MYKE

In the organizer's words:

Targeted online radicalization of boys and young men is real and has fatal consequences. All acts of violence resulting in death that have been classified as acts of terrorism in Germany and discussed by the general public in the last 18 years were committed by men. Masculinity (i.e. a radicalized male sense of entitlement) was never a primary motive, but always a secondary one. The number of violent acts against Flinta* and queers has been rising for years. With the MYKE project, the onlinetheater.live team researched how masculinist radicalization works online, where it begins and how it can be interrupted as early as possible using artistic means. In the summer of 2024, they infiltrated anti-feminist content bubbles on TikTok with a specially developed video campaign. Between dating tips, self-optimization marketing and fantasies of male supremacy, they wove counter-narratives to the prevailing image of men. They have already reported on the results of their research in their lecture performance in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Lucerne and on the project homepage: www.myke.fyi/docs The project is co-produced by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, FFT Düsseldorf and Kleintheater Luzern. MYKE was awarded the FAUST theaterpreis 2025 in the category "Genrespringer" and the Berliner Präventionspreis 2025 This content has been machine translated.