Gesprächsreihe «Art in Conflict»

Series: Art in Conflict

«Shifting Power Through Storytelling»
artasfoundation

Artistic practice in crisis regions face particular challenges. In this series of talks, a variety of people from the worlds of art and culture share their experiences. This time, our guests are the documentary filmmakers Maša Hilčišin and Tamar Yarom. They will be discussing documentary storytelling, exploring the intersection of personal experience, memory and politics.

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Wed 21/10 17:30 – 19:00
Stall6

The documentary filmmaker, artist and activist Masa Hilčišin and the documentary filmmaker Tamar Yarom bring sensitive political stories to the screen. In this conversation, we discuss documentary forms of storytelling at the intersection of personal experience, collective memory, and political reality. What kind of images does political storytelling require, and where are its limits?

At the centre are questions of responsibility and representation: how much violence can or should be shown? What possibilities of visualising social contexts do personal narratives and visual micro-stories open? And how can art create spaces in which storytelling not only documents, but also transforms and empowers?

Maša Hilčišin and Tamar Yarom will join online.

Spontaneous participation on site is possible at any time. Participation via Zoom is also possible with prior registration via this link.

Accessibility and practical information

Step-free access
In spoken English

The event ‘Art in Conflict’ is part of a monthly discussion series that is organised by artasfoundation in cooperation with Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, through their joint initiative CAP. The events are held at Gessnerallee and will be broadcast live to the media library of the Academy of Art and Design Basel, Freilager-Platz 1, Münchenstein, 8th floor

Art in Conflict is a series of discussions.
There is a discussion every month.
Experts talk about art projects in countries affected by war.

Everyone is welcome to listen or join in the discussion.
You can take part at the theatre.
Or you can take part from home via the internet.
Admission is free.
In this discussion, two filmmakers are talking to each other.
Their names are Masa Hilčišin and Tamar Yarom.
They are not physically present.
They are taking part via video link.
Their films tell difficult, political stories.
There are many questions about such films.
For example:
What kind of images do political stories need?
Where are the boundaries of such films?
What can art achieve in regions affected by crisis? How do artists engage in fostering human connections and peaceful conflict transformation, and what are the indispensable conditions for this?
The ‘Art in Conflict’ discussion series explores fundamental questions of international peacebuilding through dialogues with practitioners and scholars from diverse disciplines and backgrounds. In informal conversations – usually featuring two guests – various aspects of this work are discussed, drawing on both practical experiences and theoretical reflections. The discussions are moderated by the team of artasfoundation, the Swiss foundation for art in conflict regions, which has been initiating and organising art projects since 2012.
The series is presented in partnership with the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), the Mediathek of HGK Basel, and Theater Gessnerallee Zürich.