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Announcement: Roundtable Discussion “Art and Peace”
FR., 28. 03. 2025, 17:00, Toni Areal, Gallery 1 (room 4. K13), Pfingstweidstr. 96, 8005 Zurich This roundtable is organised within the framework of the research project Contemporary Art, Popular Culture, and Peacebuilding in Eastern Europe as part of our advisory board meeting under the umbrella of the Center for Art and Peacebuilding.We are delighted
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Der Westen liegt am Schwarzen Meer: Eine Apologie des Dazwischens am Beispiel Osteuropas
New article by Jörg Scheller in the Journal “Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie“, 2024/1.
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Counter-intuitive Peacebuilding: An Encounter with Artist Daniel Rycharski in Rural Poland
In 2024, Jörg Scheller met Rycharski in his home town of Sierpc and interviewed him. The artist, who is openly gay and an activist for queer rights, but also a devout Christian, lives and works in rural Poland amidst the electorate of Poland’s national conservative PiS party. Through long-term cooperation with the local population, especially
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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 research project featured on ZHdK’s Kunstlicht podcast
Rada Leu and Jörg Scheller spoke with Kunstlicht co-host Eva Pauline Bossow about the potentials and limitations of art as peace(building). Rada gave insights into her research in the Republic of Moldova. https://www.zhdk.ch/meldung/wie-kuenste-den-frieden-foerdern-7061
The research project Contemporary Art, Popular Culture and Peacebuilding in Eastern Europe is financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation and based at Zurich University of the Arts. The project examines the potential and limitations of contemporary art and popular culture for peacebuilding in three (Central) Eastern European countries: Poland, Moldova, and Armenia. Recognising a gap in peace studies, which often overlook Eastern Europe, the project aims to connect the arts with peacebuilding by exploring three different types of conflict.
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