Artistic encounters
in war and violent conflict
Artistic
encounters
in war and
violent conflict
What inspires and motivates those engaged in creative practice? How do artistic expressions inspire and move others to action for social justice during and after war? How do artists, art and activism intersect in and after wars in Sudan, Myanmar and amongst exiled artists around the world?
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Mithkal Alzghair is a choreographer and dancer from Syria. His work and research focuses on the body as a concept of humanity, a space of awareness, of life, history, future, harmony, and peace, as well as a space for poetry, memory, and imagination.
Find out moreMithkal Alzghair
Performing Artist
France / Syria
Mithkal Alzghair is a choreographer and dancer from Syria. His work and research focuses on the body as a concept of humanity, a space of awareness, of life, history, future, harmony, and peace, as well as a space for poetry, memory, and imagination.
Find out moreDr. Cecilia G. Salinas is an artist and anthropologist whose artistic practice combines words and images to explore the topic of childhood and trauma.
Find out moreCecilia G. Salinas
Visual Artist
Argentina / Norway
Dr. Cecilia G. Salinas is an artist and anthropologist whose artistic practice combines words and images to explore the topic of childhood and trauma.
Find out moreStella Gaitano is a well-known writer on the Sudanese Arabic literary. Her writing explores themes of departure, motherhood, loss, and grief in the context of war in South Sudan.
Find out moreStella Gaitano
Writer
Germany / Sudan
Stella Gaitano is a well-known writer on the Sudanese Arabic literary. Her writing explores themes of departure, motherhood, loss, and grief in the context of war in South Sudan.
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