Reading Club: Hospicing Modernity
READING CLUB: HOSPICING MODERNITY
Join us for our first School of Humans Reading Club event on Wednesday, April 29. 2026 — 18h to 20h
The book Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira departs from the assumption that modernity is beyond repair. It asks how we can shift our energy away from trying to ‘fix’ it towards the sticky work of trying to lay to rest the stories, habits and behaviours we inherited from this system. What grief, disillusionment and complexity do we have to befriend to do this work, and how can these states become generative for something else to be born?
We gather for an evening to read aloud together and discuss selected sections from the book.
If you didn’t read the book before and want to familiarise yourself with the ideas before the session, this video is a helpful introduction:
TO FIND US
Our Make-Believe Studio space is located at ACUD KUNST HAUS, Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin. To attend any of our events, go thru the big red doors on the right side past the mailboxes. Take a left once you exit towards the hinterhof. Then turn left and you will see the elevator there on your left. Take it to the 5th floor. :)
NOTE
School of Humans is a sister org of School of Machines.