— Art & Culture —

Everything you should know about the region’s creative projects and the artists behind them.
“My Body, a War Zone”: Breaking the Silence Surrounding Sexual Violence in Conflict
A new photographic exhibition in Sarajevo documents the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. It aims to help survivors transform from victims to participants in the struggle for justice.

You Know What You See: An Interview with Monica Alcazar-Duarte
Monica Alcazar-Duarte’s latest project aims to transform the general public’s perception of her home country of Mexico. David Schafer and Zuzana Pavelkova speak with her to find out more.

Terror in the Central African Republic
A new exhibition depicting life during the conflict in the Central African Republic opened in Sarajevo last week. Akvile Zakarauskaite reports.

Photojournalism’s Changing Relationship with Conflict
Chris Much Bermudez explores two examples of forensic and imaginative war photography, as well as the problems each encounters.

Maydan: A Revolution in a Hundred Portraits
A new exhibition in Sarajevo uses protesters’ faces to show another face of the protests at Maidan square during the revolution in Ukraine.

One Million Bones: The Road to Srebrenica
Leslie Woodward, Co-founder and Project Director of the Sarajevo-based Post-Conflict Research Center, explains the organization’s planned activities for the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica.