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Discussion Series Art in Conflict – Gessnerallee Zurich
13. November 2024, 17.15 h CET
ZHdK, Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstr. 96, Zürich & Zoom
Theatre Initiatives in Times Of War
with Mira Sack (Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, Switzerland), Lena Saade Gebran (USEK’s University, Lebanon) and Shebli Albau (theatre maker, Switzerland)
The discussion is held in English. The event will take place in Zurich as well as online on Zoom. To sign up for the Zoom link, please, e-mail us by the day before the event.
This event is part of a monthly series that is organised by the CAP, a joint initiative of artasfoundation and the ZHdK in cooperation with Theater Gessnerallee. If you wish to be regularly informed about the agenda of the discussion series each month, please, sign up for our Art in Conflict invitation list here.
Next Dates:
Wednesday, 11. December 2024
Economy, War and the Role of Art?
with Robert Bachmann (Public Eye, Switzerland)
Gessnerallee, Gessnerallee 8, Zürich
Wednesday, 15. January 2025
“Conflict Engagement” Through Art
with Dana Caspersen (conflict analyst, dance practitioner, USA)
Gessnerallee, Gessnerallee 8, Zürich
Supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Living Room – A Space for Artists, Organisations and Communities
The Living Room is a connecting space for displaced communities from Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian artists and international artists and cultural workers collaborating in varied social and artistic forms.
Besides the activities organised by artasfoundation, the space will also host other projects that simply need a space to work.
The physical space is accessible for artists, organisations and communities involved in social transformation and looking for a space to practice, rehearse, gather, exchange, perform or simply meet.
Submit a request for booking the space
Connecting Two Mountain Regions Through Sharing Stories
When grandparents tell bedtime stories to their grandchildren, there is a moment of shared presence and attentive listening. Sharing Stories aims to explore storytelling, drawing and printing/publishing as artistic tools for fostering exchange – across generations as well as across borders.
The first edition of the project is organised in cooperation with SKLAD (Abkhazia1) and DOGO Residency (Toggenburg) 2024 – 2025 and consists of a residency in each of the two regions where the stories of the older generation will be told to the young one. With the help of artists from both regions and through various methods including writing, drawing and animation the children will create a verbal and visual documentation resulting in bilingual zines. The artistic output will be shared with the public in an exhibition in each region offering insights into other life realities.
Circular
From the current circular
Intense political, social, and humanitarian upheavals, including authoritarian regimes, wars, conflicts, and economic disparities mark many regions worldwide. These conditions force millions of people, including artists, to migrate and seek refuge in safer regions, dealing with the harsh realities of displacement and transforming into artists in exile. They must redefine their artistic practices within unfamiliar cultural contexts while coping with the difficult experiences they often carry to their new realities.
In 2023, we invited six artists in exile to three-month periods of exchange and cooperation in Zurich. This year, we initiated the Tbilisi Crossroads Art Residency, aiming to bring together 12 local and international artists residing in Georgia, possibly from conflicting regions, living in their parallel worlds alongside the local cultural scene, with minimal interaction between them.
Art in exile is a field that demands attention and care, both academically and in practice. It raises many questions: What relations do artists maintain with their countries of origin, and what role do displaced artists play in their new context? Do they speak the same language? Will the new environment allow them to continue their artistic practice, or will the change lead to an inner crisis and block their artistic expression? Does their art correspond to the aesthetics audiences in the new context are trained to receive? Do they have access to funding possibilities, or are they excluded from the cultural and art systems? These are questions that we at artasfoundation continue to explore thematically through various projects.
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1artasfoundation would like to underline that its use of names and titles particularly in regards to conflict regions should not be understood as implying any form of recognition or non-recognition by the foundation or as having any other political connotation whatsoever.