Dr. Oksana Timofejeva | Emigracija kot šola dialektike | Čas je za Brechta!

Goethe-Institut Ljubljana in Cankarjev dom v sklopu cikla predavanj 𝑪̌𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒆 𝒛𝒂 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒕𝒂! vljudno vabita na predavanje 𝑬𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒋𝒂 𝒌𝒐𝒕 𝒔̌𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒌𝒕𝒊𝒌𝒆 in pogovor z 𝐝𝐫. 𝐎𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐯𝐨, ki bo v petek, 13. 2., ob 19. uri v Klubu CD.

🗣️ Jezik: angleščina
🎫 Cena: brezplačne vstopnice – bit.ly/3ZVq1F0

Predavanje se posveča pomenu Bertolta Brechta v novi dobi, ko stari patriotski aparat pojem doma spreobrača v mobilizacijo za pokol. Brecht je emigracijo poimenoval »najboljša mogoča šola za dialektiko«. Vstopiti v to šolo danes pomeni naučiti se preživeti propad lastnega sveta s preoblikovanjem travme bega v orodje za odpor. Kot piše Brecht v svoji pesmi 𝑈̈𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑧𝑒𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛 (O oznaki emigrant): »Da, mi sami / smo skoraj kot govorice o zločinih, ki so pobegnile / čez mejo.«

V skladu z nedavno filozofijo govoric Mladena Dolarja in s sklicevanjem na osebno izkušnjo bo Timofejeva emigrantstvo poskušala obravnavati kot glas brez subjekta, kot vztrajno puščanje ideološke fasade nacionalne države. Ali ni ta »govorica« oblika, v kateri lahko resnica preživi, ko domovino ugrabi fašizem?

Oksana Timofejeva je znanstvena raziskovalka na umetnostni akademiji Universität der Künste v Berlinu, članica umetniškega kolektiva Chto Delat ter avtorica knjig 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑢𝑑’𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑦 𝐵𝑜𝑦𝑠 (2025), 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 (2022), 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 (2020), 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 (Bloomsbury 2018), 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 (2022) in 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 (2009). Njeno novo delo 𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙 bo izšlo leta 2026.

Po predavanju se bo z dr. Timofejevo pogovarjal 𝐝𝐫. 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫.

Cikel predavanj 𝐶̌𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑒 𝑧𝑎 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑡𝑎! je del celoletnega projekta 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑡 70 (bit.ly/49vM0Zo), ki obeležuje 70. obletnico smrti Bertolta Brechta.

Prisrčno vabljeni!

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The Goethe-Institut Ljubljana and Cultural and Congress Centre Cankarjev dom, as part of the lecture series 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒕!, cordially invite you to the lecture 𝑬𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 and a conversation with 𝐃𝐫. 𝐎𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐯𝐚, which will take place on Friday, 13 February, at 7:00 p.m. in the CD Club.

🗣️ Language: English
🎫 Price: Free tickets – bit.ly/4agVINX

This talk examines the relevance of Bertolt Brecht’s exile in a new era where the old patriotic machine converts the concept of home into a mobilization for slaughter. Brecht called exile “the best possible school for dialectics.” To enter this school today is to learn how to survive the collapse of one’s world by transforming the trauma of flight into a tool for resistance. As Brecht writes in his poem 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑙 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡: “Yes, we ourselves / Are almost like rumors of crimes, which escaped / Over the frontier.” Following Mladen Dolar’s recent philosophy of rumors, with references to my personal experience, I try to discuss exile as a voice without a subject, a persistent leak in the ideological facade of the nation-state. Isn’t this “rumor” the form in which truth can survive when the homeland has been hijacked by fascism?

Oxana Timofeeva is a researcher at the Universität der Künste Berlin, a member of the artistic collective Chto Delat, and the author of books 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑢𝑑’𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑦 𝐵𝑜𝑦𝑠 (2025), 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 (2022), 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 (2020), 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 (Bloomsbury 2018), 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 (2022), and 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 (2009). Her new book 𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙 is forthcoming in 2026.

After the lecture, a conversation between Dr. Timofeeva and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫 will follow.

The lecture series 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑡! is part of the year-long project 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑡 70 (bit.ly/4oP71To), which commemorates the 70th anniversary of the death of Bertolt Brecht.

We look forward to seeing you!