Hamze Bytyçi: I hope one day the Romani artist can be just the artist without the need of an appendix
The actor, director, producer and activist talks about creating space for the Romani community globally.
One-on-one | Culture2020.12.02
I think making art is the only way for reconciliation and to work against discrimination.
As a child your wish is to be part of a group and if you are excluded it makes something within you. It is a trauma.
So my engagement with theater is not only looking straight, but to see what comes to you along the path and then give it a space.
A lot of people criticize the quest for participation as identity politics or token art. But it is way more than that, it is about filling these spaces of dialogue with diverse experiences of marginalization.
It is an honor for me to do what I do but I am also restless.
Edona Kryeziu
Edona Kryeziu was a journalist covering Arts & Culture at K2.0. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Maastricht University, the Netherlands, and a Masters Degree in Migration & Diaspora Studies (Visual Anthropology) from SOAS London University, UK.
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