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PRESS: Artists at Risk: Wysing offers residency to artists facing persecution in their home country

PRESS TEXT By Jack Hutchinson As part of the Artists at Risk network, the Cambridge-based organisation has launched a three-month residency for visual artists who are the target of politically motivated threats in their home country. Wysing Arts Centre has announced an open … Continue reading

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PRESS: A new space for Artists At Risk

PRESS TEXT BY Katrina Kufer April 5, 2017 The launch of a new kind of global institution for artists under threat AR digital presence Artists at Risk (AR) is a new organisation for artists facing persecution. A unique format that has … Continue reading

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PRESS: Cultural Diplomacy and Artwashing at Documenta in Athens

PRESS TEXT By Dorian Batycka June 12, 2017 It remains a question whether Learning from Athens actually manages to learn anything from Greece and its financial crisis. Thierry Geoffrey, “Is Documenta the botox of late capitalism?” (2017), (image courtesy of the artist) ATHENS … Continue reading

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Sign the INTERNATIONAL APPEAL against Torture, Beatings and Prison for Galal El-Behairy re Ramy Essam’s “Balaha”. #FreeGalal!

  #FreeGalal #PrisonersofBalaha Read the press release Arabic (Pdf) After the release of Ramy Essam’s latest song and music video Balaha, the author of the lyrics Galal El-Behairy was arrested, beaten and tortured. A warrant for the arrest of Ramy Essam … Continue reading

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PRESS: THREE QUESTIONS TO ERKAN ÖZGEN

Source: The Journal of Transeuropa Festival 2017 (Pdf)   Erkan Özgen was born in Derik in Mardin province,Turkey, and graduated from the Department of Art education, Cukurova University in 2000. His artistic path began in 1998 with a contemporary art exhibition … Continue reading

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PRESS: THREE QUESTIONS TO PINAR ÖĞRENCI

Source: The Journal of Transeuropa Festival 2017 (Pdf)   Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973, Van, Turkey) is an artist, activist and writer with a background in architecture. Öğrenci uses various media in her artistic practice, including pho- tography, video, film, performance and … Continue reading

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YLE Swedish on AR: Reto, Touma and the Thematic State Prize

Thank you Eva Lamppu and Svenska Yle Nyheter for this nice article about some our some of our (former) AR-Residents and Artists at Risk‘s winning the Thematic State Prize 2017. (Try Google translate – it works quite well for Swedish!) PRESS Source:  Svenska.yle.fi Förtryckta politiska konstnärer … Continue reading

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PRESS: Amidst Uneasiness, the 15th Istanbul Biennial Draws to a Close

PRESS TEXT re: Erkan Özgen‘s “Wonderland” at Istanbul Biennale from AR-Pavilion in Athens: Source: http://www.drailedmag.com/2017/11/10/15th-istanbul-biennial-draws-to-a-close/ POSTED BY: DORIAN BATYCKA NOVEMBER 10, 2017 Elmgreen and Dragset Portrait, Courtesy IKSV Istanbul — Following the precipitous decline of freedom of speech and expression in Turkey … Continue reading

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Commoning with Perpetuum Mobile. In Brussels for the European Commons Assembly (ECA)

Ivor Stodolsky en Marita Muukkonen: Commoning met Perpetuum Mobile and also on https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/in-brussels-for-the-european-commons-assembly-eca/2017/02/05   Ivor Stodolsky & Marita Muukkonen The absurdity of our times is palpable. Climate change is like a slow-motion atomic bomb whose red release-button we are gradually … Continue reading

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PRESS: YLE (Finnish State Broadcaster) Interview with AR-Safe Haven Helsinki artist Shieko Reto

Source:  yle.fi Kun oma maa ei anna turvaa – Suomenlinnan ainutlaatuinen taiteilijaresidenssi suo vainotuille hetken hengähdystauon Ratsiat ja vaino kotimaassa toivat malesialaisen transsukupuolisen kuvataiteilijan Helsinkiin. Shieko Reto pääsi Suomenlinnan turvaresidenssiin tammikuussa. 3.2.2017 klo 13:17päivitetty 3.2.2017 klo 15:20 Shieko Reto on … Continue reading

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