Navigating Influence: Gen Z, Media and Power — Conférence avec Andrée Chapatte, avec Liminal

Inspired/triggered/obliged/forced (pick one!) by the trend of ''Gen Z becoming more conservative'', tonight we zoom in on how influence circulates in today's media landscape. From the aesthetics of AI slop and virality to the politics of visibility, how are digital platforms shaping the way we form identities, build communities, and engage in political action?
Cultural researcher Andrée Chapatte shares some of his insights, followed by an open conversation moderated by Beursschouwburg director Melat Gebeyaw Nigussie, inviting critical reflection on contemporary media ecologies and how they are reshaping the future of subjectivity, resistance, and cultural production.
about
Andrée Chapatte is a performance artist and cultural researcher working across images, music, dance, and collaborative meaning-making. His recent work has examined our relationship with contemporary camera technologies, explored speculative masculinities, and developed workshops centered on physical touch. At Liminal, Andrée has facilitated connections among diverse initiatives engaging masculinities in Brussels and beyond. His research on communication technologies is closely tied to his interest in how the body perceives and makes sense of the world through images. Over the years he has been following the ways media infrastructures, algorithmic feeds, and AI-generated content shape political imagination and cultural participation, with a focus on how images act as both neural constructs and instruments of influence.
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https://www.andreechapatte.com
Liminal déconstruit les normes patriarcales et les attentes de genre dans la communauté en se tenant mutuellement responsables. Nous croyons que tout le monde—et les hommes en particulier—peut et doit contribuer à la justice de genre en réfléchissant à la manière dont le patriarcat influence leur identité, leur comportement et leurs relations. Liminal offre des espaces pour l'échange, le (dés)apprentissage, la guérison et la croissance, facilitant la transformation à travers le développement personnel soutenu par la théorie féministe.
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Modéré par Melat Gebeyaw Nigussie, directeur du Beursschouwburg.