Sunday 4 October
14:30 - 16:30
on stage: 15:00
Free entry
All ages
Approximate time: 90 minutes
Language: English
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Guest: Henrike Kohpeiß
Henrike Kohpeiß is a philosopher, working primarily in the fields of critical theory, philosophy of emotion, Black Studies, feminist philosophy and aesthetics.
She is a postdoctoral researcher at the Leuphana Transformation Lab, studying affects of Transformation, the relationship between crises and transformation and the notion of Transformation Literacy.
In her current project Respect for Reality, she seek to understand the social affective dynamics that lead to a derealization of the global ecological crisis. She initiates a dialogue between different methodologies like psychoanalysis, decolonial critique of extractivism, phenomenology and aesthetics of devastation in order to generate insights into the current experience of planetary collapse.
She was formerly employed at the CRC “Affective Societies” at Free University, Berlin (2019-2025), where she completed her doctoral degree in Philosophy with summa cum laude. The book resulting from this work was published in 2023 (Campus) and released as "Bourgeois Coldness" in English translation in 2025 (divided).
She studied philosophy and applied theatre studies in Berlin, Rome, Vienna and Gießen. Her work and teaching are currently focused on critical theory, institutions, theories of affect and capitalism and psychoanalysis. In addition to her academic research, she organize and host events at Volksbühne Berlin and other venues.
In a time of historically low state support for independent culture, widespread disdain for culture and education, and accelerating instrumentalization, Entertaining Bad Vibes aims to become a discursive anchor that makes space for difficult conversations in an accessible format. The series' episodes are concentrated around a specific theme that sometimes explicitly deals with an aspect of (Swedish) theater life and sometimes relates to broader cultural and theoretical expressions. The participants are assembled so that different fields of knowledge and positions can engage in dialogue with each other, not based on a naive idea of "having the debate" but to create a place where different perspectives and expertise can raise the bar of the conversation. The conversations take place once a month over three evenings in the fall and will subsequently be available as a podcast.
The conversation series is project-led and moderated by Johanna Malm, actor and performing artist. Participants TBA.
CREDS
Johanna Malm: project leader and moderator