Event series
Jemand Society
Online Event Series|A group of contemporary artists explore speculative futures inspired by trailblazer author Bertha von Suttner
On 4th February 2022, the Jemand Society will launch with an online event by self-proclaimed Famous New Media Artist Jeremy Bailey. The launch will be followed by a different artistic intervention every Friday in the month of February (4th, 11th, 18th, 25th). Bailey, alongside Lucie Freynhagen, Sam Lavigne and Janne Kummer (Aka.Alaska) form the core of the Jemand Society, an artistic circle exploring the topics of utopias and dystopias through virtual interventions that aim to engage audiences in imagining, speculating and, possibly, taking action towards possible desirable futures.
Created by the Goethe-Institut USA and Canada in collaboration with Rosy DX, the Jemand Society draws its name from one of Bertha von Suttner’s pseudonyms Jemand (from German, meaning “someone”) under which she published her book Das Maschinenalter (1889). In Das Maschinenalter (1889) von Suttner approaches the present while looking from a fictitious future. Like her, the members of the Jemand Society give us a glimpse into the present through the lenses of a possible future by questioning the status-quo.
Programme
4th February: ‘PAC’ Online Launch & Workshop by Jeremy Bailey
11th February: ‘XOwB’ Interactive Virtual Performance by Janne Kummer
18th February: ‘Capitalist Gene’ Online Launch by Sam Lavigne
25th February: ‘Wunderkammer of Passing Futures’ Virtual Tour by Lucie Freynhagen
The following artists are collaborators in the Jemand Society projects:
Cibelle Cavali Bastos
Heran Genene
Olga Hohmann
Anton Krause
Shawné Michaelaine Holloway
Alla Popp
Clemens Reinecke
Created by the Goethe-Institut USA and Canada in collaboration with Rosy DX, the Jemand Society draws its name from one of Bertha von Suttner’s pseudonyms Jemand (from German, meaning “someone”) under which she published her book Das Maschinenalter (1889). In Das Maschinenalter (1889) von Suttner approaches the present while looking from a fictitious future. Like her, the members of the Jemand Society give us a glimpse into the present through the lenses of a possible future by questioning the status-quo.
Programme
4th February: ‘PAC’ Online Launch & Workshop by Jeremy Bailey
11th February: ‘XOwB’ Interactive Virtual Performance by Janne Kummer
18th February: ‘Capitalist Gene’ Online Launch by Sam Lavigne
25th February: ‘Wunderkammer of Passing Futures’ Virtual Tour by Lucie Freynhagen
The following artists are collaborators in the Jemand Society projects:
Cibelle Cavali Bastos
Heran Genene
Olga Hohmann
Anton Krause
Shawné Michaelaine Holloway
Alla Popp
Clemens Reinecke