Between 2015 and 2018, Trauma & Revival – Cultural Relations between Eastern and Western Europe proposed an ambitious journey that showcased and reflected on East-West cultural connections in the Cold War and today, via artists’ residencies, workshops, cinema, research, roundtables, a digital timeline and various exhibitions (Facing the Future: Art in East and West Europe after WOII – 1968, Orient) in Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland and Russia.
With this project, BOZAR has modestly attempted to show how artists were and still are at the forefront of efforts to change perceptions on the ‘other’. This is how new forms of collective resilience or catharsis can emerge and help us move away from our shared traumas towards the revival of our societies. With this final conference we seek to revisit the project results and present the final publication of the project Shaping Desired Futures. But above all we will discuss possible new forms of cultural dialogue and exchange in order to shape a common future.
If you would like to attend this conference, please send an e-mail to christine.vannuffel@bozar.be
PROGRAMME
9:30 Doors and registration
10:00 Introduction : Paul Dujardin/Sophie Lauwers
Chapter I : Shaping Desired Futures for Europe
A series of presentations and panel discussions reflecting on the main outcomes of the Trauma & Revival project.
10:15 - Presentation of the Manifesto: Shaping Desired Futures
Dialogue between editor Aria Spinelli, Pános Kompatsiáris & Eckhart Gillen
Q&A
11:15 Coffee break
11:30 First panel: Dynamics of cultural production and exchange in Europe today
Artist statement : Artem Filatov
- Dessislava Dimova - Alexandra Danilova - Elena Sorokina - Elena Tsvetaeva
Moderator : Marc Franco
Q&A
12:45 Maija Rudovska on Kaspars Groševs in dialogue with Hardijs Ledins and Imants Žodžiks (Human in the living environments <-> 10 minute walk from solitude)
13:15 Lunch Break
Chapter II : Shaping Desired Futures beyond fortress Europe
Reflecting on the role that cultural relations play in Europe and its capital, Brussels, today
14:30 Keynote by Wato Tsereteli
Q&A
15:30 - Second panel: Can the Arts reset Europe as an object of desire?
Artist statement : Maarten Vanden Eynde
- Maarten Vanden Eynde - Iaroslava Boubnova - Simon Sheikh - Wato Tsereteli
Moderator : Kathleen Weyts
Q&A
16:45 Coffee break
17:15 Third panel: Which role can Brussels, as a capital of Europe, play?
Artist statement: Hana Miletic
- Alisa Prudnikova - Daniel Blanga Gubbay (tbc) - Hana Miletic
Moderator: Kathleen Weyts
Q&A
18:30 Closing Reception

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Trauma & Revival is an international project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union gathering ZKM | Karlsruhe, the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels, the Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, kim? Contemporary Art Center in Riga, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art in Krakau, the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and associated partners the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, the State Museum and exhibition Center ROSIZO, the Austrian Cultural Forum Moscow and the Tretyakov State Gallery.
The event is organised with the support of: Brussels-Capital Region and Vladimir Potanin Foundation.