September 21, 2009 - 18:24 AMT
Interactive art festival to be held in Armenia September 22 to 26
By the initiative of public culture company "Theater of change" interactive art festival will be held for the first time in Armenia from September 22 to 26. The festival will be attended by professional actors of interactive forum theaters from Armenia, Georgia and Turkey. As a part of the festival a master-class of a well-known specialist of interactive forum theater Karin Chapman Klayk (UK) will be organized.

The purpose of the "An interactive forum theater" project is to develop methods of "Forum Theater" in Armenia, Georgia and Turkey and organize re-training of specialists, to hold informal discussions and foster cooperation with other forum theaters.

The festival will show four interactive forum presentations, dedicated to women's rights, tolerance and peaceful conflict resolution.

The method of an interactive forum theater was created in seventies by the renowned Brazilian director and political activist Augusto Boali. That art was aimed at involvement of the public in important events in Brazil.