Silent with Etel

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The present tense is used to talk about the present and the future. It is a base form of understanding, awareness and information. In times of total violence, irreversible catastrophes, pervasive sadism (Mary Turfah), political abuse, false consciousness (Marx), and hegemonic cynicism, the present tense may work as “a way of self-distributing” (Dimitra Ioannou). Since it reflects how one engages in the here and now, what one shares with the other human and non human animals, how one consumes time on this planet and perceives the future, it may be transformed into a tool of refusal, “collective intelligence” (Verónica Gago), or/and a “new order of feeling” (Anne Boyer). The New Present Tenseas a political gesture may create new vernaculars and new communities. The festival is curated by Dimitra Ioannou. Guest editor: Yiannis Andronikidis Yiannis Andronikidis, Sofia Bempeza, Phanuel Antwi, Anna Carastathis, Dimitra Ioannou, Eloise Fornieles, Franck-Lee Alli-Tis aka V Stylianidou, James Hazel, Mira Mattar, Sophie Seita, Nastassja Simensky, Myrto Xanthopoulou LOCATION: FAC (Feminist Autonomous Center), Athens. Date: Friday, November 22nd + Saturday, November 23rd, 2024 
Location: Feminist Autonomous Centre for research (FAC), Agiou Panteleimonos 7b, Athens 104 46 Languages: Greek, English

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New Present Tense, Experimental Lit and Performance Festival

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