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PRESS: Chased by conflict in Ukraine, an artist finds a haven in Helsinki
Related: AR Resident Spartak Khachanov Artists at Risk and its AR Residencies SOURCE: The Washington Post, Will Englund and Kathy Lally, Nov. 2, 2019 PRESS TEXT: HELSINKI — Let’s call them “figurines.” That’s the name their creator, Spartak Khachanov, delicately … Continue reading
AR PAVILION HELSINKI – MASS MEMORY MACHINES
November 1st – December 15th 2019 Galleria Rankka – Eerikinkatu 36, 00180 Helsinki Artists: Babi Badalov, Damian Le Bas, Delaine Le Bas, CABOCO (Benjamin Abras / Nástio Mosquito / Junior Fernadez), Baran Cağinli, Chto Delat, Lusine Djanyan and Aleksey Knedlyakovsky, … Continue reading
Schedule: Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya
Artists at Risk (AR) and its partners have been delighted and amazed by the incredible creative activity of our first resident at AR-Catalonia, Grace Munene, aka Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya. The “Rainbow Ambassador Kenya” has hit the ground … Continue reading
Artists at Risk (AR) Campaigns for the release and just treatment of Fatos Irwen
Artists at Risk (AR) has long been advocating for the release and just treatment of Fatoş İrwen (bio page). Since 2016, she has faced harsh prison conditions under charges designed to silence dissident freedom of expression and action in Turkey … Continue reading
Talk at ZKM | Karlsruhe: At the Interface of Human Rights and the Arts
Artists at Risk (AR) co-directors Marita Muukkonen and Ivor Stodolsky were at ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe on September 6th to present “At the Interface of Human Rights and the Arts”, a talk on AR’s genesis and … Continue reading
Welcoming Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed, AR’s first Ecologist at Risk (ER)
Read Jawad’s full Bio Post here We warmly welcome Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed, a Bahraini musician and singer, as our first Artist and Ecologist at Risk Resident at AR-Safe Haven Helsinki on the island of Suomenlinna in Helsinki. Jawad is … Continue reading
Welcoming Grace Munene to AR-Catalonia
Read Grace Munene’s full Bio Post here Find Grammo Suspects Schedule here We warmly welcome Grace Munene, aka Grammo Suspect, as the first resident at AR-Safe Haven Catalonia. Grace will continue her work as a musician, drawing attention to LGBTQI … Continue reading
AR Resident – Benjamin Abras
Related: Welcoming Benjamin Abras as Artists at Risk Resident, Tangiers Participation in AR PAVILION HELSINKI – MASS MEMORY MACHINES Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Benjamin Abras is an Afro-Brazilian artist and performer whose work explores black culture and the restrictions … Continue reading
Announcing the Artists at Risk (AR) – A European Network of Safe Havens (AR-ENSH)
We are pleased to announce that the “Artists at Risk (AR) – A European Network of Safe Havens (AR-ENSH)” is coming to life! AR’s “EU Creative Europe” application was a success! We look forward to setting in motion this latest … Continue reading
Barıs Seyitvan welcomed to the Artists at Risk (AR)-ZKM | Karlsruhe Residency
We are very happy to announce that Artists at Risk (AR) has secured a year-long, two-part AR-Residency in Germany for the curator and artist Barış Seyitvan. Following his AR-Residency in Helsinki and a bridging period in Belgrade, Seyitvan has arrived … Continue reading
