In Sydney today, conversations across difference can feel fraught and polarised. It’s never been harder to sit across a table and truly listen. In this moment, Conflictorium offers a space to dignify contradictions, recognising conflict not as failure but as a vital part of life. 

An Indian collective of artists, mediators, historians and peacebuilders are bringing their interactive museum of conflict to Sydney. Throughout the Festival, leave your mark on this community archive through hot takes and creative prompts: from pressing debates to your neighbourhood drama, everything is on the table. 

Conflictorium transforms Carriageworks Bay 19 into an interactive exhibition of sensory cues, reflection and expression. Grounded in the belief that conflict, when engaged with creatively, can nurture empathy, dialogue and repair, the space invites everyone to participate. 

A cornerstone of the Summer School program, this free exhibition and participatory artwork is also a meeting place for workshops and discussion, where visitors move between observer and maker, sharing memories, creating new artefacts and contributing to a collective glossary of conflict. 

Check out these workshops, for a chance to delve further into the concept of conflict:

Confilctorium Workshop: Confilct Inside-Out

Confilctorium Workshop: Do You Mean It?