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Episode 31 German Problems
Episode 30 Blasphemy Against Woman
Blasphemy Against Woman
A gathering of dilettantes and professors made their way to the courthouse to witness what KIRAC sees as a sublime travesty: the prosecution of artist Ben Lunato, described by KIRAC as blasphemy against the god of our age: woman. The result is a courtroom trying to decide whether sacred images are still allowed to be mocked. This film shows the preliminary hearing in full. Law professor Bart Jansen explains how the law attempts to colonise reality and art.
Episode 29 Whore Dialectics
Whore Dialectics
Why do women want to be whores? With Ben Lunato, we embark on a journey through the world of whores who, in our strange world, appear to have become the bearers of truth. We arrive in Los Angeles, where we meet the art dealer Stefan Simchowitz.
Episode 28 Faun
Faun
Episode 26 Cornucopia
Cornucopia
Art is a product of abundance! Episode 26 begins where episode 25 left us, and shows the dramatic attempts of art dealer Paul van Esch to shatter his financial ceiling and escape the boredom of the art world.
Episode 25 Male Love
Male Love
Director Stefan Ruitenbeek about this film: “Male Love” explores the intrigue and drama of a million-euro art deal. I’m an artist caught in the center, filming the deal while wrestling with feelings of resentment as the Boijmans Museum spends heavily on another artist’s work. As I scheme to disrupt the deal, Philip, the art collector, grows suspicious. The tension escalates and intermediaries, a city councillor and a law professor, step in to mediate the conflict. In Manhattan Art Review, Sean Tatol reviews this episode and our KIRAC films.
Episode 24 Under a Sinking Sun
Under a Sinking Sun
The film follows the KIRAC collective as we turn male and female arts and humanities students, who were expelled for sexual misconduct, into catalysts for a more decadent and artistic world. This film, originally commissioned by KIOSK / KASK, an esteemed art school in Ghent, Belgium, was abruptly cancelled just one day before its premiere. However, it’s available for online viewing. Runtime 75 minutes. Release date 2022 April 2
Episode 23 Honeypot
Honeypot
In this film, conservative philosopher Sid Lukkassen tries to save the world by having sex with leftist student Jini. Entering her boudoir, he is caught in an enchanting and unpredictable world.
Episode 22 Reasons of Ego
Reasons of Ego
Oscar van der Kroon works for Dutch public television. He wants to do Avant Garde Television but his mediocrity is holding him back. At the end of the Episode, he promises to do some introspection.
Episode 21 Buse (A Good Student)
Buse (A Good Student)
Buse, a teenager from Istanbul, is an art student at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. She wants to make a movie about her experiences at the school but she is afraid she will be kicked out for making a critical film about the world-renowned institution. KIRAC advises Buse to make the most of the decline of this institution and the bleak future it offers her.
Episode 20 The Latent Potency of Rob Defares
The Latent Potency of Rob Defares
This episode is an ironic call to a cynical liberal billionaire (Rob Defares, who owns a high-frequency trading firm) to fully use the cultural potency of his wealth, something this billionaire would never do because he wants to hide in the herd. It’s ironic because we know the call towards Defares will fall on deaf ears. So, it’s a mating call that flies over his head, reaching towards some other imagined monarch/billionaire to start the cultural revolution and who, by contrast to the unimaginative, fearful, skulking billionaire Rob Defares, emerges superior, enlightened, gay, and victorious.
Episode 19 The Goat
The Goat
KIRAC 18 and 19 are one film published in two parts. Among other things, this films shows my attempts to pummel art collector Philip van den Hurk into a 16th century style mecenas. He has to stop buying art as investment commodities. He has to stop buying art on fancy art fairs. Instead, he should spend his money aristocratically on us, the KIRAC film people, without getting any material return, only entertainment and artistic confusion. An important tool in pummeling Philip is a trip to Cairo. In this non-western sanatorium, my friend and radical artist Tarik Sadouma will give him a treatment that will cure Philip of his late-capitalism art buying deceases. But, Philip is not just a passive patient. He emerges as a force to be reckoned with, and secures himself a highly sought-after spot in the KIRAC pantheon.
Episode 18 Parasites and Pecan Pie
Parasites and Pecan Pie
KIRAC 18 and 19 are one film published in two parts. Among other things, this film shows my attempts to pummel art collector Philip van den Hurk into a 16th century style mecenas. He has to stop buying art as investment commodities. He has to stop buying art on fancy art fairs. Instead, he should spend his money aristocratically on us, the KIRAC film people, without getting any material return, only entertainment and artistic confusion. An important tool in pummeling Philip is a trip to Cairo. In this non-western sanatorium, my friend and radical artist Tarik Sadouma will give him a treatment that will cure Philip of his late-capitalism art buying deceases. But, Philip is not just a passive patient. He emerges as a force to be reckoned with, and secures himself a highly sought-after spot in the KIRAC pantheon.
Episode 17 Blackmail
Blackmail
Artist Stefan Ruitenbeek and Collector Philip van den Hurk reflect upon a dark moment in their relationship.
Episode 16 King Philip and the Pied Flycatcher
King Philip and the Pied Flycatcher
Team KIRAC hopes to extract some money from King Philip, a millionaire art collector. But Philip lures them into a strange affair with international star curator Charles Esche.
Episode 15 Time’s Up, Old Man
Time’s Up, Old Man
Shit literally hits the fan. Starring star-architect Rem Koolhaas, Kate Sinha, Francis Bacon, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Episode 14 Problem Child
Problem Child
Moulay struggles with his Moroccan heritage and his place within Dutch society. He is swept along by Tarik, who involves him in a symbolic game revolving around his own background, which only serves to alienate Moulay even more. In a thirty-page text, he tries to adhere to an imagined set of prescriptions that are supposed to aid him.
