Events / Katherine Younger

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	How Could Art Reflect on Trauma?	Mon, 14.10.2019	Seminars and Colloquia	Katherine Younger Lia Dostlieva		How Could Art Reflect on Trauma? Mon, 14.10.2019 Speakers: Katherine Younger Lia Dostlieva Series: Seminars and Colloquia How do you make art about someone else’s traumatic past? What would you say to explain the victim’s experience to others, and where would you stop your story? And what would change if you yourself belong to the traumatized group whose story you are telling? Would your evidence be credible, or will it automatically be filed under the heading of “art therapy”? As a person coming from the occupied territories in Eastern Ukraine and as an artist who works extensively with traumatic experiences, Lia Dostlieva constantly face these kinds of questions. And while she might not have a definitive answer, she believes she has found a way to speak about personal trauma and remain objective, to give voice to the victims and make them heard, to find a way to show the personal scale of mass traumatic events. Read more
How Could Art Reflect on Trauma? Mon, 14.10.2019 Speakers: Katherine Younger Lia Dostlieva Series: Seminars and Colloquia How do you make art about someone else’s traumatic past? What would you say to explain the victim’s experience to others, and where would you stop your story? And what would change if you yourself belong to the traumatized group whose story you are telling? Would your evidence be credible, or will it automatically be filed under the heading of “art therapy”? As a person coming from the occupied territories in Eastern Ukraine and as an artist who works extensively with traumatic experiences, Lia Dostlieva constantly face these kinds of questions. And while she might not have a definitive answer, she believes she has found a way to speak about personal trauma and remain objective, to give voice to the victims and make them heard, to find a way to show the personal scale of mass traumatic events. Read more

Events / Katherine Younger

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