THE THEATRE OF OPPRESSED

THE THEATRE OF OPPRESSED Social transformation in people’s daily life. The Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) is a method and theatre movement created by the playwright Augusto Boal at the beginning of the 70’s. When it comes to the Theatre of the Oppressed, the spectator observes the representation of existing conflicts and their taking part […]

GRAMMATICAL BODIES

GRAMMATICAL BODIES We would like to present the programme “Grammatical bodies” of the group Agroarte with Gernika’s bombing 80th anniversary and within the framework of the 7th Meeting of Art and Peace. “Grammatical bodies” is a participatory process which aims at creating a space of action art and memory meant to contribute to the peace […]

VII INTERNATIONAL GATHERING ON ART AND PEACE: MEMORY AND SPACE IN THE URBAN ART

VII INTERNATIONAL GATHERING ON ART AND PEACE: MEMORY AND SPACE IN THE URBAN ART The meeting, through means of plastic and oral means of intervention, marks the layout and sets the pace which enables us to share our own experience with graffiti artists, rap singers, researchers and gallerists to become acquainted with the urban art […]

Cambiamos al horario de verano

Cambiamos al horario de verano. Udako ordutegira pasatzen gara. A partir del 1 de marzo y hasta el día 30 de septiembre el museo abrirá sus puertas de 10.00 a 19.00 horas. LUNES: cerrado (excepto días señalados) DE MARTES A SÁBADO: 10.00 – 19.00 DOMINGO: 10.00 – 14.00 Martxoaren 1etik irailaren 30era arte, museoa zabalik […]

Urte berri on 2017 – Feliz año nuevo 2017

MEMORIALAB PROJECT PRESENTED BY THE GERNIKA PEACE MUSEUM AT THE EUROPEAN SEMINAR ABOUT MEMORY TRANSMISSION OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

The Director of the Gernika Peace Museum presented  the MemoriaLAB project done by the Museum, Gernika Gogoratuz Peace research center and Bakeola the 18th and 19th May 2015 in Brussels (Belgium). The international seminar organised by RCN Justice&Democratie,  provides an opportunity to reflect upon the challenges we face in our remembrance and memory transmission work on contenporary […]

WHY DON’T WE LEARN FROM THE TERRIBLE ERRORS OF THE PAST?

The Balkan War (1992-1995) caught us in the happy stage of youth, but  now and here, we notice the  hard time it was for many of the people we are sharing these days with. Words like genocide, siege, war, violations of human rights … are again and again, repeated in the places we are visiting. […]

ART AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: ARTS, CRISIS & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

The Art & Social Justice Conference has been held in Durban, South Africa at Durban University of Technology (2010) and Nicosia, Cyprus at The University of Nicosia (2011). This year’s conference (organized by the Gernika Peace Museum, Gernika Gogoratuz Peace research Center and the Culture House of Gernika) is important for its choice of a […]

AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH THE KIDS’ GUERNICA PROJECT

KIDS GUERNICA map of the murals (Gernika-Lumo, Basque Country, Spain) This summer (late June – mid October) we will have the opportunity to tour around the world  without leaving Gernika-Lumo (Basque Country)) through the lens and the imagination of many children who wanted to express his idea of peace in the project Kids ‘Guernica, through […]

THE BOMBING OF GUERNICA AND THE SIEGE OF SARAJEVO: REFLECTIONS

Alma Masic, Director, Youth Initiative for Human Rights inBosnia and Herzegovina(Sarajevo) I have two associations withGuernica: First, the event itself. The attack and systematic destruction of the town Guernica on April 26, 1937 by German and Italian warplanes on behalf of the nationalist-fascist forces of General Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Of the around […]