Organised under the umbrella of ASFA BBQ, the Athens School of Fine Arts yearly performance festival, the Garden of Dystopian Pleasures is a showcase of performance, talks, workshops, screenings etc on notions of post-truth cultures and the return of reactionary propaganda. The two years that have passed since asfaBBQ’s utopian second installment, have brought humanity to a postmodern dead-end of unapologetic misinformation and have given birth to the alt-right, the coolest fascist movement the world has seen in decades.

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With the unimaginative left being unable to respond and identity politics having been appropriated by the bad guys, the world can’t help feeling that it experiences a regression to a pre-WW state or an acceleration towards an even greater catastrophe. Is there a way forward and out of this mess? Can we rethink identity politics? Can we repackage hope as sexy? Can we assist fake-news trolls to their self-destruction? The Garden of Dystopia Pleasures looks at ways of dissecting and digesting the enemy, through overidentifying with monstrosities of post-truth society and reevaluating the politics of (guilty?) pleasure.

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All performances and talks are free entry.

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Curators: FYTA & the Ministry of Post-Truth

Additional curation: Alex Demetriou, Sozita Goudouna, Macklin Kowal, Themistoklis Pantazakos

ASFA BBQ director: Vassilis Vlastaras

Production assistants: Alex Demetriou, Nikos Georgiou, Lykourgos Porfyris

Glam Slam! team: Anastasia Diavasti, Nikos Georgiou, Athanasios Anagnostopoulos

Homepage photo by Paris Tavitian

Homepage photo performers: Kangela Tromokratisch, Nikos Georgiou, Anthi Kougia & Smaragda, Eggs & Legs, Polina Evangelou, Despina Sevasti, Space Manifesto, Konstantinos Vakidis, Manos Bazanis, Markos Rovilos, Ksilokati is better than Acropolis, Fil Ieropoulos