Lecture by Marta Keil
There are days when it seems impossible to carry on any longer. The temptation is irresistible: to slam the door, to refuse to take on yet another battle, to walk away from the conversation, to cancel the meeting, to delete your social media accounts. To walk away. To say no to the (art) world, to withdraw from a project, to refuse to reply.
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Following the Ways Out: Some Speculations for Times of Exhaustion
The ultimate relief: shaking off an unbearable burden once and for all. If only one could let go of things. If only one could afford to.
This talk explores the potential and paradoxes of gestures of withdrawal – and the impossibilities of letting go.
In these times of exhaustion, can withdrawal become a way of reshaping the conditions under which people work, thereby paving the way for a search for fulfilling artistic and institutional practices? And if they do eventually find a way out – where might that actually lead?
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December 2026
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