As an initiative event, the three-day symposium »Dealing with Fear: What Holds Societies Together« took place from October 18 to 20, 2007 at Akademie Schloss Solitude. On Thursday evening, the symposium was opened with the introducing lecture »Since When and Why Do We Fear the Future?« by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford University. On Friday, guest speakers focused on specific aspects of the central topic and discussed them with the current jurors. On the third day, fellows from various artistic and academic disciplines presented their interdisciplinary work related to the question of dealing with fear, insecurity and safety.

/october 18-20, 2007 //akademie schloss solitude, stuttgart

Akademie Schloss Solitude