PRIO Centre on Culture, Conflict and Coexistence

This week is the last chance to see our INSPIRE Art Award exhibition at Nitja senter for samtidskunst in Lillestrøm. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity❗️ On September 27, 2023, Daria Pugachova performed CITIES OF WAR in front of the UN International Court of Justice during the court hearings concerning the acknowledgment of Russia’s crimes of genocide in 🇺🇦Ukraine. For five hours, without a break, on a single breath, she sat inside the transparent cube while writing on the inside of the four walls the statement: “THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS STILL GOING ON.” The installation at Nitja is a documentation of this monumental performance. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)📸by Marte Nilsen, Sakib Saboor and Tor Simen Ulstein.

This week is the last chance to see our INSPIRE Art Award exhibition at Nitja senter for samtidskunst in Lillestrøm. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity❗️ Zun May Oo is a 🇲🇲Myanmar artist who in her work with “The Shadow of Heroes” is inspired by the classical Burmese “Yoke thé” puppet theatre tradition. The scenes of the story are manifested as elaborate, hand-crafted shadowboxes. Each box depicts a different scene in a tale of spirits coming together and seeking righteous revenge upon a malevolent demon who had ruined their collective lives. The rebirth of these rebellious spirits into heroes who both challenge and triumph over the demon is at the core of the story. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

This week is the last chance to see our INSPIRE Art Award exhibition at Nitja senter for samtidskunst in Lillestrøm. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity❗️"Water I am" is a photographic installation by Eyoeal Kefyalew, a photographer based in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. The installation centers around Kefylaew’s uncle who was suddenly deportation to Asmara from Ababa during the 🇪🇷Eritrean 🇪🇹Ethiopian war in 1998. A briefcase was the only remaining physical objects left behind. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Photos by Sakib Saboor and Tor Simen Ulstein.

This week is the last chance to see our INSPIRE Art Award exhibition at Nitja senter for samtidskunst in Lillestrøm. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity❗️Zahrasadat Hakim is half Iraqi and half Persian/Iranian. In “Two Lakes Behind Memories” she shares memories of her own journey and of war, conflict, and displacement. Zahra’s artistic practice is an exploration of belonging, identity, fragility of human connections, resilience, and care – but also the necessity to leave the world a better place for future generations. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Photos by Sakib Saboor, Tor Simen Ulstein and Marte Nilsen.

This week is the last chance to see our INSPIRE Art Award exhibition at Nitja senter for samtidskunst in Lillestrøm. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity❗️ Gervais Tomadiatunga is a trained dancer and his artistic practice is based on his past as a child soldier and as a child laborer in the coltan mines in the Congo🇨🇩 “Lost Souls” is a tribute to the child soldiers who lost their lives during the wars and ethnic conflicts in the Congo from 1993 to 1998. Gervais Danseincolore Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

📢Dive into the complexities of Culture, Conflict, and Politics with our PhD-level course next October!

Explore interpretive theory and learn more about the cultural aspects of violent conflict and peaceful coexistence.

Deadline: May 31
Apply here ⬇️

Applications now open for the "Culture, Conflict and Politics" course held October 29-31, 2024 – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is now accepting applications for the "Culture, Conflict and Politics" course to be held on October 29-31, 2024.

Full program of our two-day INSPIRE conference on art and activism 22-23 April.
Please sign up: https://www.prio.org/events/9114

What is the role of artists in times of political upheaval?
Please join us at PRIO for this roundtable on art and activism in with Sudanese artists.
Register here 👉 https://www.prio.org/events/9132

What is the role of artists in times of political upheaval?

As part of the final conference of the INSPIRE project, join us at PRIO for this roundtable on art and activism in with Sudanese artists.

Register here 👉 https://www.prio.org/events/9132

Meet some of 🇲🇲Myanmar's young and talented artists and learn more about their art and their activism Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) 22 April 🎨🎭✊

How does art and activism come together in 🇲🇲?

As part of the final conference of the INSPIRE project we invite you to this roundtable, where artists will present their art and discuss art practices after the coup in Myanmar together with scholars.

Register here 👉 https://www.prio.org/events/9133

Book launch of Tone Sommerfelt's collection of Axel Sommerfelt's writing. Dynamics of political domination in Africa 📖

📢 Don't miss our INSPIRE Conference at ☮️ Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)❗️ 📆 22-23 April. Artists 🧑🏾‍🎨 and researchers 👩🏾‍💼 discuss the role of art, activism and creative practices in and after violent conflict and war. We promise films, exhibitions, food and inspiring conversations.
🎬🎨🎭🎻 Please sign up 👇

INSPIRE Conference – PRIO Centre on Culture, Conflict and Coexistence The INSPIRE project invites you to explore the role of art, artists and creative practice in and after violent conflict and war. Our work is particular ...

Eid Mubarak! "We shall return" (2014) Oil on canvas by Palestinian artist Imad Abu Shtayyah.

Welcome to the opening of the Inspire Art Award exhibition on 20 April at Nitja senter for samtidskunst in Lillestrøm🎨🎭🎬🎷🎻

CCC's Tone Sommerfelt has co-edited a 📖book covering the works of her father, the anthropologist Axel Sommerfelt. Please join us for the launch at Kulturhistorisk museum (The Museum of Cultural History) in Oslo 📆10 April at 4 pm.

Book Launch: Dynamics of Political Domination in Africa – PRIO Centre on Culture, Conflict and Coexistence Welcome to this launch of the new book covering the works of Norwegian anthropologist Axel Sommerfelt.

An incredibly engaging exhibition and conversation at Fotogalleriet today exploring "The Lost Tapes of a Peoples' Tribunal, 1982" 📽🎞 with Palestinian🇵🇸 artist Ayman Alazraq. The exhibition is running until 4th March. Don’t miss it!

You are welcome to join PRIO's CCC for a special visit to the multimedia exhibition "The Lost Tapes of a Peoples' Tribunal, 1982" 📽🎞by filmmaker, photographer and mixed media artist Ayman Alazraq on 12th February at Fotogalleriet. There will be opportunities for individual and/or collective conversations with Ayman. Sign up!👇

Exhibition: "The Lost Tapes of A Peoples’ Tribunal, 1982" – PRIO Centre on Culture, Conflict and Coexistence PRIO’s CCC and Fotogalleriet invite you to visit a exhibition by filmmaker, photographer and media artist Ayman Alazraq. It showcases the material and ...

📢Go visit the new CCC website❗️ We are very proud to present our new web platform where you can search for research publications, exhibitions, news and events from the rebranded PRIO Centre on Culture, Conflict and Coexistence. See you there❗️👉 ccc.prio.org

A powerful and truly inspiring talk by CNN journalist🎥🎤Nima Elbagir at the PRIO Annual Peace Address. To create truthful and engaging reports, Elbagir emphasized the importance of diversity in journalism and the need to speak truth to power. The talk was beautifully framed by the impressing paintings🎨of ART Khalid Shatta and by East African beats🪘🎷from the Aowafy Orchestra.

Please join us to see the film 📽 Seven Winters in Teheran, followed by a panel discussion about women's rights in Iran🧕⚖️🇮🇷 As part of the Oslo Peace Days, PRIO and the Embassy of the Netherlands have the honor to invite you to a meaningful evening at Vega Scene, 7 December. Warmly welcome. Sign up for free entry🎫 in the link👇

Seven Winters in Tehran - Film seminar – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Oslo Peace Days event 2023

PRIO Co-Hosts Artist Residency Festival Week in Rotterdam – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) In a two-month residency, a group of international artists and researchers have investigated how creative practice can enable new ways of seeing, relat ...