No one truly embraces the prevailing order—yet it often feels inescapable. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, grand utopian alternatives have lost credibility, leaving many susceptible to the seductive simplicity of authoritarian promises.

On its final day, the »Through the Dark« microfestival series explores a different path beyond this »capitalist realism« (Mark Fisher): a political strategy that perforates the status quo. Rather than striving for a singular, ideal world, it embraces a plurality of diverse, even contradictory counter-worlds. These alternatives converge in a form of queer solidarity, allowing glimpses of other futures to shine through the monotony of late capitalism.

Programme

13:00–14:30 DJ Set by A Party called JACK, hosted by Jaskaran Singh as MC
13:00-22:00 durational performance & Sound Installation »I was looking for something« by The ZoNE
14:30–15:30 Situation Room: Memories of (another) future / Muhammet Ali Baş (Performance/Workshop)
16:00–17:30 DJ Set by A Party called JACK, hosted by Jaskaran Singh as MC
17:30–19:00 Panel discussion: Simon Nagy on »Abolition of Time« and Kilian Jörg »Perforating the Status Quo«
19:00–20:15 Collective cooking and dinner
19:00–22:00 DJ Set by Die Hydra, hosted by Jaskaran Singh as MC
20:15–22:00 Film Screening: »Une ile et une nuit« by Pirates de Lentillières

Volkskundemuseum Wien
Otto Wagner Areal, Pavillon 1
Baumgartner Höhe 1
1140 Vienna

Free admission. Registration requested.

Header image: Through the Dark – »Über Leben in autoritären Zeiten«, Photo: Kollektiv Fischka / Kramar / Volkskundemuseum Wien