New article by Jörg Scheller in the Journal “Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie“, 2024/1.
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…
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
Volume XVIII/2 of the Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte includes an article by Jörg Scheller about “the new grassroots avant-gardes”. The text discusses individuals and groups researched within the framework of Contemporary Art, Popular Culture, and Peacebuilding in Eastern Europe, including Daniel Rycharski (Poland) and Oberliht (Republic of Moldova).
Rada Leu and Jörg Scheller published an article about their research in the Republic of Moldova in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung: “With the war in Ukraine, other post-Soviet states are also moving into the spotlight of Western media attention, such as the Republic of Moldova, which borders Ukraine. This week, the “European political community” met…