Stacy Douglas in conversation with Alexander Gorski

As part of the participation in the 13th Berlin Biennale, Stacy Douglas initiates a conversation with Alexander Gorski, European Legal Support Centre (ELSC) lawyer, on censorship, Palestine, and the need for an enhanced political culture in contemporary German cultural institutions.

Stacy Douglas (she/they) is Associate Professor of law and legal studies at Carleton University with interests in law, aesthetics, democracy, and governance. In addition to her book Curating Community. Museums, Constitutionalism, and the Taming of the Political (Michigan, 2017), she has published in Law and Critique, Feminist Legal Studies, and Radical Philosophy. She is also a multi-media artist, working in performance art, collage, video, and playwriting.

Alexander Gorski practices criminal and immigration law. He studied law in Passau, Mexico City, and Munich. He completed his legal clerkship at the Berlin Higher Regional Court, the Tegel Prison, and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR).He is currently an Attorney with the Amigo Kanzlei firm in Berlin and also a partner attorney at the Amsterdam-based non-governmental organization European Legal Support Center (ELSC). He has represented numerous artists and individuals that have been criminalized for pro-Palestinian activism in Germany.