Zeiten der Langeweile - Lesung und Gespräch

For organizational reasons, the event will be postponed to 25.01.2024.

What actually happens if we really take the digital detox that is often invoked as a positive thing seriously?

In Zeiten der Langeweile, Jenifer Becker's debut novel, the protagonist Mila, thirty, goes radically offline. The fear of public visibility is suddenly too great. Every deleted trace online is an act of liberation, but at the same time Mila can't convince herself that her new yoga routine is more fulfilling than checking her smartphone in the morning. The nostalgic rediscovery of boredom quickly turns into deep loneliness. She no longer shares her life, but no one really shares it with her now. But the urge to reach the weightless state of complete disappearance becomes more and more compulsive.

With: Jenifer Becker (cultural scientist & author)