What is to be done when authoritarianism is not simply a blast from the past, but mutates through AI slop, fossil infrastructures, culture wars, and flexible realities? What happens when time collapses and fascists wage war on truth itself? What is the role of artists and postartists facing this conundrum? Should their work become more operational, or rather radically inoperative? And do we need clear answers, or must we learn how to pose the right questions?

In this episode, we map postartistic antifascism around the world with Gregory Sholette, Hito Steyerl, and Jakub Depczyński. Expect no comforting answers, but sharp discussions about the radical unpresent, retro-vanguards, derivative fascisms, fractal colonialism, democratic interregnums, phantom archives, and the fragile afterlives of initiatives such as the Antifascist Year. Please join us in this exchange of diagnosis and strategies — because by braiding both, we get a bit closer to knowing what needs to be done.

Duckrabbits Talk Back is a podcast about postartistic antifascism, hosted by Aria Spinelli, Kuba Szreder, and Sepp Eckenhaussen. It was inspired by the comic treatise Duckrabbits Unveiled: A Sneak Peek at the Postartistic Theory and Practice (2025): https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/duckrabbits-unveiled-a-sneak-peek-at-the-postartistic-theory-and-practice

This episode is hosted by Aria Spinelli, Kuba Szreder, and Sepp Eckenhaussen

Editing and production by Anielek Niemyjski

Cover art by Kacper Greń

Jingle by Olka Dąbrowska

Amsterdam, Institute of Network Cultures, 2026