--- title: "Florian Malzacher • Artists" description: "Florian Malzacher is a curator, dramaturg and writer. 2013 - 2017 he was artistic director of Impulse Theater Festival (Cologne, Dusseldorf and Mulheim/Ruhr), and 2006-2012 co-programmer of the multidisciplinary arts festival steirischer herbst (Graz). He (co-)curated e.g. the 4th and 5th…" image: "https://brut-wien.at/de/img/asset/YXNzZXRzL2FydGlzdHMvZmxvcmlhbi1tYWx6YWNoZXIvRmxvcmlhbi1NYWx6YWNoZXIuanBn/Florian-Malzacher.jpg?w=1200&h=630&fit=crop_focal&q=80&s=00cb0c0e7a3749bfe52ddc7e5b08340e" --- # Florian Malzacher Last edited on 22.7.2026 ![](https://brut-wien.at/assets/artists/florian-malzacher/Florian-Malzacher.jpg) Florian Malzacher © Wolfgang Silveri ## artist.bio Florian Malzacher is a curator, dramaturg and writer. 2013 - 2017 he was artistic director of Impulse Theater Festival (Cologne, Dusseldorf and Mulheim/Ruhr), and 2006-2012 co-programmer of the multidisciplinary arts festival steirischer herbst (Graz). He (co-)curated e.g. the 4th and 5th International Summer Academy (Mousonturm Frankfurt, 2002 and 2004), “Dictionary of War” (2006/07), “[Truth is concrete](https://florianmalzacher.net/content/truth-is-concrete-a-handbook-for-artistic-strategies-in-real-politics/)” (Graz, 2012), “[Artist Organisations International](http://www.artistorganisationsinternational.org/)” (HAU Berlin, 2015), “Appropriations” (Ethnological Museum Berlin, 2014), “Sense of Possibility” on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the revolution (St. Petersburg, 2017), “[Training for the Future](http://trainingforthefuture.org/)” (Ruhrtriennale 2018/19 with Jonas Staal), “[After Supervising the Machinery](https://florianmalzacher.net/content/after-supervising-the-machinery/)” (2020). As a dramaturge he worked with artists like Rimini Protokoll (DE), Lola Arias (ARG), Mariano Pensotti (ARG), and Nature Theater of Oklahoma (USA). Florian Malzacher has edited and written numerous essays and books on theatre and performance and on the relationship between art and politics. His latest publications include *[Gesellschaftsspiele. Politisches Theater heute](https://www.alexander-verlag.com/programm/titel/460-gesellschaftsspiele.html)* im Alexander Verlag Berlin. Further informations & material: [art-of-assembly.net](https://art-of-assembly.net) ## Works at brut - [Gesellschaftspiele: The Art of Assembly XXII (Februar 2023, mit Núria Güell & Renzo Marten)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2023/02/The-Art-of-Assembly) - [Gesellschaftsspiele: The Art of Assembly XXI (Dezember 2022, mit Phil Collins, Anne Hahn & Reyhan Şahin aka Lady Bitch Ray)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/12/The-Art-of-Assembly) - [Gesellschaftsspiele: The Art of Assembly XX Nous Accusons! People’s Tribunals between Politics, Activism & Art (November 2022, mit Lisa Ito-Tapang / Concerned Artists of the Philippines, Wolfgang Kaleck / ECCHR & Madlyn Sauer)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/11/The-Art-of-Assembly) - [Gesellschaftsspiele: The Art of Assembly XIX SAFE VS. BRAVE? ART BETWEEN SANCTUARY AND CONFRONTATION (Oktober 2022, mit Miriam Ibrahim, Edit Kaldor und Ingo Niermann / Army of Love)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/10/The-Art-of-Assembly) - [Gesellschaftsspiele: The Art of Assembly XVIII. BODY NEXT TO BODY: GATHERING MASSES IN SPORT EVENTS (Juli 2022, mit Z. Blace, Caitlin Davis Fisher & Michael Gabriel)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/07/The-Art-of-Assembly-XVIII) - [Gesellschaftsspiele: The Art of Assembly XVII in Kooperation mit Uniarts Theatre Academy Helsinki – ASSEMBLING KNOWLEDGE (Mai 2022, mit Satu Herrala, Ahmet Öğüt & Lotte van den Berg)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/05/AoA-Helsinki) - [Gesellschaftsspiele: The Art of Assembly XVI – SHIFTING POWER: WHEN GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS WIN ELECTIONS (Mai 2022, mit Teodor Celakoski, Athena Athanasiou (Zoom), Marcelo Expósito)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/05/The-Art-of-Assembly) - [Gesellschaftsspiele: