The Klara i Rosa team spent several days in Bucharest, Romania, as part of the project 𝐀𝐭𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞. Together with Gordana Vukov Ciganjik, from September 18 to 20 at @sandwich.library, we explored the coordinates of a safe space. Where are the boundaries between participants? How much of the “I” exists within me? The “I” within myself. The “I” in the group. The group within me.

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Ideally, a safe space is an environment where individuals feel secure, respected, and free to express their thoughts, feelings, and experiences without fear of judgment, discrimination, or harm. Creating a safe space is essential to ensure that participants can fully engage, share, and benefit from the program. Is this truly possible?

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Through movement, voice, specific acting and storytelling exercises, poetry writing, and dramatic methods, we built a group over the four-day program, explored the concept of a safe space, got to know ourselves, and created content that can be the beginning of something new in the participants' lives.

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