Khalid Shatta, Migration of the soul

When you have to move/flee from what feels like home, how does your artistic practice move with you? What happens to your creative methods, your approach? What becomes out of reach, and what might become possible? Creative practices engage the imagination, poetics, innovation, critical thinking and powers of expression – how are those affected by movement away from a home transformed by violent conflict and oppression?

We explore these questions in a roundtable conversation with choreographer Hooman Sharifi and invited artists who take part in the artistic residency Repression – Expression // Violence – Creative resistance. The conversation will be moderated by artist, producer and curator Motaz Al Habbash and research professor Cindy Horst, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Those interested in these questions are encouraged to take part in this conversation with us.

This event is a collaboration between Hooman Sharifi, Dansens Hus, PRIO, and PRAKSIS.