Prospero: Artists in Conflict Zones

Creation, Resistance, and Survival

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Directors, choreographers, and theater-makers from conflict-affected regions examine how art is created under extreme pressure — its unique challenges, ethical weight, and transformative potential. What does it mean, in practical and ethical terms, to be an artist working inside a conflict zone today, and is the work primarily resistance, survival, testimony, or all at once? What is truly at risk under such conditions: safety, voice, audience, or the very possibility of creation? How do war, censorship, and displacement reshape not just an artist’s process but their aesthetics, and at what point does survival override artistic intention?

The conversation turns to ethics and power. Is there a risk of exploitation when conflict becomes a subject of visibility, and how do you avoid aestheticizing trauma for global consumption? When work from conflict zones enters the international circuit, who controls the narrative — are artists invited for their voice or for the context they represent, and how can platforms avoid turning conflict into a cultural commodity? It probes whether art can really resist power or functions mainly as witness, whether silence is itself a form of resistance, and what solidarity from the international field is meaningful rather than performative. If the field is serious about supporting these artists, what must structurally change?

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Data Tavadze  ·  Artistic Director, Royal District Theatre, Tbilisi (GEO)

Koko Roinishvili  ·  Director & Founder, Tbilisi City Theatre (GEO)

Milo Rau  ·  Artistic Director, Wiener Festwochen (AUT & CHE)

Sandro Kalandadze  ·  Director, Haraki Theatre Company (GEO)

Veronica Litkevich  ·  Actress, Director & Screenwriter (UKR)

Moderator — Ionuț Sociu  ·  Dramaturg and Journalist (ROU)

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Event in English , with translation into Romanian
Duration: 1h 15min

FREE ACCESS,  WITHIN AVAILABLE PLACES