Reading Anarchism: Lise Autogena Reads Bahrain Youth / The Anarchistic Moment

In February 2016, BAK, Basis voor Actual Kunst in Utrecht hosted three Reading Anarchism events, as part of Nicoline Van Harskamp's exhibition Unstated (Or, Living Without Approval). The exhibition contained a series of anarchist texts from the online archive theanarchistlibrary.org. For the duration of the exhibition, visitors would browse the library and print and bind copies of books they would like to read. 
Six invited guests were asked to pick a book or article from the library to present and discuss with a live audience. The six guests each had a particular affinity with the anarchist tradition, but the works they chose represented entirely different eras, locations and interpretations. "Bahrain Youth was the name of a group that operated online from 14 February 2011. On that day, now known as “The Day of Rage”, Bahraini youth organised peaceful protests using social media websites, inspired by the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. Thousands of people took to the streets to demand political, economic and human rights, but were forcefully stopped by the authorities".