17 April – 16 May, 2024
UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Palazzo Zorzi, Castello 4930, 30122 Venice
ARTISTS in the Pavilion
- Said Ahmed Mohamed Ali, visual artist, Tunis/Khartoum
- Suva, multi-disciplinary artist, Helsinki/Shillong Meghalaya
- Kholod Hawash, textile artist, 2024 Venice Nordic Pavilion, Helsinki/Basra
- Saddam Jumaily, artist, Helsinki/Basra
- Nikita Kravtsov, artist, Paris/Kyiv
- Damian Le Bas, Sr., artist, Gypsyland/Worthing (1963-2017)
- Delaine Le Bas, artist, Worthing
- Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo, activist and poet, Kweke, Zimbabwe
- Issa Touma, photographer and filmmaker, Aleppo
- Mirwais Rekaib, film director, Hamburg/Kabul
- Barış Seyitvan, artist and curator, Berlin/Diyarbakir
- Aws Zubaïdy, actor and dancer, Verscio HV/Bethlehem
The ARTISTS AT RISK PAVILION with the support of UNESCO—Artists. Risks. Humans. Rights.
Curated by Marita Muukkonen and Ivor Stodolsky
Co-directors of Artists at Risk (AR) and co-founders of Perpetuum Mobile (PM).
BRUNCH 18th April, 10am — 12.30pm
OPENING WORDS, 10am
- Mrs. Kajsa Ravin, Director General of the Swedish Arts Council
- Mr. Ernesto Ottone Ramirez, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO (video address)
- Her Excellency Sari Multala, Finnish Minister of Science and Culture
PAVILION OPENING 19th April, 3pm
OPENING WORDS, 3pm
- Magdalena Landry, Director of UNESCO Office in Venice
- Kajsa Ravin, Director General of the Swedish Arts Council
- Marja Karttunen, Saastamoinen Foundation
- Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen, Co-Founders and Co-Directors of Artists at Risk (AR).
PANEL 1, 3.20pm
Artists and Institutions: United against Authoritarianism and for Human Rights?
- Romana Cacchioli, Executive Director, PEN International
- Elyla, performance artist/activist, Chontales
- Nkoshilathi Moyo, activist-poet and human rights defender, Kweke
- Simon Mraz, co-founder State of the Art(ist), a project by Ars Electronica and Austrian Foreign Ministry
- Margit Rosen, Head of Collections, Archives and Research at ZKM, Karlsruhe
- Barış Seyitvan, artist and curator, Berlin/Diyarbakir
- Said Ahmed Mohamed Alhassan, visual artist, ArtVeda, Khartoum
Performance by Aws Zubaïdy, actor and dancer, Verscio /Bethlehem.
PANEL 2, 4.30pm
Art in the Age of Conflict and (Dis)Information
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- Anaïs Chagankerian, UNESCO, Paris
- Elisabet Goula Sardà, CCCB
- Timea Junghaus, ERIAC, Berlin
- Hito Steyerl, filmmaker/writer, Berlin
- Issa Touma, photographer/filmmaker, Aleppo
- Mahnaz Jarchi, screenwriter and audiovisual producer
- Aws Zubaïdy, actor and dancer, ArtVeda, Verscio HV/Bethlehem
The panels are chaired by the Co-Directors of Artists at Risk (AR).
CONCERT AND RECEPTION, 5.30pm
OPENING with guests of honour
- Kaisa Rönkkö, Chairperson, Finnish Arts Promotion Centre — Taike
- Tessa Giller, Prince Claus Foundation (TBC)
- Theresa Lekberg, SWAN-Swedish Artist Residency Network
Concert
FO SHO, Ukrainian-Ethiopian hip-hop trio
Ukraine’s Semi-Finalist for the Eurovision nomination!
