Join us on Thursday evening, September 3rd, for the first try out of Green Clouds, followed by a lecture on Sci-fi, fantasy, and Marxism. 

Try out: Green Clouds, Remember To Forget Me

Can we still be forgotten? In this immersive lecture, Mamamess takes you on a journey exploring the tension between fragile human memory and the permanence of digital data storage. She asks: What happens to us when machines no longer forget—even after we are gone? Can forgetting become an act of resistance against today’s surveillance economy, where data about us is continuously collected, stored, and analysed? Set against the backdrops of a hospital waiting room, data centres, and outer space, this collective experience invites us to contemplate the meaning of forgetting and to reflect on the collective right to be forgotten.

Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Marxism

Following the immersive lecture, Jelle Klaas explores what science fiction and fantasy can teach us about capitalism, class, feminism, and racism. Through images and film clips, he examines how imagined worlds shape our political imagination and everyday lives, and how popular culture helps us imagine alternative futures and negotiate social change.

About the event

September 3rd from 19.00-21.00

University Library UvA 

Places are limited, please register here

About the speakers

Nirit Peled is an independent filmmaker and writer based in the Netherlands. She weaves stories across multiple media to examine societal structures, both intimate and institutional. Educated as an artist at the Rietveld Academy and a designer at the Sandberg Institute, she has also worked as a concept developer and script writer for commercial agencies and public broadcasters.

Jelle Klaas is a human rights lawyer at PILP, working on cases concerning the right to protest, anti-discrimination, privacy and socio-economic rights on behalf of NGOs, communities and activists. With an activist and Marxist background, he draws inspiration from science fiction and fantasy, genres he has followed passionately through his life as a consumer, Dungeon Master, player, fan, and critical observer.