
On the opening day of the 2026 Free School —which this year focuses on clay, softness and desire—, Australian-born writer and theorist McKenzie Wark presented her commissioned text On Being Plastic (featured in the festival brochure). Following the presentation, Wark engaged in a conversation with philosopher and performer Luce deLire. Wark is a professor of Media and Culture at The New School in New York City. She has published numerous groundbreaking theoretical works, including A Hacker Manifesto (Harvard), Gamer Theory (Harvard), and Capital Is Dead (Verso). Her works of autofiction—which include Reverse Cowgirl (Semiotexte), Raving (Duke) and Love and Money, Sex and Death (Verso)—use sexual aesthetics, dissociation, and her own experience as a trans woman as starting points for theorising new models of contemporary living. In Wark’s writing, intellectualism is not an abstract pursuit, but a form of everyday life.
NL - Op de openingsdag van de Free School 2026, presenteerde de in Australië geboren auteur en theoreticus McKenzie Wark haar tekst in opdracht On Being Plastic (te vinden in de festivalbrochure). Na de presentatie ging Wark in gesprek met filosoof en performer Luce deLire.
FR - Lors de la journée d’ouverture de la Free School 2026, dont le thème est l'argile, la douceur et le désir, l’écrivaine et théoricienne d’origine australienne McKenzie Wark a présenté son texte On Being Plastic, commandé par le festival (et disponible dans la brochure). Elle s'est ensuite entretenue avec la philosophe et performeuse Luce deLire.
As part of Kunstenfestivaldesarts and the 2026 Free School – A Soft School: On Malleability
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