Episode 13 Stigma (The Netflix deal)
Stigma (The Netflix deal)
We might lose our Netflix-deal after Kate called someone a spoiled bitch. Starring Stefan Ruitenbeek, Kate Sinha, Steven ten Thije, Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam.
Episode 12 100% Integrity
100% Integrity
Bert Kreuk is an art collector who explains conceptual art in his book. Starring: Stefan Ruitenbeek, Bert Kreuk.
Episode 11 Medusa
Medusa
An ode to the sexual power of neo-marxism. Starring: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Documenta14 in Athens.
Episode 10 The bad breath of Mondriaan specialist Hans Janssen
The bad breath of Mondriaan specialist Hans Janssen
This film is applauded by KIRAC-fans for it’s comparison between Van Gogh and Mondriaan. Starring: Kate Sinha, Hans Janssen, Vincent van Gogh, Piet Mondriaan.
Episode 9 Who’s Afraid of Harvey Weinstein
Who’s Afraid of Harvey Weinstein
Episode 8 The Art of Stefan Simchowitz
The Art of Stefan Simchowitz
Episode 7 Indigenous Flags and Modernism
Indigenous Flags and Modernism
Episode 6 The Works of Renzo Martens
The Works of Renzo Martens
Episode 5 The Tears of Mara McCarthy
The Tears of Mara McCarthy
Episode 4 The psychology of Jon Rafman
The psychology of Jon Rafman
Episode 3 The Art Subsidy Discussion
The Art Subsidy Discussion
Episode 2 Not in this way
Not in this way
Episode 1 Indignation at De Appel
Indignation at De Appel
Salons 27
2026
Phallus
Phallus
We talk about BAP’s Fertility Cult Essay, the novels of D. H. Lawrence, Jack Dorsey, Peter Sloterdijk, Nietzsche, Kafka, Peter Thiel, Nick Land, Euripides.
Art is only left to great criminals | Cody Wilson
Art is only left to great criminals | Cody Wilson
Cody Wilson is a Baudrillard-inspired manufacturer of a ghost weapon infrastructure.
A Franciscan friar sharpens his quill
A Franciscan friar sharpens his quill
The USA is parading its incontinence, pissing everywhere. In the rest of the world, outsiders study the puddles and taste the piss. An example is Iran. We will start this talk with a short segment on Iranian propaganda, but we will talk mainly about something coming from the Vatican.
The Grace of George Soros
The Grace of George Soros
George Soros is usually discussed in the language of conspiracy or moral piety. But to understand someone it does actually make sense to listen to what they have to say. A beyond good and evil look at this impressive man. Join us for a mini voyage into the world of Soros.
16th Century Whore Dialogues — A Review
16th Century Whore Dialogues — A Review
Pietro Aretino’s Dialogues. Written in Renaissance Venice. A book about a functioning society because everybody’s always needing something from someone else. The masters need the slaves to bring the food from the land. The woman needs the slaves to have sex with. The master needs the sixteen-year-old beautiful girl to prance with, to feel young. And so everything clasps in each other in this sort of deeply unholy orgy of people.
Billionaire Wants Beauty
Billionaire Wants Beauty
on Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen’s call for new aesthetics
2025
Sepeli Saeculum!
Sepeli Saeculum!
“Well, you could say you want to make it the most masculine century, because that is what the females would like.”
Holy Lies and the Normal Elite
Holy Lies and the Normal Elite
Kate and Stefan look at some people who are competing to replace the crumbling normal elite. Aspirations to replace the NYT (Bari Weiss), the Holocaust narrative (historian Tom Holland), and suicidal universities (UATX). And we propose a DEEP ART STRATEGY.
The Antisemitism of Nick Fuentes
The Antisemitism of Nick Fuentes
Vibrating between total indifference and fear, the KIRAC people try to understand this new version of American Antisemitism, the latest version after religious and German Antisemitism. Nick Fuentes is its star.
Crisis of Passion — Bronze Age Pervert, Erika Kirk, Roger Scruton, Bernini
Crisis of Passion — Bronze Age Pervert, Erika Kirk, Roger Scruton, Bernini
Art, weirdness, and the crisis of passion. The Bronze Age Pervert on the Christian takeover of Trump’s movement. These Christians blame postmodern culture and memes for Charlie Kirk’s murder. How pointing at postmodernism and irony becomes a veiled form of censorship—and how there’s artistic opportunity in reconciling Christians with the rotting corpse, the stink, the body on the cross. Mel Gibson, Brechtian theater, the Counter-Reformation, Bernini’s Theresia trembling in delicious pain.
Authenticity and Shame
Authenticity and Shame
A conversation on authenticity in the Liberal vs Christian debate amongst prominent Politicians, Pundits, and Philosophers, some of whom display signs of shame for their evident lack of authenticity, while others can do without it altogether, and in doing so inform a different understanding of the very concept itself. The film (KIRAC episode 27 and 29) is coming soon. In the meantime, I’ll try to post updates once every two weeks tied loosely to our process, to make you part of the machine we’re building. We’ve received interesting responses to our talk on the billionaires’ metaphysical quest and have already recorded the next release exploring it further. YouTube / Spotify
The Metaphysical Fight of the Billionaires – Elon Musk vs Peter Thiel
The Metaphysical Fight of the Billionaires – Elon Musk vs Peter Thiel
KIRAC analyzes this metaphysical struggle: Mars versus the Cross. where billionaires compete over truth and power.
Art and Tyranny, Sinha, Ruitenbeek, d’Alancaisez
Art and Tyranny, Sinha, Ruitenbeek, d’Alancaisez
I am pleased with this conversation. Pierre d’Alancaisez , critic and curator of the art space Verdurin , speaks with us about our upcoming artwork and the theory behind it. Our optimism mirrors his pessimism, which allows us to articulate our stance on power and authority. It is a conversation about a world sliding into a multipolar, authoritarian, post-democratic reality — and what this means for art, for our art.
