The Healing and Unifying Power of Culture and Art

While a report by the World Health Organization emphasizes the unifying role of art against the climate crisis, cultural and art initiatives implemented in Turkey after the February 6 earthquakes are rebuilding children's lives and urban memory.

Art in the World Health Organization Report

A report published by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe addresses the role of culture and art in combating the impacts of the climate crisis on health, mental health, and social relations.

According to the report, art facilitates the understanding of problems created by climate change, contributes to the expression of ecological anxiety, and unites people around common solutions.

Art Solidarity in the Earthquake Region

Following the February 6 earthquakes in Turkey, arts and culture solidarities undertook an important role in re-establishing children's daily lives, preserving social ties, and preventing the loss of urban memory.

Thousands of children were brought together with art within the scope of the Colorful Dreams Stage project carried out by the Theatre Cooperative in tent and container cities in Hatay and Kahramanmaraş.

Music and Orchestra Projects

İzmir-based Şubadap Children met with children by releasing their album "One for All - All for One" and contributed to musical solidarity.

Instrument, solfège, and vocal training were provided to children through the Hatay Academy Children and Youth Orchestra Choir, the Sprouts of New Life, implemented under the leadership of İKSV.

Mobile Workshops and Memory Studies

The Melody Flourishing in Nature project, the activities of the Defne Public Representatives Assembly Center, the Child-Friendly Village project, and GEROKma, founded by artists from Diyarbakır, operated in the earthquake zone.

Meanwhile, the exhibitions and audio-video art works of the Antakya Art Collective continue to record urban memory in the aftermath of the earthquake.