Unruhe Media

As the publishing arm of the Democracy School, Unruhe Media produces books, articles, and multimedia works that engage with the polycrisis reshaping our world. We platform voices from science, art, activism, and critical thought whose practices are transformed by –and in turn transform – our understanding of contemporary structural and systemic challenges. Explore our available and forthcoming titles below.

Unruhe Analogue ​Media

FEED // a_social_opera

Conceived by Nicodemus and scripted by Stacy Dorgan Bentz, FEED, our first ever instant opera [de], is now out in paperback. Order your copy from your local bookshop or visit Amazon.de.

To find out more about Feed visit our project page.

Various Papers

• The Democracy School Story [PDF]
• 100 Iterations of Collapse, Algorithmic Images of Resistance [PDF]
• Emergence of the Cube Problem: An Art-Based Research Inquiry [PDF]
• The Cubic Order: Technological Control, Environmental Collapse, and Resistance [PDF]
• The Concept and Methodology of Narrative Prefiguration [PDF]
  
• The Practice of Possibility [PDF]

Unruhe Digital Media

Our Unruhe Substack combines a newsletter with all publications listed below.

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Annotations offers artists, writers, activists and thinkers a space to reflect on the defining currents and crises of our time and to talk about how these currents and crises impact and, in some cases, motivate their practice.
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Conceived as a multimedia online publication, Annotations combines a newsletter with a podcast and youtube channel and is presented by Nico Heller. For more information please consult our project page.

re:frame [en] and dis:kursiv [de] are AI-powered text generators that reframe constructed media realities. These Unruhe Media productions, conceived by Nicodemus and co-created with advanced AI systems, operate through transparent, publicly accessible editorial frameworks. They generate empirically-grounded, fact-checked columns that place fragmented crises into systemic contexts, revealing how over time structures absorb apparent change whilst maintaining patterns that accelerate societal and ecological decline.

To find out more, visit our project page and subscribe to Unruhe Digital Media on Substack.

Are we headed irreversibly towards catastrophe or do we have what it takes to fundamentally remake our world in time, sustainably, regeneratively and equitably? If so, who are the people and organisations that drive the transition to a sustainably regenerative negative carbon economy and a better life for all?

To shed some light on these questions we have created Reboot2030, a podcast and YouTube channel that engages transformational leaders in ongoing dialogues about their vision and work.

For more information about Reboot2030, please visit our project page, where a list of current and past guests is also available.

Unruhe Archives

Nicodemus Archive

The Nicodemus Archive is a depository of thoughts, of projects completed and of ideas never realised. It is a work in progress, an evolving conceptual frame that allows Nicodemus (alias Nico Heller) to reflect on, develop and document his artistic practice.

​The Archive is managed and maintained by Unruhe Media Archives on Nicodemus' behalf and can be found online at unruhe.eu.

Media Archive

The Unruhe Digital Media Archive serves as a comprehensive repository of all content published on unruhe.substack.com. This organised collection makes past blogposts, articles, essays, podcasts and multimedia works easily accessible to Unruhe Digital Media subscribers. Maintained by Unruhe Media, the Archive ensures that valuable perspectives on our contemporary polycrisis remain available to our community of readers.

The Archive can be found online at unruhe.substack.com/archive. We invite you to become a subscriber to gain full access to this resource.