SpektakelAkad

Under the title Authenticity as Illusion? Between Reality and Staging, the SpektakelAkademie will continue on May 21 at the Orangerie Herrenhausen. The event is organized in cooperation with the Volkswagen Foundation.

Authenticity is currently regarded as a seal of quality: what is “true” is good. Whether in personal interaction, in (social) media, or in art, the longing for the genuine is omnipresent. In a world shaped byperformances—from digital self-presentation to choreographed political spectacles—the question arises, however, as to which forms can claim authenticity today. And an art world that operates withreproduction, sampling, and artificial intelligence also challenges the traditional notion of “authenticity.”

So what is truly authentic? Does the authentic even exist? If so, is it an attainable goal, and how much normative pressure lies behind the pursuit of it? In what ways do digital technologies and social mediainfluence our understanding of authenticity in art and everyday life? And what does all this mean for artists and media professionals?

Diesen Fragen widmet sich die Diskussionsrunde mit Komponistin und Intendantin Brigitta Muntendorf, dem Theatermacher Julian Hetzel, der Kommunikationswissenschaftlerin Prof. Dr. Margreth Lünenborg sowie dem Literaturwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Thomas Strässle. Die Moderation übernimmt Dr. Ulrich Kühn (NDR Kultur).

The latest talk took place on April 29 under the title Acts of Peace in Times of War – How Can War Be Ended? The event was jointly organized by the KunstFestSpiele, the HANNAH ARENDT TAGEN, and the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover and was dedicated to the 120th birthday of philosopher Hannah Arendt as well as the upcoming premiere of the music theater production The Day Before by Brigitta Muntendorf, Christiane Jatahy, and Rosa Montero. The guests participating in the discussion were cultural and literary scholar Aleida Assmann and historian Jörn Leonhard. The discussion was moderated by Michael Köhler (Deutschlandfunk).