The Art of Misunderstanding
Journal: transcript Verlag eBooks
Year: 2023

In front of me sat a grey-haired woman with a quiet, slightly hesitant voice.She had contacted me through mutual friends in Tbilisi, where she had recently organized a project.Her foundation had worked for a long time in the South Caucasus and 'other conflict regions', encouraging 'mutual understanding through art'.It now wanted to expand to Ukraine, 'due to the current conflict'.It was 2017.I had recently moved to Switzerland after twenty years of cultural practice in Ukraine.Maybe this was my