Project timeframe: 26th of August-6th of September, 2018
MIHR theatre’s engagement in the project: Shoghakat MLKE-Galstyan was a local project coordinator.
An art project in an Armenian village on the border with Azerbaijan. This project is implemented by ‘’artasfoundation’’- Swiss Foundation for Art in regions of Conflict. It is in cooperation with Chambarak Art School and ZHdK Zurich University of the Arts. Twelve students from BA of Arts and Media from the Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland) and twelve art students from Yerevan (Armenia) were selected to participate in this joint art project in Chambarak, Armenia.
For two weeks, we lived and worked together in Armenian-Swiss mixed groups in Chambarak.
In Chambarak there is an art school, which is frequented by young people during their leisure time. This is where we set up our joint workrooms. We worked in Armenian-Swiss mixed groups on different artistic projects, on the local situation, and on one’s own position.
Within the artistic projects in Chambarak, an experimental and process-based approach has priority over finished results.
The artistic processes were accompanied and supervised by 4 docents (Zurich, Yerevan) and there was a special focus
- on reflecting the artistic work in the periphery of Armenia, and Chambarak in particular (including the daily life, the central concerns, its inhabitants)
- on the respectful collaboration beyond cultural boundaries: between artists, hosts, and local people
- on different understandings and traditions of art/art education / the role of art.
