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Welcoming Erden Kosova to AR-Safe Haven Berlin
We are pleased to host Erden Kosova as an AR-Resident in Berlin in cooperation with Apartment Project (Selda Asal). Erden will use the residency to continue his theoretical research in the coming months. Erden Kosova is a Turkish art critic and … Continue reading
AR MOBILE talk at HAM with Spartak Khachanov
Spartak Khachanov will give an AR MOBILE Talk will on Wednesday 3 April from 5pm to 7pm in Helsinki Art Museum’s HAM Hall (2nd floor, Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 8, 00100 Helsinki, upstairs from Finnkino). The talk will be moderated by Ivor … Continue reading
Welcoming Smart Owie from Nigeria to AR-Residency
We are happy to welcome Smart Owie, renowned Nigerian artist and sculptor, who became an AR-Resident in January 2019. He is currently in safety at an undisclosed AR-Safe Haven Residency in Africa. Owie was forced to leave Nigeria after a … Continue reading
Free Musician Rami Sidky – Held in Egyptian prison since 2018 – Artists at Risk
Rami Sidky, a 33-year old guitarist and musician from Cairo (Egypt) has been languishing in jail since May 2018. The Egyptian judiciary continues to hold Rami without clear charges. His supposed crime? Alleged participation in a song critical of the … 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
Open Letter re Pussy Riot Artists in Sweden: AR and Partners Call for Political Asylum
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: Turkey cracks down on cultural workers and academics tied to detained philanthropist
Source: Hyperallergic, Dorian Batycka, Nov. 20, 2018 PRESS TEXT: As Osman Kavala, an acclaimed Turkish cultural philanthropist, enters his second year imprisoned in solitary confinement without charge, the arrests of 20 of his affiliates expose the double-standards of Turkey’s … Continue reading
AR-Resident Tito Valery back in Berlin
We are pleased to announce that Tito Valery will be continuing his Artists at Risk Residency in Berlin in cooperation with the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.). While in Berlin, Tito will be hosting a session at the 2nd edition of … Continue reading
Documentation: Tito Valery’s TALK at ViCCA, Aalto University
Bio page: Tito Valery Tito Valery, Artists at Risk (AR) Resident at AR-Safe Haven Helsinki was invited to give a lecture at the Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art (ViCCA) transdisciplinary Masters Degree Programme at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and … Continue reading
