The "How to Create in the Aftermath of a Catastrophe" roundtable explores the intersections of art, public space, and crisis. It examines how art professionals navigate creation during ongoing emergencies—not just as a response to destruction but as a way to cultivate hope, reinvent common spaces, and activate resistance through participation, debate, and sharing. It raises ethical questions about representation, spectatorship, and the risk of aestheticizing trauma while considering how artistic interventions can challenge dominant power structures. Participants will discuss how catastrophe redefines artistic urgency, how performance reclaims public space, and how creative interventions foster long-term political impact. Can we envision performance as a site of solidarity, where ephemeral acts of togetherness shape new social and artistic possibilities and leave lasting impacts in societies shaped by destruction?
SHIFT, which stands for ‘Shaping Harmony, Innovating Forms & Thought’, questions the forms of space organization in people’s lives culturally, politically and socially. The project seeks to explore new formats of artistic expression, community engagement, and audience interaction, involving artists, experts, and citizens from multiple EU and Mediterranean countries. By fostering a shift from mere observation to active participation and immersion, SHIFT focuses on investigating new spatial relationships, and shifting the emphasis from 'visual aesthetics' in conventional venues to dynamic 'aesthetics of action' in adaptable, non-dedicated performance spaces The project is led by Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat (France), Fondazione Fabbrica Europa per le arti contemporanee (Italy), Albania Dance Meeting (Albania). In association with France Travail Scènes et Images- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France), Beit El Raqs (Lebanon), Teatri Kombetar Eksperimental Kujtim Spahivogli (Albania)
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