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Nico Heller
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Nico is a theatre director, dramaturge & artist, runs democracyschool.com and is a seasoned political educator, strategist & coach (he/him).

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I think my last post needs following up with a very different kind of speech. If you have listened to J.D. Vance's, do yourself a favor and listen to this one too. PS: Europe welcomes you!
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February 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Nice one.
January 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The entire population of North Gaza is at risk of dying.
October 26, 2024 at 3:46 PM
COMING UP | Join Nico Heller and Yoshua Bengio today, Tuesday, 06 August at 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@reboot2030 for this Reboot Dialogue on AI, catastrophic risk and what to do about it – see reboot2030.substack.com.

#AI #AIrisk #AIregulartion
August 6, 2024 at 9:01 AM
NEXT | Join Nico Heller and John Davenport today, Tuesday, 23 July at 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@reboot2030 for this Reboot Dialogue on The AI Cybercrime Revolution: Costs, Consequences, and Countermeasures – see reboot2030.substack.com.
#ai #fakenews #cybercrime #cybersecurity
July 23, 2024 at 8:42 AM
The Poet Who Commands a Rebel Army
“Revolution is the job of poets and artists,” says Ko Maung Saungkha, leader of a rebel militia fighting the Myanmar dictatorship. He is not the only poet commander in a country with a strong tradition of political verse. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/w...
July 17, 2024 at 6:16 PM
UP NEXT | The Bbeyond Effect -- Join Nico Heller and Brian Patterson today from 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@nnotationz for this Annotations dialogue about the transformative power of performance art -- see annotations.art.
#art #liveart #performanceart #bbeyond #belfast #ireland
July 16, 2024 at 8:12 AM
COMING NEXT | Join me and Pawel Ngei tomorrow, Tuesday, 09 July at 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@reboot2030 for this Reboot Dialogue on the Hacking the Future: Solarpunk's Vision for a Sustainable World – see reboot2030.substack.com.
#solarpunk #climatechange #narrative
July 8, 2024 at 5:41 AM
UP NEXT | Resistance and Rebellion in Contemporary Asian Art | Join me and Erica Yu-Wen Huang tomorrow from 10:00 AM CET on youtube.com/@nnotationz for this Annotations dialogue about freedom of expression in art – see annotations.art.
#art #curating #censorship
July 1, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Labour is telling Britain it is now a conservative party – and we should believe it | David Edgerton www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
June 28, 2024 at 1:40 PM
NEXT UP | Practicing Decoloniality: A Curator's Perspective | Join Nico Heller and Lou Mo tomorrow, 18 June, from 10:00 AM CET on youtube.com/@nnotationz for this Annotations dialogue about decolonising curatorial practice – see annotations.art.
#art #curation #decoloniality
June 17, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Staging Resilience: Theatre as Resistance Under Occupation | Join Nico A Heller and Iman Aoun tomorrow, 21 May, from 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@nnotationz for this Annotations dialogue about Iman’s theatre practice and activism – see annotations.art.
 
#Palestine #Occupation #TheatreOfTheOpporessed
May 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM
COMING NEXT | Join Nico A. Heller and Jean-Désiré Kouassi today, Tuesday, 14 May at 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@reboot2030 for this Reboot Dialogue on the #digitalization of #Africa and the risks and opportunities this holds – see also reboot2030.substack.com.

#digitaldivide
May 14, 2024 at 10:00 AM
#ArtForTheHumans | Join Nico A. Heller and Yvon Ngassam tomorrow, 7 May, from 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@nnotationz for this Annotations dialogue about Yvon’s art and practice as an artist - see annotations.art

#slavery #colonialism #urbantransformation #africanart #art
May 6, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Coming up: Nico A. Heller in conversation with Akufuna Muyunda, today, Tuesday, 12 March at 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@reboot2030. Join us for this Reboot Dialogue on Fighting Climate Change the Zambian Way. See reboot2030.substack.com for more information.
April 30, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Coming next: | Join Nico A. Heller and Susanna Cafaro today, Tuesday, 12 March at 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@reboot2030 for this Reboot Dialogue on the forthcoming European Elections. See reboot2030.substack.com for more information.

#EU #EUelections #defendingdemocracy #NoAfD #antifa
March 12, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Why Theatre? | Join Nico A. Heller and Stefan Kaegi of Rimini Protokoll today, March 5th, from 4:00 MP CET live on YouTube at youtube.com/@nnotationz for this Annotation dialogue about contemporary theatre and its meanings in today's world. See also annotations.art and subscribe to our newsletter.
March 5, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Coming up: | Join Nico A. Heller and Roberto Castaldi today, Tuesday, 27 Feb. at 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@reboot2030 for this Reboot Dialogue on Europe at a time of war. See reboot2030.substack.com for more information.
 
#EU #europe #war #ukraine #EUintegration #EUexpansion
February 27, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Coming up: Tracing Coloniality | Join Nico A. Heller and Valérie Osouf today (2nd Feb), from 4:00 PM CET on youtube.com/@nnotationz for this Annotations dialogue about Valérie’s practice as a documentary filmmaker and artist. See also annotations.art
 
#colonialism #decoloniality #documentary #film
February 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM
LATEST: The Case for a Multi-National Alliance of Democracies| Join Nico A. Heller and Chris Hamer on youtube.com/@reboot2030 for this Reboot Dialogue about global security and democracy at a time of war on 13 February 2024 from 10:00 AM CET. See also reboot2030.substack.com.
February 12, 2024 at 11:55 AM
LATEST: Of Natural Flows and Architectural Currents | Join Nico A. Heller and Lenka Petrakova on youtube.com/@nnotationz for this Annotations dialogue about Lenka’s art and architecture on 6 February, 2024 from 10:00 AM CET. See also annotations.art
February 5, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Coming up: Of Natural Flows and Architectural Currents | Join me and Lenka Petrakova on youtube.com/@nnotationz for this Annotations dialogue about Lenka’s art and architecture on 5 December, 2023 from 10:00 AM CET. See also annotations.art
December 4, 2023 at 10:49 AM
Thanks again to Yoshua Bengio (CA) for sharing his thinking on rogue AI and catastrophic risk. Our chat unfortunately was cut short as we lost our internet connection for a while. It’s still worth watching though and an edited version of this Reboot Dialogue is available on reboot2030.substack.com.
November 29, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Coming up: On Humiliation | Join Keith McVeigh and me on youtube.com/@nnotationz for this Annotations dialogue about Keith’s practice as a composer and pianist on 21 Nov, 2023 from 4:00 PM CET. See also annotations.art.

#Dada #Revolt #Art
November 18, 2023 at 12:03 PM
Thanks again to Sean McAllister (UK) for participating in Annotations. The dialogue is now available as audio podcast on www.annotations.art and as a video on youtu.be/gg2hxeovNjI.

"One of the most brave and powerful film makers around" – Michael Moore

#documentary #filmmaking #narrative #identity
November 8, 2023 at 10:20 AM