Plein 8C
2511 CR The Hague
Netherlands
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Heritage
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Youth and education
Concepts of international law and democracy are relatively young and still developing. One may wonder if they will ever be fully perfect. At Creative Court, we believe that it is quite impossible to achieve lasting peace simply through rules and regulations. True peace can only be found through our shared humanity.
Creative Court develops art projects and reflects on peace and justice. We aim to become a leading source of inspiration for human consciousness and connection. We work from the understanding that art has the ability to incite empathy and reflection, vital characteristics for peaceful coexistence.
Creative Court is based in The Hague, seat of the Dutch government and international city of peace and justice.
We look into challenging issues of current times, unspoken realities of history and related underlying emotions, which are often impossible to put into words. We strive to disrupt common notions, embrace complexity, and walk a path of nuance. We like to question rather than answer, and we prefer showing ‘the other side’ to taking a stand.
At Creative Court, we tell intimate stories that people can personally connect to, share factual information, and pose overarching questions concerning humankind. We collaborate with international artists, curators, journalists, scientists, and many others. Quality, imaginative power and accessibility are key to our work. Preferring to function without a permanent space, the world is our stage.
Our audience ranges from the general public, to people interested in art, society, and human rights, to law specialists and policy makers.
Creative Court stimulates awareness by translating difficult topics into engaging experiences for a wide audience. We think that our way of working may be interesting for other organisations in the Network.
We are interested in meeting new partners, either from the arts field or from the global justice field, for the purpose of starting up innovative collaborations at the interface of art, peace and justice.
We are specifically open to initiatives related to: (post-)conflict, reconciliation, human rights, democracy, terrorism, colonialism, freedom of expression, gender, modern slavery, cultural identity and refugee issues.