REstARTISTS’ Common Discussion

The one hour talk will be about the artists’ journey towards restorative justice. How was their first encounter with restorative justice? What grabbed their interest in these restorative stories? What were the challenges they faced for transforming restorative justice stories in artworks? Can arts be integrated in restorative justice practices? What are their suggestions for the restorative justice community to make these stories heard?

After this talk, the team of the European Forum for Restorative Justice closed the REstART Festival with some final reflections and thoughts. Both recordings are available below.

The invited artists who took part in this joint discussion are:

Alan Gilsenan (Ireland) is a writer, filmmaker and theatre director, famous within the restorative justice community for the film “The meeting”, portraying the victim-offender encounter between Ailbhe Griffith and the man who, nine years earlier, subjected her to a horrific sexual assault.

Maria San Miguel (Spain) is an actress, playwright and theater director focusing on different societal issues in her artworks. Maria is well known for the trilogy on the armed conflict in the Basque country, including “La mirada de l’otro” on the encounters between ETA prisoners and victims.

This virtual talk between these artists will be facilitated by our Board member Brunilda Pali (Belgium), who wrote and co-authored different publications on the use of arts for social change, particularly for restorative justice, and assisted different artists in the making of their restorative-oriented artworks (e.g. “Inside the distance”, “The voice of nature – The trial”).