Author Archives: Perpetual Mobi
Welcoming Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo to Eläintarha Villa
We are happy to extend a warm welcome Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo, a Zimbabwean writer, poet, protest musician, and human rights defender, who will be artist in residence, co-hosted by PM-Perpetuum Mobile and HIAP at Eläintarha Villa, as a guest of … Continue reading
AR Resident – Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo
Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo is a poet, non-fiction writer and protest musician from the city of Kwekwe in the Republic of Zimbabwe. He is co-founder and Director of the Zimbabwe Organization for Youth In Politics (Z.O.Y.P), a grassroots non-profit youth organisation … Continue reading
AR Resident – Barıs Seyitvan
Baris Seyitvan (1982) is a Kurdish curator and artist previously based in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, working around the themes of contemporary art and migration, conflict, imprisonment and torture, nomadism, and exile. Graduating in 2004 in Fine Arts Education at Dicle … Continue reading
Open Letter re Pussy Riot Artists in Sweden: AR and Partners Call for Political Asylum
Welcoming Barış Seyitvan as AR-Resident at Suomenlinna
We are happy to welcome Barış Seyitvan as AR-Resident at Suomenlinna in Helsinki. Barış is a curator and artist with extensive experience of research into conflict and displacement in relation to contemporary art and the conditions of the art worker … Continue reading
PRESS: Will Silence be Golden When Our Freedoms Are Gone?
Source: Collecteur, Dorian Batycka January. 2019 PRESS TEXT: Will Silence Be Golden When Our Freedoms Are Gone? The origin of the word “censor” can be traced to the office of censor established in Rome 443 BCE. While free speech and … Continue reading
PRESS: No Callarem demana compromís alla institucions
Source: La Jornada By Neus Molina
Clemens Bomsdorf on Artists at Risk in Amnesty Journal
Clemens Bomsdorf on Artists at Risk in Amnesty Journal 04/05 2017, Exil im Atelier, p. 58-59 The article is available only in German
Saari Residence joins Perpetuum Mobile’s Artists-at-Risk platform
Kone Foundation’s Saari Residence, which hosts artists and academics, is joining the Artists at Risk (AR) platform for visual art practitioners coordinated and curated by Perpetuum Mobile. The first pilot residency of three months in autumn 2017, will consist of … Continue reading
Art Under Threat: Freemuse report on 2016
The report on attacks on artistic freedom in 2016 has just been published by Freemuse. 1,028 attacks on artists were registered across 78 countries in last year, a number that is constantly growing and does not include the all … Continue reading
