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ART and/or/is POLITICS

Name: ART and/or/is POLITICS
Start: 2025-12-03T18:00:00
End: 2025-12-03T19:30:00
Location: New York City

Opening Roundtable Discussion

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La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

Wednesday 3 December 2025

A panel discussion on the role of arts and culture in the socio-political milieu of the Balkans. The aim of the discussion is to question the position of labor in the arts, and art itself as a space of (un)freedom within oppressive social systems. What are the dangers of the instrumentalization of art for political purposes? What is the role of didacticism in theatre and its potential for enlightenment in contemporary society?

Participants: Doruntina Basha, Andrej Nosov, Mirjana Karanović, Svetozar Cvetković, Alban Ukaj, Natasha Tripney, Tanya Domi

Moderated by Dimitrije Kokanov

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