Artur Dugin – The Metaphysics of the Russian State
Artur Dugin – The Metaphysics of the Russian State
I wrote a text on “ ennobling portraiture ” when a young man approached me. He turned out to be the son of the famous Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin. What could someone in his position find in my ideas about art, and what could I learn from him, from the other side of the war?
Porkchop Express talks to Ruitenbeek
Porkchop Express talks to Ruitenbeek
Porkchop Express has read all of Dostoevsky in Russian, including novels, diaries, and the archive. She has an X account where she connects his work to current events and daily life.
2024
A patron visits KIRAC Studio
A patron visits KIRAC Studio
2022
KIRAC talk – Assholes, Dostoyevski, Mai Spijkers
KIRAC talk – Assholes, Dostoyevski, Mai Spijkers
What Peter Vack, the director and writer of the film Assholes, can learn from Dostoyevski’s use of ‘supercharacters’, how you can make the petty characters that you want to tell stories about, enormous. And Kate’s experience at the garden party of Dutch publisher Mai Spijkers.
KIRAC movie talk – The Scary of Sixty-First
KIRAC movie talk – The Scary of Sixty-First
Dasha Nekrasova’s Scary is filled with female characters engaging in lesbian love and some sex with unimpressive male dorks. A dominant, aggressive, male entity is present however, but only in a distant, metaphysical symbolic sense: in the form of Jeffrey Epstein and the mystery that surrounds him. What is the meaning of this? Whilst talking about the film and its quality as a film, Kate and Stefan stumble upon this question and try to answer it.
KIRAC movie talk – Midsommar
KIRAC movie talk – Midsommar
Kate and Stefan discuss Ari Aster’s Midsommar and other things that pop up. Such as: Cannibal Holocaust, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood, Salo, Death in venice, Funny Games, The Shining, Blair Witch Project, The most beautiful boy in the world (Björn Andrésen), Medea, Primo Levi, Vera Mulder (redacteur vooroordelen De Correspondent), Rihanna & Amber Heard. (link tmrw)
KIRAC movie talk – Salò, or the 120 days of Sodom
KIRAC movie talk – Salò, or the 120 days of Sodom
KIRAC movie talk – Balzac’s ‘Lost Illusions’ by Giannoli
KIRAC movie talk – Balzac’s ‘Lost Illusions’ by Giannoli
About the film adaptation of Balzac’s novel ‘Lost Illusions’ by director Xavier Giannoli, but also very much about Balzac and what he means for art & artists today. And: Amadeus, Milos Forman, Girls, Lena Dunham, Quentin Tarantino, Philp & Inge van den Hurk.
KIRAC Movie Talk – “What is a woman” by Matt Walsh ft. Cameron David Moreno
KIRAC Movie Talk – “What is a woman” by Matt Walsh ft. Cameron David Moreno
Milo Yiannopoulos, Jordan Peterson, Archetypes, Bildung, America versus Europe, Sex, Medea, Lord Byron
2021
KIRAC Academy ‘Kate’s vision’
KIRAC Academy ‘Kate’s vision’
Kate’s vision for how an art academy should be shaped, how you can improve your art by working with KIRAC, and what art is.
KIRAC Diary ‘Tales of a KIRAC intern’
KIRAC Diary ‘Tales of a KIRAC intern’
Sebastiaan wanted an internship at KIRAC. This is his diary.
KIRAC Talk ‘Artist Luca Bertolo interviews KIRAC for Artribune magazine’
KIRAC Talk ‘Artist Luca Bertolo interviews KIRAC for Artribune magazine’
Artist Luca Bertolo interviewed us for Artribune Magazine. This is the video I shot of the entire conversation.I think I get into a flow from question 4 and onwards, minute 13:30. Before that it might be interesting but I’m still a bit inside my head, the words coming out a bit vague and abstract. Things discussed: Thomas Bernhard, Mozart, Emmanuel Kant, Well-fare state. Article here (In Italian)
2020
Podcast #2 ‘KIRAC goes Russia with Alexander Shilov’
Podcast #2 ‘KIRAC goes Russia with Alexander Shilov’
Podcast #1 ‘The Video PhD’
Podcast #1 ‘The Video PhD’
Writing 19
Ennobling Portraiture
Ally and enemy
Kunstenaar Tarik Sadouma bezoekt debatcentrum De Balie op 15 juni 2022
Farewell to institutions – KIRAC 24
Email to Kate’s former professor in art theory, Jeremy Tanner, University College London
Ayn’s Creature
De valse noot: de ambtenaar als aartsvijand van de kunstenaar
Kate stelt zich kandidaat als directeur van het Stedelijk Museum
Email with art teacher
Token én talent
Mondriaan’s Desire
De Toekomstige Directeur van het Stedelijk Museum
KIRAC?
KIRAC 2017 Funding text
Objection
Charlie Hebdo: ‘t Is niet om de knikkers, maar om ‘t recht van ‘t spel
Artist and populist. Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons and Antiquity
Vrouwen en de geesteswetenschappen
Events 57
2026
October 3 — Tribeca — Fertility and Suffering
An evening at Max Novendstern’s loft in Tribeca, with Isa posing for painters, writers and philosophers and a screening of The Cosmic Wound Part One.
