Item Archive: freedom of expression
All items pertaining to freedom of expression
AR-Resident Erden Kosova
Related Welcoming Erden Kosova to AR-Safe Haven Berlin Erden Kosova is a Turkish art critic and curator based in Istanbul and Berlin. Kosova has been an AR-Resident in Berlin since January 2019. His residency is a cooperation between Artists at … Continue reading
Welcoming Erden Kosova to AR-Safe Haven Berlin
We are pleased to have 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 … Continue reading
AR Resident – Spartak Khachanov
Related: Welcome to Spartak Khachanov as AR-Resident in Helsinki Spartak Khachanov is from Kiev, Ukraine, where he was studying in his fourth year at the Kiev Art Academy before being expelled by its Director Andrei Chebykin for making ‘immoral’ artworks. … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artists, Map, People
Tagged #artistsatrisk, activism, AR, ar resident, artist, artists at risk, Chatschanow, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, helsinki, Khachanov, pacifism, perpetuum mobile, Safe Haven Helsinki, safe haven residency, Spartak, Spartak Chatschanow, Spartak Khachanov, Ukraine
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
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Tagged activism, AR, Egyptian revolution, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, human rights, open letter, Rami Sidky
PRESS: Soldaten in Phallusform Ein Student hatte eine Phallus-Parade aus Gipssoldaten aufgestellt. Pazifistisch sollte diese sein – der Direktor des Instituts findet sie „unmoralisch“.
Source: TAZ, January. 2019 Bernhard Clasen PRESS TEXT: Ein Student hatte eine Phallus-Parade aus Gipssoldaten aufgestellt. Pazifistisch sollte diese sein – der Direktor des Instituts findet sie „unmoralisch“. Lange stand die „Phallus-Parade“ nicht. Auch Wladimir Chartschenko, Dozent für graphisches … Continue reading
Welcome to Spartak Khachanov as AR-Resident in Helsinki
We are happy to announce the arrival of artist Spartak Khachanov to the Artists-at-Risk (AR) residency. Khachanov is a sculptor and pacifist, who will be resident at Suomenlinna in Helsinki from January 2019. Spartak Khachanov is from Kiev, Ukraine, where he … Continue reading
PRESS: RAMY ESSAM talks to YLE about freedom of expression (in Finnish)
Source: https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10506987 Sanna Vilkman 17.11.2018 Ramy Essam, the voice of the Egyptian revolution and “singer of Tahrir Square”, talks to Finnish YLE about the importance of freedom of expression and the Finnish way of not speaking up: – I … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artists, News, Press
Tagged #prisonersofbalaha, activism, AR, ar resident, ar safe haven, ar safe haven helsinki, ar-safe haven residency, artist, artists at risk, balaha, Egyptian revolution, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freegalal, helsinki, perpetuum mobile, Ramy Essam, Safe Haven Helsinki
Documentation: “No Man’s Land” by Baran Çağinli
Documentation of: “No Man’s Land” by Baran Çağinli On August 28, Baran Çağinli exhibited his latest work, “No Man’s Land” at Suomi101, at the Vantaan Taidemuseo Artsi. In parallel with the exhibition, and as part of Perpetuum Mobile’s (PM) project … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artists, News, Pluriversity
Tagged activism, AR, AR Pavilion, ar resident, ar safe haven, Arists at Risk, artist, artists at risk, Baran Çağinli, freedom of expression, Kurdish, no mans land, perpetuum mobile, pm, Safe Haven
#FreeGalal: Galal El-Behairy sentenced 3 years in prison
On July 31st , the Military Court of Cairo sentenced the poet Galal El-Behairy to three years in prison and a fine of 10,000 Egyptian Pounds (560 USD) for “insulting the military” and “spreading false news” on charges related to … Continue reading