Maurizio Lazzarato reading from Wars and Capital by Maurizio Lazzarato & Éric Alliez

To unfold the theoretical background of Crossings a series of collective readings are taking place in the exhibition. Angela Melitopoulos and Kunsthal Charlottenborg have invited theoreticians and artists to present a text related to Crossings.

In Wars and Capital, Maurizio Lazzarato and Éric Alliez propose a counterhistory of capitalism to recover the reality of the wars that are inflicted on us and denied to us. We experience wars of class, race, sex, and gender; wars of civilization and the environment; wars of subjectivity that are raging within populations and which following the authors, constitute a secret motor of liberal governmentality.

Maurizio Lazzarato is an Italian sociologist and philosopher who has worked closely with Angela Melitopoulos since 1989.

The collective reading is in English and takes place in the exhibition spaces. Texts will be provided, and no preparations needed.