The Art of Assembly XV – PARLIAMENTS OF THINGS AND BEINGS (April 2022, mit Alexander Karschnia (andcompany&Co.) & Eva von Redecker )](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/04/Florian-Malzacher) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly XIV in Kooperation mit Goethe Institut New York. Audience as Allies, Witnesses, and Enemies (März 2022, mit Claire Bishop, Tania Bruguera & Ann Liv Young)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/03/Florian-Malzacher_2) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly XIII. In Kooperation mit Münchner Kammerspiele und Goethe Institut: Performing Architecture. Designing Politics. Architectures of Deliberation and Decision-Making (März 2022, mit Gabu Heindl, Markus Miessen & David Mulder van der Vegt)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/03/Florian-Malzacher) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly XII. In Kooperation mit NT Gent / School of Activism. PITFALLS OF REPRESENTATION: ASSEMBLIES IN THEATRE (Jänner 2022, mit Milo Rau, School of Resistance & The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/01/Gesellschaftsspiele-The-Art-of-Assembly-XIII) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly XI. In Kooperation mit Goethe-Institut / Performing Architecture. ARCHITECTURES OF ASSEMBLY (November 2021, mit Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius / raumlabor u.a.)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/11/Florian-Malzacher) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly X. In Kooperation mit Goethe-Institut / Performing Architecture. THE POLITICS OF MULTITUDE: ASSEMBLY AS STRATEGY (November 2021, mit Anna Clara Basilicò / Rise Up For Climate Justice & Antonio Negri)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/11/Florian-Malzacher-Venedig) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly IX. In Kooperation mit BIT Teatergarasjen Bergen/Norwegen. REASSEMBLING INSTITUTIONS (Oktober 2021, mit Ahmed Al-Nawas, Nora Sternfeld & Sarah Waterfeld / Staub zu Glitzer)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/10/Florian-Malzacher) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly VIII. In Kooperation mit der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin. 10 YEARS OCCUPY WALLSTREEET (September 2021, mit Judith Butler und Max Haiven)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/09/Florian-Malzacher-Volksbuehne-Berlin) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly VII. Im Rahmen der Wiener Festwochen. AGONISTIC GATHERINGS (September 2021, mit Didier Eribon und Chantal Mouffe)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/09/Florian-Malzacher) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly VI. ASSEMBLING MORE THAN HUMANS (Juni 2021, mit Radha D’Souza und Sybille Peters)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/06/The-Art-of-Assembly-VI) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly V zum Aktionstag der Vielen (Mai 2021, mit Eduard Freudmann, Gin Müller, Heidrun Primas und Philine Rinnert)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/05/Florian-Malzacher) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly IV. Choirs of Precarity and Power (April 2021, mit Claudia Bosse, Alia Mossallam und The Church of Stop Shopping)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/04/Florian-Malzacher) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. TheArt of Assembly III (imagetanz 2021, mit Jodi Dean und Jonas Staal)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/03/Florian-Malzacher) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly II (Februar 2021, mit Oliver Ressler und Julia Ramírez-Blanco)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/02/Florian-Malzacher) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. The Art of Assembly I (Jänner 2021, mit Oliver Marchart und Dana Yahalomi)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/01/Florian-Malzacher) - [Gesellschaftsspiele. 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