For those who have been involved in any kind of peace movement and for those who are curious about peace work, an evening school is being organised for three evenings by BAC and the artist Kalle Brolin in cooperation with the study association NBV and GRASS Uppsala University Campus Gotland. The varied programme will give you the opportunity to meet others who are in some way involved in or interested in peace work. Everyone is welcome, young and old, experienced and curious.

In times of militarisation, nationalism and mobilisation in response to international conflicts, we also want to hear the voices of the peace movement in as many different forms as we can find. We want to see peace work in a wider context and in a longer time perspective.

PROGRAMME

Day 1 :: SCREENING OF ART VIDEOS WITH A PEACE THEME 
Thursday, March 7, 2024 from 17:00-19:30
Vita Huset (NBV’s premises) at Ekmansgatan 11 in Visby

We watch a selection of art videos together and talk about our own experiences and relate the films to things that have happened and are happening here on Gotland. The films are about peace activists trying to meet across generations, about military training areas and nature reserves, and about the first Swedish protest march against the atomic bomb (1961), where the military security service spied on the participants.

The films shown are:
“An Idealistic Attempt” and “Reconstruction of An Action That Never Took Place” (both 2007) by Fia-Stina Sandlund.
“Before the Curtain Falls by Caroline Mårtensson and Patrik Bengtsson (2022).
“Participant Observers” by Henrik Andersson (2015)

Day 2 :: A HISTORY OF THE GOTLAND PEACE MARCH IN THE EARLY 1980s 
Thursday, March 14, 2024 from 17:00-19:30
Vita Huset (NBV’s premises) at Ekmansgatan 11 in Visby

History of the Gotland peace marches in the early 1980s. In front of an audience, the organisers and participants share their memories of the peace marches. Stories and pictures are documented in real time, and history is written from the testimonies of those who lived it. The evening takes the form of a ‘witness seminar’, the aim of which is to collect material that can be used by researchers who wish to study the history of the peace movement.

Day 3 :: SHOW AND TELL 
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 from 17:00-19:30
Vita Huset (NBV’s premises) at Ekmansgatan 11 in Visby

Participants in the evening meetings bring something to show and tell. A picture, a newspaper clipping, a work of art, an object, something that tells a story you have been thinking about during our previous evening meetings. We look at everything together, in an impromptu exhibition of everyone’s associations. It’s also an opportunity for anyone who wants to talk a bit more about their interest in peace work.

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If you have questions or are interested, you can contact Kalle Brolin at kabrolin[at]gmail.com. You can come to one or more meetings. At each meeting we serve soup and salad, coffee, and cake. You can sign up in advance or turn up spontaneously.