14 August — Amsterdam — Ben Lunato — second preliminary hearing
Rechtbank Amsterdam. The first preliminary hearing before the three-judge panel. According to KIRAC’s account, the prosecution was declared admissible and the request to question Nelke Mast was granted. (Source: Hearing date and procedural account supplied by KIRAC. The hearing time has not been established)
19 May — Amsterdam — Ben Lunato — first preliminary hearing
Rechtbank Amsterdam, 09:00 (Amsterdam time). The single-judge criminal chamber referred the case against Ben Lunato to a three-judge panel. (Source: Date, time and referral reported by Geerten Waling in EW)
February 21 — Hannover, Germany — Whore Dialectics screening
Whore Dialectics Screening, erdstall.luh.as
February 15 — New York, USA — Whore Dialectics screening
Whore Dialectics Screening, event details
February 13 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Whore Dialectics screening
Whore Dialectics Screening, OT301 Ventilator Cinema
January 17 — New York, USA
KIRAC Screening, The Brooklyn Center for Theater Research (Matthew Gasda)
2024
November 2 — Utrecht, Netherlands
Woke Award. Event . Video by Michiel Lieuwma
August 29 — Tehran, Iran
KIRAC screening, Open Secret, Etehadieh Space
August 11 — New York, USA
KIRAC screening, The Open Secret, Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn
June 22 — New York, USA
KIRAC screening, Millennium Film Workshop, curated by Dana Dawud
June 7 — New York, USA
KIRAC screening, Millennium Film Workshop
June 2 — Budakeszi, Hungary
KIRAC screening, KultFilmKlubb
May 21 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Faun premiere
Premiere KIRAC 28 “Faun”, Paleis van de Weemoed
April 30 — Malmö, Sweden
KIRAC screening, Skene
February 1 — New York, USA
Jini Jane presents KIRAC, Sovereign House NYC
2023
November — Los Angeles, USA
Simchowitz Hill House Residency
October 30 — Lisbon, Portugal
Screening and party, Urbit Assembly
October 29 — Lisbon, Portugal
Rebooting the Arts panel, Convento do Beato
May 7 (Postponed) — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Episode 27 ft. Michel Houellebecq
Episode 27 featuring Michel Houellebecq, Betty Asfalt
March 11 (Postponed) — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Episode 27 ft. Michel Houellebecq
Episode 27 featuring Michel Houellebecq, Betty Asfalt
2022
April 2 — Ghent, Belgium
KASK exhibition rebuilt after cancellation
February 7 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Cornucopia premiere
Premiere KIRAC 26 “Cornucopia”, Cafe Sweelinck
2021
October 27 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Honeypot premiere
Premiere KIRAC 24 “Honeypot”, De Balie
2020
November 4 — Online — The Latent Potency of Rob Defares premiere
Public premiere KIRAC 20 “The Latent Potency of Rob Defares”
March — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kate Sinha at “A Perfect Day”, Westergas
February 13–15 — Ghent, Belgium
Screening at Campo Victoria festival
February 6 — Hilversum, Netherlands
Radio Kunststof, NPO Radio 1
February 6 — Rotterdam, Netherlands
HART magazine talk, Art Rotterdam
2019
November 8 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
KIRAC and Paul van Esch present Wout Neutkens
October 3 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
On/kunst #3, Lab111
September 21 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — King Philip premiere
Premiere KIRAC 16 “King Philip”, De Balie
June — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kate Sinha recites “Ayn’s Creature”, De Balie
May 29 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Avant-garde and political engagement talk, De Balie
May 19 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
De Revisor: Het Personage
April 16 — Karlsruhe, Germany — The Art of Stefan Simchowitz screening
Screening “The Art of Stefan Simchowitz”, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste
March 29 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Talk, De Nederlandse Opera
March 21 — Leuven, Belgium
Talk on political correctness, M Museum
2018
December 9 — The Hague, Netherlands
Teaching art students, Royal Academy
December 6 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Talk on polarisation, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
November 22 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Talk on freedom of speech, De Idee
November 2 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Time’s Up, Old Man premiere
Premiere “Time’s Up, Old Man”, De Balie
June 21 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Talk with philosophy students, UvA
June 11 — Barcelona, Spain — Time’s Up, Old Man screening (beta)
Screening beta “Time’s Up Old Man”, MACBA
May 31 — Hamburg, Germany — The Art of Stefan Simchowitz screening
Screening “The Art of Stefan Simchowitz”, HFBK
May 23 — Tilburg, Netherlands
Screening and talk, Fontys
April 26 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Stigma premiere
Premiere KIRAC 13 “Stigma”, De Balie
March 15 — Rotterdam, Netherlands
Talk, Het Nieuwe Instituut
April 10 — Utrecht, Netherlands
Talk with ethics students, University of Utrecht
March 1 — Arnhem, Netherlands (cancelled)
Arnhem, Netherlands Teaching, Werkplaats Typografie (cancelled)
February 8 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Premiere & soirée, Paul van Esch & Partners
February 8 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Premiere and talk, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2017
December 1 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Screening and talk, De Waag
November 16 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Episode 10 premiere
Premiere KIRAC 10, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
November 8 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Talk on film “The Square”, Cinema Rialto
June 30 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — The Art of Stefan Simchowitz premiere
Premiere “The Art of Stefan Simchowitz”, FC Hyena
2016
November 4 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Talk with Stefan Ruitenbeek, Stampa
Press 180
2026
Michiel Lieuwma — De zaak Ben Lunato / Deel I met Bart Jansen
Michiel Lieuwma with Bart Jansen · 13 October 2026
A discussion of Ben Lunato’s first hearing, artistic freedom and the prosecution’s approach. The episode description links to Blasphemy Against Woman and Whore Dialectics.
NRC — Ja, hij maakte een AI-naaktfoto. Maar ‘haar lichamelijke integriteit is hier niet geschonden’, zegt de advocaat van de kunstenaar
Camil Driessen · 31 May 2026
A report on Ben Lunato’s preliminary hearing, the defence’s argument that the case should not proceed, and its referral to a three-judge panel.
GeenStijl — Kijken. KIRAC’s verslag rechtszaak aangespannen door ‘bimbo-model’…
Timon Dias (Spartacus) · 24 May 2026
An introduction to KIRAC’s Blasphemy Against Woman, Episode 30, in connection with the hearing. The article’s characterisations are the author’s.
EW — Vrijheid van kunstenaars onder druk: OM drijft zichzelf weer in de hoek
Geerten Waling · 19 May 2026
A report on the first preliminary hearing and the referral to a three-judge panel, with criticism of the prosecution.
