“Behind every beautiful thing built by man there is a beautiful idea and behind every beautiful idea there is a beautiful inspiration, and behind every beautiful inspiration there is a magical glance of the artistic mind to the world!”
Mehmet Murat ildan
Artists
In recent years, arts-based approaches to the transformation of conflict have gained increased attention and prominence, from across a range of disciplines. Individual artists, cultural groups and peace builders now engage the arts for the positive transformation of societal conflict.
The visual arts, theatre, music, dance and film are used to support communities in campaigns of nonviolent resistance to abuses of power, to create opportunities for building bridges across differences, to addressing legacies of past violence, and to imagining a future free from conflict.
By engaging with such participatory tools we want the use of art and culture to become an integral element of peace building and help lay the foundations for sustainable conditions of peace.
This platform, aims to further solidarity between fellow Afghan artists and
provide assistance in their integration process