We are happy to announce the second Academy of Margins summer seminar, entitled diffractions and topològraphies, led by diffrakt | center for theoretical periphery, a collective that aims to further exchange between current positions from art, science, society, and philosophy. Founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, they offer a place for theoretical, artistic, and activist practice, regularly curating events in various forms and formats such as conversations, workshops, book presentations, reading groups, film screenings, performances, exhibitions, and event series.
Robida first met diffrakt in September 2023, when some of the members were discovering the — then dry — wetlands of Floating University. We, already at that time, were fond of the idea of hosting a collective in Topolò, as opposed to the usual dwellings we organise for individual researchers and artists. Diffrakt was a perfect fit: their definition of being a center for theoretical periphery seemed to us as the other side of the coin of Robida’s defining its Academy of Margins as a periphery for central theory.
So, from 14th to 23rd August 2024, diffrakt will go on a road trip and visit Robida in Topolò to – finally – become part of the Academy of Margins. They will spend 10 days talking and walking about the margins and the periphery, about theory and its topològraphies, about (counter)infrastructures, about science fiction and of course whatever else may arrive to them while they're there.
As part of their stay in Topolò, and besides a possible appearance on Radio Robida, they will host two public workshops, to which anyone is very much invited to join!
