
When art gets tired
A reflection on creative burnout and the invisible price of festivals in Kosovo.
|2025.09.03
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Ironically, the very spaces meant to heal society can end up harming those who create them.
No festival is worth the health of the people who make it possible.

Alsea Ymeri
Alsea Ymeri completed her undergraduate studies in Painting and Visual Arts at the University of Prishtina. In recent years, she has expanded her creative practice into short films and documentaries, with her work featured at several film festivals.
This story was originally written in Albanian.
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