Item Archive: Artists at Risk (AR)
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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 6 September to present “At the Interface of Human Rights and the Arts”, a talk on AR’s genesis and … Continue reading
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Tagged A European Network of Safe Havens, AR-ENSH, AR-ZKM Karlsruhe, art, art in germany, Artists at Risk (AR), Barbara Kiolbassa, Baris, baris seyitvan, Berlin, digital media, germany, Karlsruhe, Kiolbassa, luis leu, perpetual mobile, Perpetuuum Mobile, Philipp Ziegler, Under the Same Sky, Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, ZKM, ZKM center for Arts and Media
Welcoming AR-ENSH Partner ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
We are pleased to welcome ZKM | Center for Art and Media as an “Artists at Risk (AR) – A European Network of Safe Havens (AR-ENSH)” partner. ZKM | Center for Art and Media combines research and production, exhibitions and … Continue reading
AR-Tunis at Art Veda, Tunisia
Artists at Risk (AR) is excited to welcome Art Veda to the AR-Network. This new Artists at Risk (AR) Safe Haven Residency had already been active as an independent and dedicated host of Remi Sarmini, a Syrian theatre director and actor. … 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
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Tagged Artists at Risk (AR), Baris, baris seyitvan, germany, human rights, Karlsruhe, Perpetuuum Mobile, turkey, ZKM Center for Arts and meduia
AR-Resident Smart Owie: Nigerian Sculptor
Smart Owie was born in Benin, Nigeria, a city renowned for its sculptural background, particularly in the fields of casting. Owie himself was fortunate to come from a family of wood carvers and he learned the skill from an … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Bios, Map
Tagged #aralumnus, africa, african, AR, ar resident, ar-safe haven residency, artist-in-residency, artists at risk, Artists at Risk (AR), nigeria, nigerian, Resident
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
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Tagged #aralumnus, activism, AR, ar resident, AR-ZKM Karlsruhe, artists at risk, Artists at Risk (AR), Baris, baris seyitvan, Belgrade, Berlin, freedom of expression, helsinki, Kurd, perpetuum mobile, pm, Seyitvan, turkey, ZKM
Open Letter re Pussy Riot Artists in Sweden: AR and Partners Call for Political Asylum
Posted in AR-Artist Bios, Campaigns, Map, NEWS, Perpetuum, Timeline
Tagged #aralumnus, Alexey Knedlyakovsky, artists at risk, Artists at Risk (AR), Asylum, Campaigns, Lusine Dzjanyan, open letter, PEN, PEN America, PEN Finland, PEN Sweden, Pussy Riot, SafeMUSE, Suomen PEN, Svenska PEN, Sweden
PRESS: The Challenges of Being a Syrian Artist Today by Ari Akkermans
SOURCE: Hyperallergic Ari Akkermans 19.07.2018 PRESS TEXT: The Challenges of Being a Syrian Artist Today Once artists leave Syria many find that international borders are closed to them as they try to build a professional and creative life in exile. … Continue reading
AR-Residency at Unicorn – Artists in Solidarity, Malmö, Sweden
The AR-Residency at Unicorn, Malmö, Sweden, is hosted by UNICORN – Artists in Solidarity as part the Immigré Artists (IA) and Artists at Risk (AR) Nordic Network by Perpetuum Mobilε (PM) funded by Nordic Culture Point. As part of the Artists at Risk (AR) … Continue reading
PRESS: Ser Jakobstad som självklar fristad: “Vi har en stor humanitet här” by JESSICA POIKKIJOKI
SOURCE: Österbottens Tidning JESSICA POIKKIJOKI 18.05.2018 PRESS TEXT: Ser Jakobstad som självklar fristad: “Vi har en stor humanitet här” Foto: Jessica Poikkijoki Svenska Karin Hansson och turkiska Baran Caginli lyssnar medan Marita Muukkonen berättar om situationen i Finland vad gäller intresset bland … Continue reading