For the public program that frames Forensic Architecture's exhibition "Violence, Fast and Slow", we will be discussing new forms of violence, emerging through changes in the political landscape that in turn revive fascist and xenophobic rhetorics via a new kind of authoritarianism, which is carried out today also by elected governments - and by extension their citizens.

In the second event of our public program, we discuss the case of Greece in particular and the fluctuation and normalisation of state violence in the last decade.

In a joint presentation-discussion, Anna Kouroupou, Maria Louka and Yiannis Baboulias will analyze the phenomena of violence that are observed in multiple levels and intensities for specific and at times more vulnerable groups of the greek population. The conversation is co-ordinated by Iliana Fokianaki and will be in Greek.

18.40 Introduction iLiana Fokianaki

19.00 Yannis Baboulias, Anna Kouroupou, Maria Louka

The round table will be followed by a discussion with the audience and will be in Greek, with immediate translation if necessary to english speaking audiences.

*The subtitle The Mirror and The Knife is inspired by the homonymous title of a book written by composer Manos Hadjidakis in 1988. The book is a collection of essays published in local press or recited during his infamous radio show for Third Program (National Radio of Greece, ERT) discussing greek politics, current affairs, national identity and the Greek conundrum at large.