L’Ultima Notte
H18:00-19:30
“I Pomeriggi” series
H18:00-19:30
“I Pomeriggi” series
The event is part of the series I Pomeriggi dedicated to the Fellows.
Curated by Nina Kerschbaumer (Fellow Milano Calling / Film).
The day before the 56th anniversary of the bombing at Piazza Fontana, this evening aims to look at the lingering effects of fascism on current political dynamics through case studies across history, cinema, and visual culture. Aware of the difficulty of precisely describing a subject matter that is itself marked by ultimate fuzziness, L’Ultima Notte proposes a multidisciplinary approach to put historical and contemporary observations to the test.
Contemporary historian Sara Troglio (Milan) will offer a concise historical overview of Italy’s “strategy of tension” and examples of the related “strategy of confusion”, examining how these events are, or are not, represented in school textbooks. Artist and writer Inka Meißner (Berlin) will discuss the emergence of the psychopath as a cultural figure between the late 1970s and 1980s, from literary representations such as Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho to their echoes in real-life contexts shaped by free-trade routes such as NAFTA. Writer and journalist Davide Coppo (Milan) will reflect on his debut novel La parte sbagliata (2024), whose plot follows the ideological and intellectual development of a young neo-fascist, and on his choice to adopt a fictional framework. Writer and cultural theorist Diedrich Diederichsen (Berlin) will analyse the new film by Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another in relation to Christian Petzold’s The State I Am In, exploring how both works approach the question of what it means for those who identify a system as fascist to have children, especially in contrast to the solitary terrorism of recent decades. Finally, the contribution by artist and filmmaker Nina Kerschbaumer (Zurich/Vienna), who invited the speakers, will intersect artistic and cinematic perspectives within her broader investigation on the Piazza Fontana events, developed during her residency at Istituto Svizzero in Milan.
The presentations will be followed by a joint discussion in which the audience is welcome to participate.
PROGRAMME:
H18:00 Institutional greetings and introduction
H18:10 – Contributions by:
Sara Troglio, Strategy of tension and strategy of confusion
Inka Meißner, Artistic Narration is my Google Maps
Davide Coppo, Tomorrow Belongs To Me
Diedrich Diederichsen, Children of the Revolution
Nina Kerschbaumer, Parents deranged
H19:00 Open Discussion with the audience
Some references:
Giuseppe Pinelli, Cady Noland, Alberto Sordi, Ettore. Bret Easton Ellis, Rita L. Segato, Thomas Pynchon, Ulrike Meinhof. Hannah Arendt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mother Küsters, Christian Petzold. Luigi Mangione, Aimé Césaire, Carla Lonzi, Peter Thiel. Furio Jesi, Max Horkheimer, Angela Davis, Mario Monicelli. Carlo Giuliani, Silvio Berlusconi, Capitan Achab, Corinna Tartarotti.
Laboratorio Lapsus is a non-profit organization in Milan active since 2011 in the field of contemporary history. It works with inclusive and participatory methods through research, education, public history, and cultural projects, engaging people of all ages. It produces workshops, exhibitions, podcasts, and events, promoting collaboration and critical understanding of today’s world. Sara Troglio is a contemporary historian and Vice President of Laboratorio Lapsus, where since 2012 she has worked on public history, participatory history in contexts of contested memories, and hands-on educational activities on contemporary history.
Inka Meißner is an artist and writer who lives and works in Berlin. She studied fine art and artistic photography in Leipzig and completed a master’s degree in Critical Studies and a dissertation in Vienna with Diedrich Diederichsen. She teaches as senior artist at the Art University Linz. In 2024, together with artist Michael Franz, she published the artist book WHAT TIME IS LOVE (New Toni Press) featuring experimental short fiction.
Davide Coppo is a writer and journalist. He works as an editor in the Italian magazine Rivista Studio. His debut novel La parte sbagliata came out in Italy in 2024. It has been or will be translated in 10 Countries.
Diedrich Diederichsen was an editor and publisher of german music magazines in the 80s (Sounds, Spex), university teacher and visiting professor in various institutions in Germany and the US in the 90s. Professor for Theory of Art & Design at Merz-Academy Stuttgart 1998-2007, Professor for Theory and Mediation of Contemporary Art at the Academy of fine Arts, Vienna 2006-2024. His most recent publication Das 21. Jahrhundert – Essays was published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 2024.
Trained as an artist in the masterclass of Harun Farocki, Nina Kerschbaumer received her PhD in Philosophy at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna supervised by Diedrich Diederichsen. After working in film, television and higher education, she was a fellow at the Istituto Svizzero in Milan 2024/2025. Currently she is a Post-Doc Fellow at the Collegium Helveticum at ETH Zurich. She lives and works between Zurich and Vienna.
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