Resources

Publications

artasfoundation has published booklets on some of its projects. They give a multifaceted view of the work done on the ground and provide an artistic reflection on the activities undertaken.

artasfoundation
General Overview
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Artists in Exile
Exchanges with artists who arrived in Switzerland due to the war in Ukraine
With works of Anna and Vitalii Cherepanovy
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Bring Your Own Chair
Abchasia and Samegrelo, Georgia
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Warp & Werft
Shida Kartli, Georgia
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Resort to Art
Tskaltubo Art Festival, Georgia
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Art in Mediation
Recollections and Reflections from a Colloquium
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Across the Bridge
‚Abchasien 2014 – 2016‘
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Connecting Spaces
An Exchange between Artists from the Southern Caucasus and Switzerland
PDF

Art as Community
Zemo Nikozi, Georgia
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International Choir
‚Neue Spielräume im Südkaukasus‘
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Background texts

The background texts assemble reflections and questions about artistic initiatives in sensitive conflict regions, strategies and perspectives in the area of art production, international cooperation, cultural management, peacebuilding and humanitarian work.

Sandra Frimmel, artasfoundation (2020): Caucasus Analytical Digest
No. 118/December 2020, Arts in Society
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Dagmar Reichert (2020): Mit Kunst Grenzen überwinden
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Marcel Bleuler (2018): Was macht Kunst in der Konfliktzone?
Empirische Beobachtungen zu einer „dialogischen Ästhetik“
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Dagmar Reichert (2016): Art Initiatives in Fragile and Conflict Affected Regions
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Manuel Sager (2015): Opening Speech of the Forum ‚Art in Conflict‘
The Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) about the role of the arts in conflict transformation.
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Dagmar Reichert (2015): Art in Peace-Building: Working with Paradoxes
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Dagmar Reichert (2015): Kunst als Beitrag zur Friedensförderung – neue Entwicklungen
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Martin Dahinden (2013): Conflict-Affected Situations: What Can Art and Culture Change?
Eröffnungsrede des Direktors der Schweizer Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit bei einer Veranstaltung zur Rolle von Kunst und Kultur in Entwicklungs- und Demokratisierungsprozessen.
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Dagmar Reichert (2011): Das Vermögen der Kunst
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Gunnar Olsson (2008): Untitled
This essay, motivated by Michael Caton-Jones’s movie „Shooting Dogs“ (2005) about the genocide in Rwanda, analyses mechanisms of power and their cartographical logic.
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Media reports

artasfoundation works together with journalists to make resources about knowledge, personal contacts (artists, activists, cultural organisations) and experiences in conflict regions accessible to a wider public.

Newspapers / Magazines

“JOGGING”
Theater gegen alle Umstände
WOZ Nr. 48 / 26.11.2020, p. 24, Kultur / Wissen
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Teacher's Studio (2016)
Ertsakhe (Regional newspaper of Ochamchyra),
February 2016 (Abkhazian)
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Kunst und Konflikt – Wenn die Widersprüche mitreisen
WoZ, 18.6.2015
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Connecting Spaces
Asarika Info, 4.1.2015 (Russian)
Report

Connecting Spaces
Artline, 27.12.2014
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Connecting Spaces
NZZ, 13.12.2014
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Connecting Spaces
Kunstbulletin, 12/2014
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Tskaltubo Art Festival
NZZ am Sonntag, 12.10.2014
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Bring Your Own Chair (2013)
Tagesanzeiger, 27.8.2013
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Art Camp
Zett (Magazine of Zurich University of the Arts), May 2013
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Art in Dialogue (2012)
Annual report 2012, HD Centre, Genf
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Online reviews

Open Air Games
Sputnik Abkhazia, 10.2.2016 (Russian)
 

Open Air Games
Ekho Kavkaza, 9.2.2016 (Russian)
Report

Radio/Audio

Look into the Feuilletons with Dagmar Reichert, founder of artasfoundation
SRF 2 Kultur, 14.09.2023 
Podcast

„Unsere Arbeit ist Samen streuen.“
NAH DRAN – Stimmen im Kontext von Krise, Flucht und Ankommen. Naomi Gregoris spoke with Dagmar Reichert. Fondation Beyeler, 5.10.2022
Podcast

Eine Joggerin in Beirut
SRF1, Kontext, 2.12.2020
Report

Künste im Gespräch
Firas Abou Fakher: „Als Musiker nimmt man Risiken auf sich“
SRF2, Kontext, 4.3.2020
Report

Kunst trotz Repressalien:
Betroffene erzählen
SRF2, Kultur kompakt, 27.2.2020
Report

Georgien
Ein Land im Dazwischen
SRF2, Kontext, 29.10.2019
Report

Künste im Gespräch
Friedensarbeit und künstlerisches Engagement?
SRF2, Kontext, 15.7.2015
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TV reports

Documentation about artasfoundation
arttv, 30.11.2021
Report

Curator′s Initiative – Open Air Games
Abaza TV, 10.2.2016 (Russian)
Report

Tskaltubo Art Festival (2013)
Georgian TV Station
Report

Bring Your Own Chair (2012)
Georgian TV Station
Report

30. April
Georgian TV Station Imedi, Morning Show, 13.6.2011
Report