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Art, Activism, Absence?
How can an absence be transformed into something productive? Following two previous conversations on the topics of antagonism and autonomy, we looked at the topic of absence. The field of independent and socially engaged art in Moldova is shaped by absences: a lack of cultural strategies, of local funding, of spaces and other types of infrastructures. Additionally, the massive…
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Common Ground: Discussion with Shoghakat Mlké-Galstyan and Anna Provozin
For the first of three discussions in the series Common Ground, Shoghakat Mlké-Galstyan and Anna Provozin introduced us to their practice and spoke about their approaches to art in the context of war. Art as a space for dialogue and healing: reflections from Armenia’s post-war realityStarting from the question of what role art can embody…
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Common Ground: Discussion with Yulia Kostereva and Rusanda Alexandru
The evolution of Ukrainian artists’ artistic strategies in the last decade, by Yulia Kostereva Yulia Kostereva showed how artists’ methods and strategies have changed during the ten years of war, based on the activity of the platform Open Place. Her presentation will explore how the full-scale invasion in 2022 has affected society, cultural life and…
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sub-Project Moldova
This subproject focuses on how the contemporary independent art scene in the Republic of Moldova addresses conflicts such as the 1992 frozen conflict in Transnistria, the lack of an adequate framework for the development of contemporary arts in the region, and, since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the effects of this war on…