Lausanne 2023
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A Remembrance Project
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Lausanne 2023 ~ A Remembrance Project ~
Be part of a diverse culture of remembrance!
100 years after the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, the Lausanne 2023 project sheds light on its contexts and repercussions through immersive podcasts, readings and interactive art.
Take part in a multi-faceted culture of memory!
At the reception of the Historical Museum Lausanne, you will find the Memory Board - it provides you with a playful access to the themes and statements of various witnesses from the respective period of time. Grab your cell phone and headphones and immerse yourself into the podcasts. Multilingual versions are available on Spotify.
At the reception desk of the museum, you can get an MP3 player and headphones if you don not have your own device with you.
Podcasts:
Each podcast leads you to a specific spot in front of the museum or in the city of Lausanne. There you can find a token with a special symbol. If you find this token, you can either keep it or take it back to the museum and insert it into the Memory Board to complete it. You start in the museum and the podcasts will guide you. The podcasts will be published continuously from April 28th and will cover the following themes.
Instructions:
You can listen to the audio tracks via Spotify or with the Songmapp app, or request an Mp3 player directly at the History Museum in Lausanne.
On Spotify, the tracks are simple podcasts.
Immersive Audiowalks with Songmapp:
With the Songmapp app, you can experience them as audio walks right in Lausanne.
Simply download the app & off you go!
The audio tracks can be listened to at specific locations in the city of Lausanne, as indicated in the Songmapp app.
Theme 1 :
Historical Contributions (EN)
With Jamie Walters, professor and editor from New York.
Recollections of the political situation in 1922-23, part 1 (EN)
Jamie Walters outlines the political situation surrounding the Treaty of Lausanne.
Recollections of the political situation in 1922-23, part 2 (EN)
Jamie Walters outlines the political situation surrounding the Treaty of Lausanne.
Theme 2 :
The impact of the treaty on people. (DE/FR)
With Özlem Yasar, a Kurdish social worker living in Switzerland.
Decolonial Art (FR)
Sociologist and exhibition curator Engin Sustam talks about current trends in Kurdish art, micropolitics, anticolonialism and memory.
Theme 3 :
Contemporary voices (EN/KURD/DE/FR)
With Kurdish author Sherzad Hassan.
Mental Borders, Physical Borders (FR)
Rosida Koyuncu and Lobalie Metawa discuss the similarities between their countries of origin, Kurdistan and Congo.
The Memorial to Welat (D)
Memories of journalist Welat Erdemci, who was murdered in a Turkish attack in 2019. With Özlem Yasar, Raphael Urweider and Werner Neuhaus.
Serdar Mutlu – 2+2 = KRDSTN (EN)
Kurdish artist Serdar Mutlu curated the exhibition 2+2=KRDSTN with Barış Seyitvan. He talks about his work, the exhibition and the political situation in Turkey.
The border and Dublin (KURD/FR)
Journalist and podcaster Perihan Kaya talks to Rosida Koyuncu about the influence of the Treaty of Lausanne on her life as a Kurdish woman and the threat of deportation to Croatia.
Because they are Armenian (FR)
Pinar Selek, author and sociologist from Turkey, discusses solidarity with minorities with Alain Navarra Navassartian and Alexis Krikoria.
Memory Board
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Tokens
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Memory Board ~ Tokens ~
TOKENS
At the listening stations in front of the museum and in the city of Lausanne, you can find hidden tokens, that. means small objects (5-10 cm), that can be collected. The tokens are made of clay and inspired by Mesopotamian culture, printed with a wheeled seal. Information on where to find the tokens you will get in the podcast. Once you've found a token, you can take it back to the museum to complete the Memory Board. ENJOY!
MEMORY BOARD
The Memory Board is located at the entrance of the historical Museum Lausanne. Once you found a Token - if you wish - keep it as a remembrance or bring it back to the memory board and insert it into the board to complete it.
further framework program
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further framework program ~
As part of Lausanne 2023, we'll be working with writers and artists from the Mesopotamian region to organize a variety of events including music, artistic workshops and readings. We'll keep you posted here!
Welat's Garden commemorative event
With this event, we pay tribute to journalist WELAT ERDEMCI, who lost his life in a Turkish attack.
Note: electoral studio with TV in the barn
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