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The Perfect Enemy

Ine Gevers en Sruti Bala
Wed 1 Apr ’26 19:00
Scientists Ine Gevers and Sruti Bala offer critical insights into some of the most charged debates surrounding culture and the arts.
Wed 1 Apr ’26
19:00
  • Wed 1 Apr ’26
    19:00
    in the box office
    Frascati, Amsterdam
    Box office
    Past event

In this public conversation, scholars Jana Cattien and Sruti Bala engage with current discussions on the role of art and culture in society. Moderated by researcher and dramaturg Miguel Melgares, they share their perspectives on some of today’s most pressing debates.

Ine states that the easier it has become these days—with all our self-branding and mirror worlds—to shift between worldviews in a split second, the more important art becomes as a weapon. Art operates as a soft weapon. Art is most dangerous when it is ambiguous, layered, and ironic, leaving the complexity of the world intact. That is why art is disruptive to fascist leaders. And it is unapologetic about it.

Sruti critically examines the assumption that art and culture are inherently positive or harmless. She demonstrates how art can also contribute to legitimizing violence and generating public support for it, especially in a time of increasing militarization.

  • This lecture is part of the context programme Arts as a Weapon.
  • Location: box office, Nes 63.

Art as a weapon: context programme

The Perfect Enemy is part of the multi-day public programme Art as a Weapon. This programme, focused on culture wars, propaganda, artistic resistance, and humor, is presented in the context of the performance Three Times Left is Right by Studio Julian Hetzel. The programme is curated by the makers in dialogue with DAS Theatre and Frascati.

View the full programme here.

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Art as a Weapon

Art as a Weapon is a multi‑day public programme around cultural wars, propaganda, artistic resistance and humor.
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