Slavoj Zizek is philosopher and Psychoanalyst from Ljubljana. His lecture on the specific roles of viewers and doers is entitled "The Spectator´s Malevolent Neutrality" and was held on June 8, 2004 during the Theaterformen festival in Brunswick (DE).

Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet talk about Ford, Fassbinder and their own films at the Viennale Filmfestival in Vienna, on October 19th, 2004. The conversation with Hartmut Bitomsky, Tag Gallagher, Jean-Pierre Gorin and Hans Hurch is in german, parts in english and french.

Franco B, performance artist based in London, presents "Illustrated Lecture" at the international summer academy in Franfurt on August 24, 2004.

In his lecture "Der Schauspieler und der Zuschauer" from June 13th 2004 in Hannover at the Thaterformen Festival, Antonio Negri talks about immaterial labor, public services, collaboration and the construction of community. The lecture is held in italian with consecutive translation into german.

Jacques Rancière presents "The Emancipated Spectator" at the opening of the 5th international summer academy in Frankfurt on August 20, 2004.

"Unfallen" - Lecture Performance by Daniel Belasco Rogers/Plan B (D/GB), September 30th 2004 in Frankfurt. Part of the ongoing programme "Performing Lectures" by Unfriendly Takeover.

"Adsense Lecture" - Lecture Performance by A Rose Is, December 8th in Frankfurt. Part of the ongoing programme "Performing Lectures" by Unfriendly Takeover.

"Die anwesende Abwesenheit künstlerischer Arbeitsprozesse" - Lecture Performance by Pirkko Husemann, August 5th 2004 in Frankfurt. Part of the ongoing programme "Performing Lectures" by Unfriendly Takeover.

"Extra Clear Power" - Lecture Performance by Marten Spangberg, July 8th in Frankfurt. Part of the ongoing programme "Performing Lectures" by Unfriendly Takeover.

Lecture Performance by David Weber-Krebs as part of the programme "Performing Lectures" by Unfriendly Takeover in Frankfurt/Main. www.unfriendly-takeover.de