The second season of Progress Bar has come to a close. Over eight monthly editions taking place at Paradiso Noord (Tolhuistuin) and Paradiso in Amsterdam, we moved beyond the pressures facing club culture, and towards wider socio-political issues. Indeed, Progress Bar began as something conscious of the threats facing underground club culture and has developed into a platform for leading speakers on a range of urgent topics regarding the relations between states, societies and their citizens. We sought out voices proposing hopeful alternatives to the dominant media through grass-roots organisation, intersectional thinking and constructive radicalism, and looked for cues in the DIY approaches and activist mentalities of artists and collectives as far as Lisbon, London and Chicago.
Watch a recording of the talks from the season finale...
Progress Bar S02E08 with Hélène Christelle, Jeanette Bisschops, Flavia Dzodan, Bambii and Jo Kali.
...and look through our season highlights on Flickr.
This season Progress Bar enlisted Amnesia Scanner, Malibu, Ash Sarkar, Michael Oswell, Jo Kali, Toxe, ALX9696, Mechatok, Juha, Dedekind Cut, Jam City, patten, Kate Cooper, Sky H1, Aaron McLaughlin, Cõvco, God Colony, Flohio, Shalt, Shygirl, Sega Bodega, Wartone, Akwugo Emejulu, Seada Nourhussen, Bonaventure, Traxman, Embaci, J. G. Biberkopf, s a r a s a r a, Evian Christ, An Ni, Coucou Chloé, DJ Earl, DJ Marfox, Kamixlo, Killavesi, Adamn Killa, Klein, Le1f, Lyzza, My Sword, Nidia Minaj, Organ Tapes, Sam Rolfes, Uli, Yon Eta, Cakes Da Killa, DJ Firmeza, Kablam, Wail Qasim, Jaako Pallusvuo, DJ Nigga Fox, Lotic, Moro, Ziúr, Meredith Greer, Huw Lemmey, Bambii, Endgame, Flavia Dzodan, Hélène Christelle, Jeanette Bisschops and Ashkan Sepahvand.
