John Thackara on what’s urgent | Statement
Driving the Human Festival
![i7012_21_zkm_s_vw_ex_dth_section3_statement_johnthackara_1080p.00_03_23_02.standbild002.jpg](/system/files/styles/img_para_media_background_lg/private/field_media_video_image/2023-07/i7012_21_zkm_s_vw_ex_dth_section3_statement_johnthackara_1080p.00_03_23_02.standbild002.jpg?itok=RUL8ODWQ)
- Year
- 2020
- Date
- Duration
- 10:44
Description
Statement by John Thackara (philosopher, writer, and curator)
John Thackara speaks about the history of capitalism, the DNA of perpetual growth, and how small islands of incoherence can change the system. Furthermore, the philosopher reflects on the human crisis of imagination which he rather calls a crisis of attention or distraction caused by an overload of media.
This festival was organized by the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe and the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe
Concept & Idea
Jan Boelen & Peter Weibel mit Sarah Donderer & Teresa Retzer
Coordination
Sarah Donderer, Laura Morcillo (HfG Filmcrew), Teresa Retzer, Vera Sacchetti, Philipp Ziegler
Project Assistance
Annina Guntli, Laura C. Schmidt
Main Moderation
Barbara Kiolbassa, Julien McHardy
Moderation Panel Discussions
Ariana Dongus, Sabine Faller, Anett Holzheid, Michael Käthler, Lena Reitschuster, Vera Sacchetti
Technical Management & Direction
Moritz Büchner
Camera & Editing
Johannes Bauer, Benjamin Breitkopf, Moritz Büchner, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoskun, Pauline Cemeris, Jule Heinzmann, Alejandra Miranda Janus, Andy Koch, Xenia Leidig, Peter Müller, Olga Öhler, Sophie Reißfelder, Quirin Thalhammer, Victor van Wetten, Christina Zartmann
Driving the Human Visual Identity
Atelier Yukiko, Berlin
Graphic Design
Felix Plachtzik
Communication & Social Media
Lena Becker, Luisa Cossu, Sarah Donderer, Alexandra Hermann, Juliane Hohlbaum, Sabine Jäger, Nikola Joetze, Greta Kallsen, Jessica Menger, Beate Münzenmaier, Teresa Retzer, Inês Revés, Vera Sacchetti, Laura C. Schmidt, Lena Schneider, Dominika Szope, Johannes Wiesel
Zoom Host
Clara Runge
Photographies
Uli Deck, Felix Grünschloß
Music
Yannick Schütte
Make-Up
Sotirios Noutsos
Special Thanks to
Nikola Joetze, Anna Maganuco, Freo Majer, Daria Mille, Martina Schraudner, Jan Speckenbach, Desiree Weiler