A new two-day congregation to study climate propaganda to propagate alternative presents and futures.

In 1622, the Vatican founded the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide), to propagate the Catholic faith facing the rise of Protestantism in Europe. This constituted the first known propaganda department in history. Now, four hundred years later, we gather a new two-day congregation to study climate propaganda to propagate alternative presents and futures: the Climate Propaganda Congregation at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

With contributions by: Radha D’Souza; TJ Demos; Urok Shirhan; Nilüfer Koç (Kurdistan National Congress); Sven Lütticken; Jay Jordan and Isabelle Fremeaux (Laboratory for Insurrectionary Imagination); Serda Demir and Iliada Charalambous (True Counterpower) with the Sudanese Refugee Collective, Colored Qollective, Woonopstand, and XR Justice Now; Varsha Gandikota (Progressive International); Paul Goodwin; Jodi Dean; Andrew Curley; Steve Lyons (Not An Alternative); Julie de Lima (National Democratic Front of the Philippines); Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei; Chris Keulemans; Alexandra Martens Serrano; Clara Balaguer; and Jeanne van Heeswijk a.o.

More information coming soon. Save the date: 14–15 December 2024.