Church of Ignorance
A new church is being launched. In a three-day happening, this newly created temple will take the audience beyond the event horizon of knowledge. It creates meaning through nonsense and teaches agnosia. It finds techniques that counteract the general anger and depression caused by the increasingly overwhelming sense of powerlessness, thus providing support and cohesion. In the School of Ignorance, we examine the relationship of logic to the world and how to deal with ambivalence.
“Who turns the tide?” The Church of Ignorance (choi) analyzes the culture of thought that prompts such a question and the expectations it raises. What do we do with logic and what does logic do with us? How do we deal with ambivalence? The ingrained paradigm of the vector called progress, namely “knowing how to go on”, creates a feeling of powerlessness when it collides with a wall of major crises. choi faces this powerlessness, establishes an awareness of the ambivalence not perceived in the divisive light of logic, and invites everyone to commit publicly to non-knowledge and not-knowing-how-to-go-on.
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Archive for Ohnmacht
12 interviews with artists and activists dealing with Ohnmacht The Archive for Ohnmacht brings together voices of activists and artists from a wide range of contexts and places. We ask them: Are you familiar with the sense of “Ohnmacht“? Have you experienced moments in which you felt overwhelmed by it? How did you deal with…
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Church of Ignorance Pole Sitting
Declare your ignorance in public Above Herrenstraße, with the Upper Austrian seat of government in view, the brothers and sisters of the choi order (also known as dodel) sit and publicly acknowledge their ignorance and powerlessness.Confess your powerlessness too, tell the world that you have no idea, you don’t know what to do next, so…
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Fuckhead
Concert & Mass The Upper Austrian formation whose provocative-actionistic approach often polarizes and divides opinions, has long been recognized beyond Austrian borders as a pioneer of the extreme performance art and has always managed to reinvent itself over the years. No matter in which creative state, they have always gone their own way. Carrying pure…
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School of Ignorance
A three-day symposium dealing with ignorance Everything that defines us as human beings was achieved through the systematic acquisition of knowledge – that is the credo of the Western belief in progress.Whether in logical calculations, the philosophy of science or the general structure of our school system: the fact that information and clear decision-making are…
At the first Pole Sitting in Linz, high above Herrenstraße, you can confess your ignorance. In the artistic evening programme, the bands Fuckhead, Enesi M, Quatsch mit SoSa and Gruppensex celebrate ecstatic concerts, while the Pataphysical Orchestra astounds with skilful not-knowing. Mass, confession and other healing rituals are performed. Bruixes Lab holds a workshop on unlearning taboos and Miriam Stoney deals with the imperatives of self-help and self-care. In the School of Ignorance, during daylight, we explore the topics of non-knowledge, ambivalence and decidability on a scientific, philosophical and theoretical level. The connection between logic and familiar categories of stratified, hierarchical societies, such as justice, the public sphere, prosperity, hope and happiness, are questions that we address.
Kulturverein Damen&Herrenstraße (dh5.space)
DH5 (AT)
The DH5 acts as a cultural and social hub. Its privileged location in the city center makes the association a highly visible stage. The artists, activists and scientists, the diversity of the audience and of the performers create the critical mass to ignite creative art processes that go beyond trends. Since 2021 it has been official partner institution of the Ars Electronica festival with the festivals Roboexotica, Hedonistika and Arse Elektronika.
Credits
Curators: Raphaela Edelbauer, Simon Nagy, Dominika Meindl, Kat Suryna, Thomas Preindl, Walter Stadler Enesi M, Fuckhead, Gruppensex, Quatsch mit SoSa, Pataphysical Orchestra Miriam Stoney, Sonja Riegler, Alma de Bruixes, Cristina Dezi, Isabel Farina, Giulia Tomasello, Moritz Danner, Lydia Haider, Apollonia T. Bitzan, Marlene Hauser, Jennifer Weiss, Teresa Terror, Julia Franz Richter, Katarina Maria Trenk, Lukas Haider, Patrick Buchinger, Elisabeth Seifriedsberger, Anna Weberberger, Fabian Navarro, Thomas Kranabetter, Diana Pankova, Miha Godec, Kaname Muroya, Walter Schalter, Anna Freudenthaler, Sebastian Baryli, Jasmin Kargin, Klaus Doblhammer, Amelie Zadeh, Rene Monet, Uwe Hochhauser