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Artists at Risk (AR) Calls Upon International Community to Ensure Safety of Afghan Artists and Human Rights Defenders
Foreign powers must urgently resettle vulnerable Afghans at risk of reprisals and repression at the hands of the Taliban. Gravely concerned by Afghanistan’s collapse in the face of the Taliban offensive and the hasty evacuation of Kabul by America and … Continue reading
Kabul Cinema, 2004
Short Film Single channel video projection. Courtesy of the Artist. Kabul Cinema won the Ellen Award at the Aspen Film Festival in the USA, received a Special Mention of the Jury at the Hamburg Short Film Festival and was screened … Continue reading
Mirwais Rekab
Mirwais Rekab (b. 1970) is a film director and cameraman from Kabul, Afghanistan. Rekab has worked on numerous film, television and music video projects. His film ‘Kabul Cinema’, won the Ellen Award at the Aspen Film Festival in the USA, … Continue reading
Artists at Risk (AR): Year in Review 2023 (Part 1)
Peace may seem hard to imagine in a year marked by unspeakable violence that batter our screens and minds. It is a difficult wish to make, but the artists we work for and with, whose lives and art are coloured … Continue reading
Artists at Risk (AR): Year in Review 2023 (Part 1)
Peace may seem hard to imagine in a year marked by unspeakable violence that batter our screens and minds. It is a difficult wish to make, but the artists we work for and with, whose lives and art are coloured … Continue reading
AR-artrmx Resident Ahmad Navid Mashouf
Ahmad Navid Mashouf from Herat, Afghanistan is the second AR-artrmx studio Resident in Cologne, Germany. Mashouf is currently a Ph.D student in the Analytical and Comparative History of Islamic Art at Tehran University and previously graduated with a Masters in … Continue reading
PRESS: Unesco seeks to improve artists’ protection from censorship and violence by The Art Newspaper
Source: The Art Newspaper Catherine Hickley 9.05.2023 PRESS TEXT Unesco seeks to improve artists’ protection from censorship and violence New report finds that, unlike journalists, artists are often “in the dark” about the organisations they can turn to when their … Continue reading
PRESS: Pahoinpitely, 15 vuoden vankeuden uhka, yritys pakottaa sotaan – venäläistoimittaja pakeni Suomeen, mutta kollegoita jäi Venäjälle ja perhe ulkomaille by SSS.fi
Source: SSS.fi Ayla Albayrak 30.04.2023 PRESS TEXT In English (translation): A beating, the threat of 15-year sentence, an attempted conscription – the Russian journalist fled to Finland, but his colleagues remained in Russia and his family abroad Russian journalist Andrei … Continue reading
PRESS: Pahoinpitely, 15 vuoden vankeuden uhka, yritys pakottaa sotaan – venäläistoimittaja pakeni Suomeen, mutta kollegoita jäi Venäjälle ja perhe ulkomaille by Aamuposti
Source: Aamuposti Ayla Albayrak 30.04.2023 PRESS TEXT In English (translation): A beating, the threat of 15-year sentence, an attempted conscription – the Russian journalist fled to Finland, but his colleagues remained in Russia and his family abroad Russian journalist Andrei … Continue reading
Mirwais Rekab
Mirwais Rekab (1970) is a film director and cameraman from Kabul, Afghanistan, and he is currently an Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident at Moosdorf Korrektiv e.V. in Berlin, Germany. Rekab has worked on numerous film, television and music video projects. His … Continue reading
