MIA to Host Talk With Julian Assange, Slavoj iek, More at Meltdown Festival – Pitchfork

M.I.A. previously announced that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be speaking at this years Meltdown Festival, which she curated. Now, more details on Assanges involvement have been revealed. M.I.A. will host a talk with Assange (who will appear remotely over a live link), along with philosophersSlavoj iek andSreko Horvat. The discussion, titled Whats Coming Next, will cover the complexities of global activism and art in a changing world, according to a rep for the festivals venue. The talk will go down from 10:30-11:45 a.m. on June 11 at theWeston Roof Pavilion of the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre.

After it was announced last month that Swedish authorities were dropping its investigation of sexual assault by Assange, M.I.A. penned an impassioned statement defending him. She recently shared a new song, GOALS.

Read M.I.A. vs. the System: A Complete Timeline of Her Controversies andThe Survivor: A Conversation With M.I.A.

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MIA to Host Talk With Julian Assange, Slavoj iek, More at Meltdown Festival - Pitchfork