Workshop language: English, with some (consecutive) Romanian translation Participants: Activists and members of self-organized collectives from Romania, Germany, UK, France Program summary Saturday, the 9th of May 11:00-17.00         Educational Centre Replika Part one: the different participants/ groups give short presentations of their activities, topics, history and “utopias” Part two: working in three thematic discussion groups, in parallel. Our proposed topics (you are welcome to propose others) are: 1) how to take action in the fields of education and social work? Considering the context of the EU, national states, NGOs and political activism 2) EU-funds vs. grassroots financing: How to finance…

What kind of recent history is tackled by a theatre which documents realities often banished from the realm of the only “historical truth”? How are different historical contexts, accessible through written documents, archives and oral histories, approached and interpreted by theatre discourse? How are uncomfortable and politically problematic recent histories made into theatre and what are the performative lenses through which they are filtered? To what extent do artistic acts which question recent history end up legitimizing mainstream political strategies, thus enforcing the dominant narrative? The theme of issue #7 of the Gazeta de Artă Politică – Recent History Theatre…

Within the ranks of the global feminist movement, art has played an important part in structuring and developing a critical discourse which has shattered the fundamental inequalities between women and men. Initially focused on claims for judicial regulation and political rights for white, heterosexual women, the feminist discourse – or to put it more accurately, some radical feminist positions – also focuses on sexual and gender minorities. The need to question the state-endorsed heteronormativity joined forces with the freedom from the patriarchal logic and sexism: “Until all of us are free, all of us are prisoners” is the premise for…