Trembling Worlds
International Symposium on the work of Édouard Glissantwith Lev Avitan, Sophie Bourel, Radna Fabias, Sylvie Séma Glissant, Baruch Gottlieb, Shivani Gowda, Nikima Jagudajev, Hamedine Kane, Hans Ulrich Obrist (online) & Asad Raza.
25.10.2025, 10:00 — 20:00

Program


10:00 — 10:30
Doors open & coffee

10:30 — 10:35
Marie-José Sondeijker
Welcome words

10:35 — 11:00
Baruch Gottlieb
Introduction talk
Trembling Worlds

11:00 — 11:15
Sophie Bourel
Performance with soundtrack by Asad Raza
extracts from Edouard Glissant’s ‘Les Indes’
(in French with English translation)

11:15 — 12:15
Hans Ulrich Obrist with Asad Raza & Baruch Gottlieb
Conversation ‘A new region of the world: Glissant today’
(pre recorded with live commentary)

12:15 — 12:30
Sophie Bourel
Performance with soundtrack by Asad Raza
extracts from Edouard Glissant’s ‘Les Indes’
(in French with English translation)


12:30 — 13:30
Lunch Break


13:30 — 14:00
Hamedine Kane & Baruch Gottlieb
Conversation
Borders, country, archipelago

14:00-14:45
Sophie Bourel, Hamedine Kane, Asad Raza, Sylvie Séma Glissant & Baruch Gottlieb
Discussion
Creolisation

15:30 — 16:00
Radna Fabias
Performance
Poetry

16:00 — 17:00
Lev Avitan, Radna Fabias, Baruch Gottlieb, Nikima Jagudajev & Asad Raza
Discussion
Trembling worlds: Aesthetics, art and opacity

17:00 — 17:45
Shivani Gowda
Performance
The Department of Destruction

17:45-18:30
Baruch Gottlieb, Hamedine Kane, Asad Raza and Sylvie Séma Glissant (and others)
Conversation
Trembling worlds: consciousness and the possibles

18:30 — 19:30
Nikima Jagudajev
Performance
Bedtime stories

19:30
Drinks