GeenStijl — Rechtszaak. Kunstenaar 'na blijken KIRAC-connectie' aangeklaagd door 'bimbo-model' wegens AI-afbeeldingen waar ze zelf om vroeg
Timon Dias (Spartacus) · 19 May 2026
A discussion of Ben Lunato’s case, reproducing part of his defence. The assertions in that defence remain attributed to Lunato.
EW — Openbaar Ministerie op oorlogspad: kunstenaar vervolgd om erotische tekeningen
Geerten Waling · 24 April 2026
On the prosecution of Ben Lunato and artistic freedom. Title and attribution supplied by KIRAC; the publisher’s full text was not accessible during this source check.
Publication day supplied by KIRAC; not independently confirmed.
Oliver Lardner — Infinite Critic (feat Kate and Stefan)
2026 · AI installation and sound
An installation in which two AI voices argue in a repeating cycle. The language model and voice synthesis run locally on the device. Kate and Stefan are credited in the work.
Bronze Age Pervert — Episode 206: KIRAC
Jan 23, 2026
Van Acker Art Gallery — Love of the Game
Brant Teunis and Sebastiaan Verbeeten · 18 January 2026 · Film
A film featuring Sandra Soliman (Bimbo Ubermensch), published on Substack.
2025
Artforum — Trouble Dutch
Theo Belci, May 31, 2025
Richard Hanania — Can Sex with Rightists Solve Polarization?
Podcast
2024
Artforum — Staffers weigh in on the year’s highlights
Theo Belci, Dec 19, 2024
2Doc — Afschuwelijke hipster prijst KIRAC Honeypot
Malou Wagenmaker, Oct 11, 2024
The Fence — Houellebecq Honeypot: The Fence
Olly Haynes, Jun 25, 2024
Reddit — Manically obsessed with KIRAC
Jun 6, 2024
Aftenposten — De filmet verdenskjent forfatter ha sex, så ble han rasende
Jakob Semb Aasmundsen, Jun 1, 2024
Paul Talk — Reaction to KIRAC 28
Paul Rhoads, May 22, 2024
Aftenposten — Michel Houellebecq får ikke stanset egen pornofilmer
Jakob Semb Aasmundsen, Apr 1, 2024
Paul Talk — Reflections on KIRAC’s new film
Paul Rhoads, Mar 27, 2024
Hofhaan — Ophef
Martin de Haan, Feb 24, 2024
Los Angeles Review of Books — Houellebecq’s Holy Folly
Cory Stockwell, Jan 4, 2024
2023
University of Groningen — Martens vs. KIRAC: les extrêmes se touchent?
Thijs Lijster, 2023
Reddit — Funny comments on Houellebecq and KIRAC
Dec 2023
Acoperișul de Sticlă — Cinefilia română în 2023 – Recomandări de la 33 de critici
Dec 22, 2023
KIRAC 23: Honeypot (r. Stefan Ruitenbeek, 2022)
Keeping It Real Art Critics e un colectiv olandez notoriu, cunoscut pentru documentarele lor de teren, inclusiv un episod în care Michel Houellebecq întreține relații sexuale cu diferite femei, dar pe care autorul francez l-a oprit în instanță din a fi lansat. Un conflict suprarealist care merită urmărit. Până să-l vedem, Honeypot e the one to see. Pentru că mi-ar lua prea mult să explic de ce anume filmul ăsta e o minunăție-ghimpe, las aici descrierea lui: The film explores the hopes and illusions of young art students coming of age in a world that is saying goodbye to the enlightenment and its values; about the cheerful anticipation with which they face the possibilities of a setting sun.
Emil Vasilache’s contribution on KIRAC 23: Honeypot, from a roundup of 33 critics.
The Critic — Frances philosopher king
Laurent Lemasson, Dec 14, 2023
The Carousel — Isaac Simpson talks about KIRAC
Nov 20, 2023
IM1776 — On Nietzsche
Quote — This is the financier of the Michel Houellebecq film: Discomfort is everything
Tim Berbers, Sep 22, 2023
EW Magazine — Sid Lukkassen: Een rechts-realistisch geluid laten horen is heel nuttig
Gerry van der List, Jul 18, 2023
Der Standard — Wie es ist, mit Michel Houellebecq zu schlafen
Michael Wurmitzer, Jul 18, 2023
NDR — Michel Houellebecq und sein trauriger Tiefpunkt
Tobias Wenzel, Jul 17, 2023
La Razón — El inútil mea culpa del porno star Houellebecq
Angeles Lopez, Jul 8, 2023
La Balena Bianca — Keeping It Real, Houellebecq, art and its context
Cesare Sinatti, Jul 1, 2023
Quillette — The Sorrow and the Self-Pity
RJ Smith, Jun 26, 2023
HUMO — Misschien kunnen Adriaan van Dis en Mensje van Keulen een pornofilm maken uit solidariteit met u
Arnon Grunberg, Jun 26, 2023
HUMO — Michel Houellebecq interview
Valérie Toranian and Clément Pétreailt, Jun 15, 2023
The archived copy of this article is incomplete.
