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sub-Project Armenia
This sub-project examines how Armenian artists and cultural workers navigate and respond to the long-standing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. As the geopolitical landscape continuously shifts due to the evolving nature of the conflict, this study prioritizes empirical input to capture the lived realities of artists engaged in this complex socio-political context. Conducted…
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Arts and Social Transformation Lab
For the second year the Living Room invited artists, art educators, researchers, and cultural practitioners to join a five-day laboratory on art and social transformation. The laboratory is designed as a learning and experimenting space for 12 participants to discuss and develop artistic practices engaging with displaced communities, encouraging them to take control of their…
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For This Dance I will Take the lead
“For This Dance I will Take the Lead” is a participatory performance conceptualised by the artist Tellervo Kalleinen in cooperation with the choreographer Tsolak Mlke-Galstyan. The project took place in the Living Room in January 2025 and involved a small group of young Armenians who share the life experience of being too often led by…
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The Living Room
The Living Room is a project to support Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, which was set up in June 2024 and is scheduled to run until July 2026. As part of the activities of our project partner Artasfoundation in Armenia, the Living Room was set up as a central place for collaboration between the researcher Rana…
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Embodying Transformation Through the Arts
On May 6th 2024, a case study on Contemporary Art and Peacebuilding in Armenia was presented at the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development 2024. In collaboration with the Berghof Foundation and the Centre for Social Change Nepal, we organised the workshop “Embodying Transformation through the Arts”. It aimed at exploring a holistic understanding of social change…
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Arts in Uncertain Times: Socially Engaged Art Practices
The two-day workshop and one-day conference Arts in Uncertain Times organised in May 2023 at the HayArt Center in Yerevan offered a practice-oriented space for Armenian artists and cultural workers who self-identify as socially engaged and/or attempt to contribute to a peaceful future. During and after conflicts, artists engage in different ways and through different…
