Small Peace

Category: moldova

  • 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…

  • The research project featured in “Horizonte. Das Schweizer Forschungsmagazin”

    Jörg Scheller spoke with the Swiss National Science Foundation’s magazine about our research in (Central) Eastern Europe: “When people can openly address conflicts and criticise them, then things are generally more peaceful there than elsewhere.” Link to the article

  • Art, Activism, Antagonism?

    Art, Activism, Antagonism?

    During a field trip to Chișinău in May 2025, Rada Leu co-hosted a public discussion with our project partner Oberliht under the title Art, Activism, Antagonism? The event took place at Zpațiu and was one of two public discussions which will lead up to a symposium planned for July 2025. In the first of these…

  • 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