Il Post — Michel Houellebecq’s bad experience as a porn actor, or maybe not
Jun 8, 2023
De Andere Krant — Michel Houellebecq splijt Amsterdams kunstenaarscollectief
Erick Overveen, Jun 7, 2023
The Times Literary Supplement — Michel Houellebecq’s latest provocation falls flat
Russell Williams, Jun 2, 2023
The New Statesman — The French novelist’s new memoir reads like the ramblings of a buffoon
David Sexton, Jun 2, 2023
The New York Times — How KIRAC Trailed Michel Houellebecq From the Bedroom to the Courtroom
Nina Siegal, Jun 1, 2023
Open Geesten — Interview series about Houellebecq vs KIRAC
Michiel Lieuwma, Apr 26, 2023
Paris Match — Lysis Houellebecq: I was bruised by the porn film affair
Chloé Elbaz, May 18, 2023
EW — Rechtszaak om seksende Houellebecq is als een Kirac-film, maar dan live
Jeroen Coelen, Apr 23, 2023
De Volkskrant — Een moddergevecht rond Houellebecq
Ariejan Korteweg, Apr 20, 2023
De Volkskrant — Misschien dat Michel Houellebecq maar een boek gaat schrijven over deze sombre histoire
Ariejan Korteweg, Apr 13, 2023
Ongefilterd Podcast — UvA-Studente had seks met Houellebecq: Ik zou het niet nog eens doen
Kitty Herweijer and Elif Isitman, Apr 9, 2023
Le País — Houellebecq quiere ser una mujer violada
Nuria Labari, Apr 8, 2023
Het Parool — Deze UvA-studente liet zich in bed filmen met schrijver Michel Houellebecq: Ik voel me kunstenaar
Lorianne van Gelder, Apr 6, 2023
NRC — Houellebecq zegt sekstape, KIRAC zegt kunstfilm
Gawie Keyser, Apr 2, 2023
VG — Ville stanse sin egen pornofilm, tapte
Kyrre Lien, Apr 2, 2023
Le País — Michel Houellebecq: Cuando me miro al espejo, me doy miedo
Marc Bassets, Apr 1, 2023
Trouw — Is Kirac kunst of flauwe grap? Hun keeping it real blijft in ieder geval ongrijpbaar
Joke de Wolf, Apr 1, 2023
Literary Hub — How did reactionary French novelist Michel Houellebecq end up in a Dutch arthouse porn?
Jonny Diamond, Mar 29, 2023
NPO Radio 1 — Met het oog op morgen
Wilfried de Jong, Mar 28, 2023
BNNVARA — Khalid & Sophie, KIRAC segment
Sophie Hildebrand, Mar 28, 2023
Le Figaro — Film pornographique: Houellebecq fait appel
Eloi Passot, Mar 28, 2023
Trouw — Houellebecq kan erotische beelden niet tegenhouden
Sander Becker, Mar 28, 2023
De Volkskrant — Kunstcollectief Kirac mag van de rechter film met bedscènes Houellebecq maken
Ariejan Korteweg, Mar 28, 2023
The Guardian — Michel Houellebecq sex film to be released despite attempt to stop it
Philip Oltermann, Mar 28, 2023
NRC — Michel Houellebecq: Het was heel dom dat contract te tekenen
Tristan Theirlynck, Mar 27, 2023
Open Geesten — About the Houellebecq & KIRAC court case
Michiel Lieuwma and Robert Schuit, Mar 27, 2023
Le Figaro — Rien ne s’est passé comme prévu
Eloi Passot, Mar 24, 2023
La Règle du jeu — Que celui qui n’a jamais signé un contrat sans le lire me jette la première pierre
Michel Houellebecq, Mar 23, 2023
Le Point — Affaire du porno hollandais: Michel Houellebecq raconte
Mar 22, 2023
NRC — Opnieuw daagt Houellebecq KIRAC voor de rechter wegens seksfilm
Tristan Theirlynck, Mar 23, 2023
NRC — Vertoon artistieke pornofilm met Houellebecq wél
Arnold Heumakers, Mar 23, 2023
Libération — Stefan Ruitenbeek, l’art c’est du cochon
Quentin Girard, Mar 21, 2023
De Groene Amsterdammer — Decadent en anti-modern
Martijn Kruk, Mar 15, 2023
Le Figaro — Houellebecq aime le scandale
Benjamin Puech, Mar 15, 2023
De Volkskrant — Ik ben oerstom geweest
Ariejan Korteweg and Eline Huisman, Mar 14, 2023
Libération — Au tribunal d’Amsterdam, Houellebecq joue sa dernière cartouche
Margaux Solinas, Mar 14, 2023
Le Point — Michel Houellebecq: I was ready to take on an acting role
Mar 13, 2023
L’Incorrect — KIRAC: fin de règne pour les boomers
Marc Obregon, Mar 23, 2023
NRC — De schrijver die op zijn personages is gaan lijken
Margot Dijkgraaf, Mar 9, 2023
GeenStijl — Michel Houellebecq verliest rechtszaak van KIRAC
Timon Dias, Mar 3, 2023
NRC — Houellebecq verliest rechtszaak over seksfilm KIRAC
Tristan Theirlynck, Mar 3, 2023
Libération — Porno avec les Houellebecq : au tribunal, des ébats en débat
Quentin Girard, Mar 1, 2023
English translation preserved from the previous archive.
L’Express — Le réalisateur du film pornographique avec Michel Houellebecq
Laureline Dupont and Emilie Lanez, Feb 14, 2023
Libération — Houellebecq, Au fond du trouble
Sophie des Déserts, Feb 14, 2023
GeenStijl — Michel Houellebecq start rechtszaak tegen KIRAC
Timon Dias, Feb 8, 2023
Le Figaro — Michel Houellebecq veut faire interdire un film néerlandais
Feb 7, 2023
English translation preserved from the previous archive.
KIRAC — Open Letter to Stefan Ruitenbeek
Michel Houellebecq, Feb 7, 2023
Vice — On a interviewé le réalisateur du porno avec Michel Houellebecq
Paul Albert, Feb 3, 2023
Berlinske — Filminstruktør har bedt verdensberømt forfatter dyrke sex
Solveig Gram Jensen, Jan 31, 2023
English translation preserved from the previous archive.
