Duckrabbits Talk Back

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-practiceEditing and production by Anielek NiemyjskiCover art by Kacper GreńJingle by Olka DąbrowskaAmsterdam, Institute of Network Cultures, 2026

Duckrabbits Talk Back is a podcast about postartistic antifascism. It gathers thinkers, activists, artists, and postartists to discuss the global rise of fascism, ask questions together, and formulate possible responses. Duckrabbits — those wonderfully ambivalent creatures that can be seen as ducks or rabbits, or both at once — guide us through the tangled web of contemporary theory, postartistic practice, and antifascist imagination. From antifascist comics to networked movements, from intersectional struggles to economies of interdependence, duckrabbits and guests map how cultural work confronts both old and newly mutating forms of authoritarianism.In this first episode of the series, co-hosts Kuba Szreder, Aria Spinelli, and Sepp Eckenhaussen, together with producer Anielek Niemyjski, introduce comrade Duckrabbit. They share their reasons for making an antifascist art podcast today, and announce the all-star line-up of artivist guests in the upcoming episodes.Duckrabbits Talk Back 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-practiceCover art by Kacper GreńJingle by Olka DąbrowskaAmsterdam, Institute of Network Cultures, 2026