Throughout the duration of the exhibition of Forensic Architecture, entitled "Violence, Fast and Slow" we will be hosting a series of lectures and discussions.

The first of three discursive public events to take place during the exhibition of Forensic Architecture “Violence, Fast and Slow” the symposium and round table on the 28th of September will discuss the new forms of violence that emerge through new shifts in the political landscape that have allowed for the re-emergence of fascist and xenophobic rhetorics, through a newfound authoritarianism performed by elected governments and citizens alike.

Known in Greece for their investigations of Pavlos Fyssas and Zak/Zackie Kostopoulos killings, Forensic Architecture, will begin the series of discussions, by focusing on these two examples of fast violence that are now important parts of Greece's sociopolitical reality, analysing the investigations and the process of the cases.

In collaboration with the collective Antifascist Culture, the second part of the discussion, with theorist Angela Dimitrakaki and critical theorist Gene Ray will discuss, in two joint presentations, how the fundamental fascist premise advocating the existence of internal and external enemies that must be eclipsed operates today, and how it contributes to the gradual normalisation of fascist thought. Dimitrakaki will focus on the ideological construct of an 'internal enemy', both in general terms but also with regard to the discourse of the new populist Right in Greece and elsewhere, considering what kinds of 'purity' the internal enemy construct seeks to fabricate and protect.

Ray will consider the external context of crisis and ruling class emergency, locating resurgent fascism within contemporary imperialism and planetary meltdown. The two complementary talks depart from liberal discussion on fascism, focused principally on hate crimes that seemingly emerge from 'below'.

Dimitrakaki and Ray ask how we can understand fascism from 'above' - that is, how fascist premises work for the dominant classes in terms of pre-emptive counter-revolution, social control, and national mobilisation for (present and future) armed wars and conflicts. Part of a larger, in-progress enquiry on the post-2008 world order, in its local and trans-local manifestations, the presentations will be followed by a discussion with the audience.

18.30 Introduction iLiana Fokianaki (in Greek)
18.40 Stefanos Levidis (Forensic Architecture, in Greek)
19.00 Angela Dimitrakaki (in Greek)
19.20 Gene Ray (in English)
19.50 discussion with the panelists (moderating i. Fokianaki)
20.15 Q&A with audience (in English)