DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art

D.C.C.A defines itself as "nexus of academics, activists, architects, artists, imaginary and real collectives, critics, curators, journalists, translators, etc., that seek to shine a light on these practices but also offer the necessary tools to imagine alternative futures and strategies of resistance to the status quo.

started organizing a series of “Strikes,” compact performances and actions in public space, for example around the then recently renovated Skanderbeg Square,[7] featuring projects by Armando Lulaj, Pleurad Xhafa, La Société Spectrale, Underground Movement, Skarlet Hori, and others.

[14] Participating artists included Shuji Akagi, James Benning, Charlotte Beradt, Skarlet Hori, David Kampi, Shpëtim Koloshi, Katherine Liberovskaya, Underground Movement, Phil Niblock, Jun Jin, Sokol Peçi, Victor Strato, Tim Shaw, La Société Spectrale, and Wolfgang Staehle.

[16] Collaborating and featured artists included Issam Badr, Zef Bumçi, Deniz Gezmiş, Barbad Golshiri, Martin Johnson Heade, Alban Hajdinaj, Osamu Kanemura, Theodore John Kaczynski, David Kampi, Edward Kienholz, Kiumars Pourahmad, Tong Lam, Chris Marker, Marco Mazzi, Pınar Öğrenci, The Question of Funding, Walid Raad, Sara Rahbar, Ketty La Rocca, Christoph Schlingensief, Alessandro Scotti, La Société Spectrale, Dziga Vertov, and Ian Wilson.

They include: Maryam Ashrafi,[25] Tatiana Bazzichelli,[26] Franco “Bifo” Berardi,[27] Simon Critchley,[28] Giovanni De Donà,[29] Arben Dedja,[30] Liu Ding,[31] Marco Gatto,[32] Gianluca Ghini,[33] Barbad Golshiri,[34] Yi Gu,[35] Çiçek İlengiz,[36] Vladan Jeremic,[37] David Kampi,[38] Elpida Karaba,[39] Thomas Logoreci,[40] Carol Yinghua Lu,[41] Michael Marder,[42] Luca Martignani,[43] Théodore Mclauchlin,[44] Viktor Misiano,[45] Stuart Munro,[46] Hadas Pe’ery,[47] Nina Power,[48] Theo Prodromidis,[49] Rena Rädle,[50] Ilya Repin,[51] Abderrahim Rossetti, Arjan Serjanaj, Zef Shoshi,[52] Ares Shporta,[53] Jonas Staal,[54] Ergin Zaloshnja, Despina Zefkili,[55] and Mark A.