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May 3–4, 2024
E-WERK Luckenwalde, DE

The Drop Out:
Tell Them I Said No

Organized by Helen Turner & Katharina Worf

Creative Consulting by Asad Raza & Prem Krishnamurthy (Department of Transformation)

On Friday 3 and Saturday 4 May 2024, E-WERK presented a weekend of day and night time events. Inspired by author and art critic Martin Herbert's collection of essays Tell Them I Said No (2016, Sternberg Press), the programme considered the implications of resistance, what radical models of self-sufficiency look like, the political connotations of counterculture (or cancel culture), who has the privilege to say no, and artistic vulnerability. The event took place across E-WERK’s 25,000 metre square site, including the historic Turbine Hall, the adjacent Bauhaus Stadtbad and E-WERK’s outdoor geodesic dome, and included concerts, performances, panel discussions, karaoke, and sauna sessions. A global list of artists, thinkers, performers, and cultural commentators who contributed included Lamis Ammar, Sascia Bailer, Mirthe Berentsen, Candice Breitz, Eglė Budvytytė in collaboration with Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome, JJJJJerome Ellis, Hettie Judah, Prem Krishnamurthy, Zoe Claire Miller, Eve Stainton & Florence Peake, Nástio Mosquito, Asad Raza, Lauryn Youden, Abbas Zahedi, SERAFINE1369, Pussy Riot, Fatoş Üstek, and Melanie Jame Wolf. Many of the contributors shared their work in Brandenburg for the first time.

Supported by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation), Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Canada Council for the Arts and the City of Luckenwalde

Programme partners included: FRANK – Fair Artist Pay and Gallery Climate Coalition.

Co-curated by Katharina Worf and Helen Turner
With programme support by Florine Lindner and Alison Midgley

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Karaoke!

We believe in karaoke—a powerful tool inviting vulnerability, connection, and joy! Whether you like to sing out loud, cheer others on, or just observe quietly, you are welcome to join Dept of Transformation. Just take a deep breath and answer the question: "What is a song you would like to hear sung in karaoke?"

Tracks

Title Artist
Gasolina Daddy Yankee
Hips Don't Lie Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean
Pocketful of Sunshine Natasha Bedingfield
Let's Go Crazy Prince & The Revolution
Miss America David Byrne

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We invite you to share your favorite songs, whether they're beloved classics or hidden gems, and let your musical choices become part of our collective soundtrack. By submitting your tracks, you'll help create an inclusive, dynamic playlist that brings us closer together through the power of music.

To submit a song, please send a Link to a Youtube Video in the form below.


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