and society.

The present moment—a time of profound change—challenges our understanding of subjectivity and our capacity to act: With an essay by Rosi Braidotti and interviews with Tim Etchells, Gabriele Gramelsberger, and Ingrid LaFleur, as well as an artwork by Luiza Prado de O. Martins, the first volume in the series pursues the potential latent in critical, self-empowering, and collaborative practices and seeks out the possibilities that lie in establishing speculative spaces. 

ABOUT THE SERIES

The three-part publication series Radical Proximity is published on the occasion of PACT’s 20th anniversary and summarizes the most important impulses in PACT’s transdisciplinary program along the themes agency, collaboration, and knowledge diversity. Thus, the series is not a retrospective of the past 20 years of PACT’s program, but a forward-looking condensation of the spaces for thought and action this unique place has produced. The volumes combine interviews, essays, and visual contributions from pioneers in academia, activism, art, and philosophy, who address the pressing issues of our time in inspiring ways.

Volume 1: Radical Proximity – Agency: With contributions by Esther Boldt, Rosi Braidotti, Tim Etchells, Gabriele Gramelsberger, Ingrid LaFleur, and Luiza Prado De O. Martins; Volume 2: Radical Proximity – Towards Collaboration: With contributions by Esther Boldt, Abdul Dube, Barbara Raes, Bernd Scherer, Sophie de Somere, Meg Stuart, and Gesa Ziemer; Volume 3: Radical Proximity – The Fabric of Knowledge: With contributions by Esther Boldt, Ayşe Güleç, Kate McIntosh, Boris Sieverts, Eyal Weizman, and Jozef Wouters

each € 18, together € 40