2022
Melchior Koch — The Eternal Painting in KIRAC episode 25 ‘Male Love’
Dec 9, 2022
The Manhattan Art Review — KIRAC Episode 25, Male Love
Sean Tatol, Oct 28, 2022
Wynia’s Week — Humor, daar houden de woke-isten niet van
Coen de Jong, Aug 6, 2022
De Nieuwe Wereld — Over kunst en cancelcultuur, een gesprek met KIRAC
Marian Donner, Jun 18, 2022
Babel Magazine — De première van Under a Sinking Sun
Lucas Gortemaker, Jun 9, 2022
Trendbeheer — Kunstenaar Tarik Sadouma betreed debatcentrum De Balie
Jeroen Bosch, Jun 9, 2022
De Witte Raaf — Afscheid van de instituten
Kate Sinha, May to Jun 2022
Trouw — Kunstcollectief KIRAC blijft zoeken naar de grens
Joke de Leeuw, Apr 5, 2022
The Post Online — KIRAC opnieuw gecanceld door kunstacademie
Apr 2, 2022
Het Laatste Nieuws — Controversiële filmvoorstelling aan KASK-studenten afgelast
Sofie Van Waeyenberghe, Apr 2, 2022
Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant — Filmvoorstelling aan kunstschool roept serieuze vragen op
Sofie Van Waeyenberghe, Mar 31, 2022
Nieuwsblad — Ophef over filmvoorstelling aan Gentse kunstschool
Bert Staes, Mar 30, 2022
Filosofie Magazine — De film Honeypot laat zien dat ons cultuurdebat uit reflexen bestaat
Tim Miechels, Jan 12, 2022
2021
The Post Online — Sid Lukkassen neemt geen verantwoordelijkheid voor zijn gedachtes
Bert Brussen, Dec 16, 2021
De Nieuwe Wereld — Kunst voorbij goed en kwaad
Jelle van Baardewijk, Dec 16, 2021
De Volkskrant — Rechtse mannen zijn gevoelige mannen, weet Sid Lukkassen
Margriet Oostveen, Nov 18, 2021
Vice — How a Far-Right Philosopher Ended Up Shooting Porn
Gabriel Geiger, Nov 5, 2021
HardHoofd — KIRAC loopt achter op John de Mol
Julius Koetsier, Nov 5, 2021
De Groene Amsterdammer — KIRAC bevestigt slechts een wereld die we al kennen
Marian Donner, Nov 3, 2021
Paul Talk — Trying to understand KIRAC 23 (Honeypot)
Paul Rhoads, Nov 2, 2021
Doorbraak.be — Repliek aan Johan Sanctorum
Sid Lukkassen, Nov 2, 2021
NRC Handelsblad — Kirac’s Honeypot kent enkel verliezers
Linda Duits, Nov 1, 2021
Geen podium — Geen podium voor de verheerlijking van seksueel geweld
Oct 2021
Doorbraak.be — Met Dr. Sid op de sofa
Johan Sanctorum, Oct 31, 2021
The Post Online — Dr. Sid Lukkassen tussen beeld en inhoud
Peter Lamberts, Oct 30, 2021
Het Parool — Een piemel filmen is in mijn optiek geen kunst
Lale Gul, Oct 30, 2021
HP De Tijd — KIRAC: briljante kunstkritiek of inhoudsloos geschreeuw
Mirjam Eeken, Oct 29, 2021
Metro — Wat gij niet wilt dat u geschiedt
Erik Jonk, Oct 29, 2021
Vertigo — Artistieke seksfilm HoneyPot onder vuur in Nederland
Oct 29, 2021
NRC Handelsblad — Fokke en Sukke zijn naar de première van Honeypot geweest
Oct 28, 2021
Het Parool — Omstreden film Honeypot
Jan Piet Ekker, Oct 28, 2021
Reactionair — Honey Pot en de definitie van rechts
Vrederijk, Oct 28, 2021
De Morgen — Porno, seksueel geweld of kunst?
Oct 28, 2021
De Balie TV — Gesprek: KIRAC 23 ‘Honey Pot’
Oct 27, 2021
The Post Online — Sid Lukkassen over KIRAC
Sid Lukkassen, Oct 27, 2021
Trouw — Controversiële filmvertoning Honeypot door Kirac gaat toch door
Robin Goudsmit, Oct 27, 2021
De dagelijkse Standaard — Conservatief denker doet iets dat niet conservatief is
Sid Lukkassen, Oct 26, 2021
Chris Aalberts.nl — De kijkers van de Sid Lukkassen-seksfilm zijn geen haar beter dan de makers
Chris Aalberts, Oct 26, 2021
Metropolis M — De Balie onder vuur
Oct 23, 2021
Trendbeheer — KIRAC en Andeweg
Jeroen Bosch, Oct 22, 2021
Volkskrant — GeenStijl wil Forum-filosoof Sid Lukkassen níét doen
Loes Reijmer, Oct 22, 2021
Boze Geesten Podcast — Post Woke, met Stefan Ruitenbeek
Michiel Lieuwma, Oct 21, 2021
GeenStijl — Dramgroep wil De Balie cancelen
Bert Brussen, Oct 21, 2021
Joop BNNVARA — Actiegroep wil dat De Balie debatavond schrapt
Oct 21, 2021
Revu — Pretentie halen uit het filmen van een piemel
Bart Nijman, Oct 21, 2021
AT5 — Actiegroep roept op tot schrappen programma De Balie
Oct 21, 2021
NH Nieuws — Actiegroep roept op tot schrappen programma De Balie
Oct 21, 2021
NRC Handelsblad — Hoe een conservatief filosoof in een seksfilm belandde
Tristan Theirlynck, Oct 20, 2021
NRC Handelsblad — Vertoning seksfilm Honey Pot zorgt voor ophef
Tristan Theirlynck, Oct 20, 2021
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Zihnigasten — Michiel Lieuwma over KIRAC, Sid Lukkassen en porno
Oct 11, 2021
Het Parool — Seks met GeenStijlreaguurders om de kloof te overbruggen
Edo Dijksterhuis, Oct 11, 2021
Powned — Rietveld Academie cancelt eigen studente en belt politie
Sarah Bakker, May 6, 2021
GeenStijl — Kunstmeisje Kate preventief gecanceld
Mar 3, 2021
2020
GeenStijl — Kunstmeisje Kate naakt
Nov 6, 2020
Trendbeheer — KIRAC 20: Jordan Wolfson en Beatrix Ruf
Jeroen Bosch, Nov 4, 2020
The Post Online — Video: Kate Sinha van KIRAC naakt
Pepijn Woudrichem, Nov 4, 2020
Hart Magazine — Brief aan Hans Theys over Houellebecq en KIRAC
Vincent van Meenen, Mar 2, 2020
Radio Kunststof — Is moeilijk doen over moeilijke kunst verleden tijd
Feb 6, 2020
2019
MetropolisM — Wil de echte cultuurmarxist opstaan? KIRAC tegen zijn liefhebbers verdedigd.
