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Perpetuum Mobile / Artists at Risk wins EUROPEAN CITIZEN’S PRIZE

Perpetuum Mobilε is delighted to reveal that PM’s Artists at Risk (AR) platform has been awarded the EUROPEAN CITIZEN’S PRIZE of the European Parliament! A Finnish press event will take place on 1 July at 9.30 am at the European … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Memories of Dead Cities / Syria: exhibition by Issa Touma

The exhibition Memories of Dead Cities / Syria takes us to the streets of Aleppo both before the war and in the midst of a war zone. Opening on Friday, 21 November, 6–8 pm at TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere. Issa Touma from … Continue reading

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Issa Touma – Syrian Lecture Series

Photographer and curator Issa Touma will give three talks during October at the University of Helsinki. Held at the city centre campus, the talks are open to public. Art in a War Zone Tuesday, 14 October, 4–6 pm University of … Continue reading

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ON THE MOVE: programme 2013-2016

On the Move: Political Strategies in Art addresses the ongoing global political and economical shifts reflected in the works of artists and their chosen working strategies in the real world. The Western (art)world often romanticizes the waves of activist art, … Continue reading

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