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Series: Art in Conflict

«Between Education and Art – Inspiring Self-Empowerment»
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Artistic creation in crisis areas faces challenging questions. In this series of discussions, various actors come together to reflect on their experiences. This time with Lera Lerner (Artist, Curator, Mediator, Founder of the Imaginary Museum of Displaced Persons) and Fairooz Tamimi (Author, Journalist, Action for Hope).

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  • Wed 25/03 17:30 – 19:00

    Stall6

    Free admission / Participation via Zoom

Copyright: Anna Denisova

The idea of education as self-empowerment has much in common with concepts of socially engaged art. But how can art and education work together to create learning spaces that people can shape themselves – beyond control and discipline?

Lera Lerner, a plant geneticist who earned her doctorate in St. Petersburg and experiments with ‘chance, wonder, intuition and love’ as ways of spontaneous communication in public spaces in her performances and installations, will be present on site. Fairooz Tamimi, author, cultural manager and managing director of Action For Hope, will join online. Action For Hope initiates cultural projects that address the social, cultural and psychological needs of distressed and displaced communities in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) and in Europe.

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

Information on accessibility and language

  • Stepless access

  • In spoken English

The event ‘Art in Conflict’ is part of a monthly discussion series that is organised by the Center for Art and Peacebuilding CAP, a joint initiative of artasfoundation and the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, held at Gessnerallee. Each event 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 talks.

    There is one talk per month.

    Experts discuss art projects in countries affected by war.

    Anyone can listen or join in the discussion.

    You can participate in person at the theatre.

    Or you can participate from home via the internet.

    Admission is free.

    Today's topic is art and education.

    Lera Lerner is a researcher from St. Petersburg.

    She works with plants and creates art in public spaces.

    She is here today.

    Fairooz Tamimi is an author and cultural manager.

    She heads the organisation Action For Hope.

    Action For Hope carries out cultural projects.

    The projects are for people who have had to flee their homes.

    Fairooz Tamimi is participating online.

    The two discuss these questions:

    • How do art and education empower people?

    • How can learning work without pressure and control?

  • 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.

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