Thijs Lijster · 18 December 2019 · no. 6
De Telegraaf — Van de n een k maken?
Rob Hoogland, Nov 18, 2019
GeenStijl — Kunstmeisje Kate over Koerden, Houellebecq en Charles Esche
Oct 21, 2019
Elle — De Tiplijst van Amanda van Hesteren
Lisa Goudsmit, Jun 6, 2019
De Revisor — Tekst over KIRAC Episode 8 The Art of Stefan Simchowitz
Simone van Saarloos, May 19, 2019
Joardy Film — VLOG1: SINGAPORE
Jim Deddes, Abelmanbroer, Mar 17, 2019
The Post Online — 14 bazenquotes van KIRAC over kunst
Bert Brussen, Mar 9, 2019
The Post Online — Interview met Kate en Stefan van KIRAC
Gemme Burger, Mar 8, 2019
Vice — Dit platform helpt Nederlandse musea om hun witte bril af te zetten
Adriana Ivanova, Jan 5, 2019
2018
Vice — Raquel van Haver en de verhalen achter haar rauwe schilderijen
Jorik Galama, Nov 26, 2018
The Post Online — Bindende kijktip: KIRAC 15
Bert Brussen, Nov 5, 2018
GeenStijl — Kunstmeisje Kate dropt nieuwe aflevering
Spartacus, Nov 5, 2018
Kunstmeisje Kate dropt nieuwe aflevering. Doelwit: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
GeenStijls kunstkenners achter vijandelijke linies, KIRAC , ook wel dat leuke meisje Kate en die gast die je er altijd gratis bij krijgt zijn z'n naam ff kwijt, zijn alweer 15 afleveringen oud. Waren we vrijdag weer bij inderdaad, de uitverkochte première in De Balie, want dat is inmiddels toch wel de nieuwe orthopraxie van de nucleus van het aanstaande partijkartel. Wij van de nieuwe renaissance zijn het er namelijk allemaal enorm roerend over eens dat kunst Heel Belangrijk is, dat het wereldje onder de voet gelopen is door '68, en op zo'n avondje wordt ritueel gevierd dat Kate van Castilië de reconquista inluidt. Of we nu echt altijd begrijpen wat er gezegd wordt weten we niet, maar dat lijkt de essentie niet te zijn. We hebben weer een hond in de race.
The Fire Online — Kritiek KIRAC op Het Stedelijk Museum
Sietske Bergsma, Nov 4, 2018
The Post Online — De valse noot: de ambtenaar als aartsvijand van de kunstenaar
Kate Sinha, Aug 27, 2018
NRC Handelsblad — Dan ook subsidie voor islamkritische kunst
Gerben Bakker and Gert Jan Geling, Aug 24, 2018
Hyperallergic — The Notorious Stefan Simchowitz on Art Dealing, Social Media, and Faith in Art
Michael Porter, Jul 24, 2018
The Post Online — Sietske Bergsma interviewt Paul Cliteur
Sietske Bergsma, Jul 24, 2018
NRC Handelsblad — Kies zelf de nieuwe baas van het Stedelijk Museum
Arjen Ribbens, Jun 22, 2018
The Fire Online — Unmasking The Terrorists of the Art World
Sietske Bergsma, Apr 30, 2018
Vrij Nederland — Hoe zelfcensuur het academische debat op de helling zet
Thijs Broer, May 4, 2018
Yalta — Keeping It Real Art Critics en de Telegraaf
Fabian van Hal, May 3, 2018
De Telegraaf — Kunst vaak linkse kitsch
Wierd Duk, May 3, 2018
Trendbeheer — KIRAC tekent toch 100.000 euro deal met Netflix
Jeroen Bosch, May 2, 2018
Atelier van Lieshout Instagram — Joep van Lieshout sporting a KIRAC T-shirt
May 1, 2018
GeenStijl — Kunstmeisje Kate kijkt terug op Rietveld-affaire
Apr 29, 2018
Altijd Vandaag — Een speldenprik of een kopstoot
Rob Smolders, Feb 27, 2018
Altijd Vandaag — Kate in de tent
Rob Smolders, Feb 18, 2018
Volkskrant — Token én talent
Kate Sinha, Feb 14, 2018
Artforum — Event with provocative artist duo stirs controversy
Feb 9, 2018
Artnet — Students Allege an Unsafe Environment
Abigail R Esman, Feb 8, 2018
Parool — Bijeenkomst Gerrit Rietveld Academie geschrapt om racisme
Marcel Wiegman, Feb 7, 2018
Volkskrant — Waar deze kunstcritici binnenkomen knikken de knieën
Haro Kraak, Jan 31, 2018
2017
MetropolisM — Videokritiek, een verkenning
Loes van Beuningen · December 2017 · no. 6
NRC Handelsblad — Geef ons wat meer esthetiek
Arnold Heumakers, Dec 1, 2017
Rekto:verso — Kirac heeft geen respect voor slechte kunst
Maria Groot, Nov 16, 2017
2016
De Groene Amsterdammer — Keep it real, Het nieuwe engagement
Roos van der Lint, Dec 7, 2016
Vice — Nieuwe manieren waarop er tegenwoordig over kunst wordt gepraat
Jan Hoek, Jun 14, 2016