Author Archives: ias
SAFE HAVEN panel at EU Parliament: conference on asylum and migration
UPDATE. DOCUMENTATION OF THE CONFERENCE and photos at the bottom, here: http://www.europarl.de/de/aktuell_presse/veranstaltungen/epdebatte/fluchtlingskonferenz.html As the next phase in its SAFE HAVENS for ARTISTS AT RISK platform (www.ArtistsatRisk.org), PM-Perpetuum Mobile is taking the first steps towards establishing a SAFE HAVEN – BERLIN. … Continue reading
Nadezhda Tolikonnikova (Pussy Riot) and Artists at Risk (AR)
Nadezhda Tolikonnikova, one of the leading figures of the (in)famous group, Pussy Riot, has been a part of several Perpetuum Mobile (PM) projects. Related: AR-Safe Haven Panel at EU Parliamentary Conference, Berlin The Square Newspaper of TSQ2 of the RE-ALIGNED … Continue reading
MOBILE TALK by Poka-Yio co-director of the Athens Biennale at Frame Visual Art Finland
POKA-YIO, artist, curator and co-founding director of the Athens Biennale MOBILE TALK / Frame – Visual Art Finland A part of the guest curator programme of FRAME On invitation of PM (Perpetuum Mobile) for the MOBILE TALKS series 8 … Continue reading
Jowan Safadi, Palestinian musician extraordinaire, AR-Resident at Safe Haven Helsinki
Check out Jowan Safadi’s explosive material http://mondoweiss.net/2015/08/radical-talent-safadis/ BIO / BACKGROUND Jowan Safadi started his career as a singer, songwriter and frontman of “Lenses”, a project that he collaborated on with Israeli musicians, and which was active until late 2007 producing three … Continue reading
Hospitality, creativity, solidarity: Mobile Talk by Helge Lunde director of ICORN
PM MOBILE TALK at the School of the Displaced The School of Kyiv – Kyiv Biennale 2015 Lecture by Helge Lunde director of ICORN, the International Cities of Refuge Network at October 10, 19:00, Visual Culture Research Center, 44 Hlybochytska … Continue reading
The School of the Displaced at the Kyiv Biennial
As a tragic site of conflict in Europe today, one of the main emphases of The School of the Displaced at the School of Kyiv – Kyiv Biennial 2015 will be the current situation in Ukraine. Kiev in particular faces … Continue reading
El Haqed, AR-Resident at Safe Haven Helsinki (Nordic Fresh Air)
Mouad Belrhouate (b. 1987) is a Moroccan rapper and human rights activist who goes by the name El Haqed (Arabic: الحاقد, “The Enraged”). Related DEBT: IOU or They-O-Us? El Haqed rose to prominence when he was imprisoned for criticizing the king of … Continue reading
Vasyl Cherepanyn: AR-Resident at Safe Haven Helsinki (Nordic Fresh Air)
Vasyl Cherepanyn (b.1988) is head of the Visual Culture Research Center and an editor of the Political Critique magazine (Ukrainian edition). He works as a senior lecturer at the Cultural Studies Department of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and holds a … Continue reading
Issa Touma, AR-Resident at Safe Haven Helsinki (Nordic Fresh Air)
Issa Touma is a photographer and curator from Aleppo (Syria). His photographic work can be found in major museum collections, and his recent film “9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo” has received international accolades, including the European Short … Continue reading