Florian Malzacher

24.02. - 04.11.2025 Villa Stuck, Munich

The Condition of No

German Case Studies of Cancellation and Boycott

With Aziz Al-Azmeh, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera, Elke Buhr, Charles Esche, Meron Mendel, Christoph Möllers, Susan Neiman, Geraldine Rauch, Bernd M. Scherer, Margarita Tsomou et al.

Curated by Tania Bruguera, Florian Malzacher, Roland Wenninger

Florentina Holzinger’s Debut Opera "Sancta"

Liberation Theology

Spike Art Magazine (June 2024)

Ein kurzer Nachruf auf René Pollesch

Deine Texte waren unsere Identity Monologe

Theater Heute 04 (2024): 37.

The Art of Assembly. Political Theatre Today

Florian Malzacher. Berlin/New York: Alexander Verlag & Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 2023.

A clever analysis, enjoyable and accessible even for the theory-shy. A briefing on the state of the discourse and a declaration of love for theatre.Suzanne Zahnd, Die Wochenzeitung (WOZ)

A very good overview of current postdramatic events, bringing together a great deal of empirical material.Simon Strauß, FAZ

Order at Alexander Verlag

Florian Malzacher in conversation with Claire Bishop

Book Talk: The Art of Assembly. Political Theatre Today

21 SEP 2023 Segal Theatre Center, CUNY, NYC

Florian Malzacher in conversation with Claire Bishop about the impact of political theatre today, post-dramatic theatre in general and the difficult necessity of assembling in times of crisis.

Florian Malzacher in conversation with Peter Eckersall & Bertie Ferdman

How can one employ strategies from theatre as curatorial strategies?

In: Curating Dramaturgies: How Dramaturgy and Curating Are Intersecting in the Contemporary Arts. Eds. Peter Eckersall & Bertie Ferdman. London & New York: Routledge, 2021. 141-150.

A series of lectures and conversations on the potential of gatherings in art, activism and politics

Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly

Since 2021 Different venues & online platform

Hosted by Florian Malzacher

With Athena Athanasiou, Marco Baravalle, Merve Bedir, Claire Bishop, Claudia Bosse, Tania Bruguera, Judith Butler, Phil Collins, Jodi Dean, Radha D’Souza, Mette Edvardsen, Didier Eribon, Marcelo Expósito, Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius / raumlaborberlin, Isabelle Fremeaux & Jay Jordan, Oliver Frljić, Núria Güell, Alexander Karschnia / andcompany&Co., Max Haiven, Michael Hardt, Satu Herrala, Lisa Ito-Tapang, Edit Kaldor, Wolfgang Kaleck, Atiyyah Khan, jaamil olawale kosoko, Brandon LaBelle, Oliver Marchart, Renzo Martens, Markus Miessen, Alia Mossallam, Chantal Mouffe, Antonio Negri, Sibylle Peters, Milo Rau, Lady Bitch Ray, Oliver Ressler, Tino Sehgal, Jonas Staal, Nora Sternfeld, The Church of Stop Shopping, Lotte van den Berg, Eva von Redecker, Joanna Warsza, Dana Yahalomi, Ann Liv Young et al.

Training for the Future

Since 2019 Bochum, Bogotà, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Dêrik, Manilla, New York, Torino, Venice, Zurich

A project by Jonas Staal
Curated and co-programmed by Florian Malzacher

Lecture

Come together now: Theatre as arena for struggle and agreement

24 Sep 2021 Taoyuan Iron Rose Festival & the Goethe Institute in Taiwan (online)

Lola Arias: Identities in Negotiation

In: Lola Arias: Re-enacting Life. Ed. Jean Graham-Jones. Abersystwyth: Performance Research Books, 2019. 242-247.

A conversation with Chantal Mouffe

“We need a new social Imaginary”

In: Demokratie heute. Probleme der Repräsentation. Eds. Florian Malzacher, Raimar Stange. Exhibition Catalogue. Berlin: KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, 2021. 14-15.