Clandestine Publics emerge in the mutual entanglements and disturbances of two seemingly contradictory practices and/or goals: making things public and keeping things secret, or clandestine. Clandestine publics can take a variety of forms: They can be demarcated and separated, they can be anonymous by excluding identifying information, or they can hide in plain sight in multilayered realities, and often they are part of “graduated” (Zillinger) arrangements. In this workshop, we will explore, on the one hand, how artistic research can help to research and understand clandestine publics, and, on the other hand, how artistic research can help to place scientific knowledge and practices in such publics, with the goal of making the address of, and collaboration with, publics more granular, effective and safe for all that are participating in it. Part of the focus of the workshop will put a focus on historical and contemporary LGBTQ+ publics in Siegen.

 

The workshop will be in English. It is open to the public. If you are interested in participating, please contact Götz Bachmann.

 

Participants: 

Nina Wakeford, London-based artist and Professor of Art at Goldsmiths, University of London

Richard John Jones, Amsterdam-based artist, curator and co-founder of Auto Italia South East, London

Simon Farid, London-based “sometimes artist” and invigilator; 

The Clandestine Publics Research Group, a collective that explores the political implications of Clandestine publics; 

Götz Bachmann, Professor for Media Anthropology and Method Innovation at the University of Siegen

 

The workshop is a cooperation with the CRC 1187 Media of Cooperation.