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Hospitality, creativity, solidarity: Mobile Talk by Helge Lunde director of ICORN

PM MOBILE TALK at the School of the Displaced The School of Kyiv – Kyiv Biennale 2015 Lecture by Helge Lunde director of ICORN, the International Cities of Refuge Network at October 10, 19:00, Visual Culture Research Center, 44 Hlybochytska … Continue reading

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Schedule of Events at the 2nd Kyiv Biennale 2015 and PRESS

4.9. 2015 Juan Pedro Fabra Guemberena’s group starts https://www.facebook.com/events/754874917954282/ 7.9.2015 Juan Pedro Fabra DJ’s in the Living Room https://www.facebook.com/events/502742843218184/ 7-12.9.2015 Abazar’s Music4All Kyiv group starts workshops https://www.facebook.com/groups/music4allKiev/?fref=ts https://vk.com/club101809595 10.9.2015 The internationally renowned PALEFACE (hip-hop and acoustic) and ABAZAR (reggae and … Continue reading

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Video Release: #TSQ2 Docu-Teaser

Watch Jophi Cragg de Mark’s docu-clip based on materials from TO THE SQUARE 2 aka #TSQ2:

Watch this space for an upcoming full-length documentary based on #TSQ2 (http://www.re-aligned.net/square-2/) and its artists and contributors by the Swedish-Uruguayan artist Juan-Pedro Fabra Guemberena.

Respect to Jophi, who volunteered to make this self-organised contribution which catches the speed and spirit of the almost two weeks we spent on Lasipalatsi Square with TSQ2 in August 2014.

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On The Move / Safe Haven Resident: El Haqed

Mouad Belrhouate (b. 1987) is a Moroccan rapper and human rights activist who goes by the name El Haqed (Arabic: الحاقد, “The Enraged”). El Haqed rose to prominence when he was imprisoned for critisising the king of Morocco, Mohammed VI. In 2011, … Continue reading

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Jeremic & Rädle: Non-Googleheim

For TO THE SQUARE 2 Drawings on banners and leaflets on Lasipalatsi Square. Googleheim is a museum that collects artistic practices which have emerged during popular revolutionary waves and protests over the last decade. The collections show stuff artists and … Continue reading

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The Square Issue #1

THE SQUARE newspaper ISSUE #1 August 2014 Published as part of TO THE SQUARE 2   “The Square” newspaper is edited by Ivor Stodolsky, designed by Tzortzis Rallis (Occupied Times) and includes art by Ganzeer, Federico Geller, Vladan Jeremic & … Continue reading

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RADIO PRAVDA

RADIO PRAVDA I. Nikolay Oleynikov for the TO THE SQUARE 2 Project Nikolay Oleynikov and friends on RADIO PRAVDA: Oxana Timofeeva, Jonathan Brooks Platt, Grey Violet, Lilu S. Deil, Ilya Yakovenko, Kirill Medvedev, Roman Osminkin, Ivor Stodolsky, Paleface, Olga Jitlina … Continue reading

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Breaking news: Khaled Jarrar is coming TO THE SQUARE 2, his travel-ban unexpectedly reversed

UPDATE: (see PRESS REVIEW at the very bottom) KHALED JARRAR arrives at TO THE SQUARE 2  Photos: ow.ly/AniEaEvents: ow.ly/AniL7 EXCELLENT NEWS!!  At 8.30pm 12.8.2014, Khaled Jarrar successfully crossed the border on Allenby Bridge. He is now in Amman. He will … Continue reading

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Full Programme of TO THE SQUARE 2

TO THE SQUARE 2 (#TSQ2) re-invigorates the question of public space as the crucial locus for the articulation of the political and the art of protest. Read more.. Curated by Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen Commissioned by Checkpoint Helsinki as … Continue reading

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Press release: Open call for Volunteers for a Performative Action by Khaled Jarrar (Palestine)

Press release, 5th of August, 2014 Open call for Volunteers for a Performative Action by Khaled Jarrar (Palestine) On Power, Dis-/Obedience and War Meeting point for volunteers: LASIPALATSI SQUARE at 5pm on Tuesday, 26 August Performance: The action starts at … Continue reading

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