The Mass of Money
| Workshop "The Mass of Money - Strategies from Art and Science on Capital and Inequality" June 4 and 5, 2026 Open Science Lab, SLUB(Zellescher Weg 21-25, 01217 Dresden) |
On June 4 and 5, 2026, Juliane Götz and Sebastian Neitsch (artist collective Quadrature) together with Nelly Saibel (Schaufler Kolleg@TU Dresden), David Braun (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) and Felix Reith (University of Bonn) are organizing a participatory workshop on the dynamics of capital accumulation and its social consequences.
In cooperation with researchers and stakeholders from sociology, economics, mathematics and art, the workshop combines theoretical analysis, data science and speculative practice.
All interested parties are cordially invited! Please register by e-mail .
Programm
| June 4, 2026: THEORY | |||
| Time | Program Item | Speaker | |
| 10:00am |
Arrival and Registration |
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| 10:30am |
Welcome Introduction to “Mass of Money”
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Pauline Hohn, Gwendolin Kremer Juliane Götz, Sebastian Neitsch |
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| 11:15am | Break | ||
| 11:30am |
PANEL 1: INEQUALITY – Across Different Sectors? |
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| Who Owns Germany? Wealth Data, Inequality, and Regional Differences | Franziska Deckstein, Leona Krause | ||
| (How) (Can) Education Contribute to Reducing Inequality? | Alexander Kemnitz | ||
| Discussion | |||
| 12:30am | PERFORMANCE | ||
| Physical Representation of Inequality | Anli Lukunku | ||
| 02:15pm | PANEL 2: How Did We Get Here? The Role of Financial Markets | ||
| Financialization and the Decoupling of the Real and Financial Economies | David Braun, Felix Reith | ||
| Planet or Profit: Where Should Our Money Go? | Lars Hornuf | ||
| Discussion | |||
| 3:45pm | PANEL 3: Deconstructing Existing Narratives | ||
| Artistic Perspectives on Capitalism and Inequality | Juliane Götz, Sebastian Neitsch | ||
| A Brief History of Bitcoin | Nelly Saibel, Norman Zidlicky | ||
| TBA | TBA | ||
| Discussion | |||
| 6:00pm | Closing with pizza and drinks | ||
| Juni 6, 2026: PRAXIS | |||
| 10:00am | Arrival and welcome | ||
| 10:30am | Warm-up: Reflection on personal roles and privileges | all | |
| 11:00am | BLOCK 1 - Workshop A | BLOCK 1 - Workshop B | |
| Financial Systems of the Future: Between Pragmatism and Utopia | Wild Thinking with Data | ||
| David Braun, Felix Reith | Quadrature | ||
| 13:30pm | BLOCK 2 - Workshop A | BLOCK 2 - Workshop B | |
| „Dresden and Kinshasa" Perspectives on Inequality and Capitalism in Dialogue |
TBA | ||
| Anli Lukunku | TBA | ||
| 16:30pm | Wrap-up & Closing | ||
| 17:00pm | END | ||