The seminar ‘From Schizoradio to Radiophonic Theatricality: Interdisciplinary Concepts and Practices’ as part of Disciplinary Affinities will take place on 28th April at 3pm, with the participation of Ferdinand Klüsener, researcher and professor at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, in the CEIS20 Seminar Room. Registration is required to attend the seminar.
In a recent publication, radio artist Tetsuo Kogawa describes a correlation between Félix Guattari‘s concept of the machinic unconscious and Walter Benjamin‘s philosophy of history. How can such theoretical thinking, which activates two key conceptual frameworks of the long twentieth century, inform radiophonic aesthetic practices?
The seminar is aimed at anyone interested in experimental radio art, schizoanalysis or the political dimension of media. Additionally, Participants will be provided with a previously unpublished English translation of Tetsuo Kogawa‘s text ”Recycling Techniques” from the 1978 book “主体の転換” (Changing the Subject).
Biography
Ferdinand Klüsener (1985, East Berlin) is a scholar and radio artist specializing in radiophonic theory and dramaturgy. He earned his doctorate from Ruhr University Bochum and taught at RUB and Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. He is the artistic director of Anderer Kunstverein e.V. His artistic projects have received multiple awards, including the main prize at the Berlin Radio Play Festival at the Akademie der Künste for his radio play Fatzer Versuch #1. In addition to his artistic practice, he has translated key texts by Tetsuo Kogawa on free radio and media theory and has presented his research at numerous international conferences, including the International Brecht Society conference in Tel Aviv and the Network for European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies conference in Lisbon. His published works explore themes spanning from Brecht to Guattari and cultural education. His teaching emphasizes the intersection of theoretical inquiry and artistic experimentation.