Assange is set to appear
remotely for discussion on “complexities of global activism and art in a
changing world”
M.I.A. previously announced
that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be speaking at this year’s Meltdown
Festival, which she curated.
Now, more details on Assange’s
involvement have been revealed. M.I.A. will host a talk with Assange (who will
appear remotely over a live link), along with philosophers Slavoj Žižek
and Srećko Horvat.
The discussion, titled “What’s
Coming Next,” will “cover the complexities of global activism and art in a
changing world,” according to a rep for the festival’s venue.
The talk will go down from
10:30-11:45 a.m. on June 11 at the Weston Roof Pavilion of the Royal
Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre.
After it was announced last
month that Swedish authorities were dropping its investigation of sexual
assault by Assange, M.I.A. penned an impassioned statement
defending him.
She recently shared a new
song, “GOALS.”
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