Item Archive: Egypt
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Documentation: “The Microphone” by Ramy Essam
Related: The Microphone – A PLURIversity Workshop The Songwriting Workshop by Ramy Essam a.k.a. the “Singer of Tahrir Square” In a series of six workshops for Arabic-speaking participants organised by PM’s PLURIversity at the Museum of Impossible Forms, the Egyptian musician … Continue reading
Posted in Map, News, Pluriversity, PM PROJECTS, Uncategorized
Tagged activism, AR, artist, artists at risk, Egypt, helsinki, perpetual mobile, perpetuum mobile, pluriculturalism, pluriversity, pm, Ramy Essam
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
Posted in Campaigns, Map, Press, Timeline, Uncategorized
Tagged 15m, arab spring, artsits at risk international appeal, back to the square 2, balaha, Egypt, egyptian regime, Egyptian revolution, freedom of expression, freegalal, freeprisonersofbalaha, hasel, international appeal, libertad de expresion, perpetual mobile, perpetuum mobile, president sisi, Ramy Essam, Tahrir Square, tarnac, terrorism, terrorismo de estado, torture, valtonyc, zad
Bio Ammar Abo Bakr
Related: Video Release: #TSQ2 Docu-Teaser ON THE MOVE Programme 2013-2016 TO THE SQUARE 2 (#TSQ2) on DW — TV (Deutsche Welle) Ammar Abo Bakr (Egypt, 1980) is a mural artist whose work adorns walls in cities from Cairo, to Luxor, … Continue reading
Posted in Map, People, PM PROJECTS, Uncategorized
Tagged Ammar Abo Bakr, artists at risk, Egypt, hiap, perpetuum mobile, street art, To The Square 2
Updated Press release: TO THE SQUARE 2 takes over Lasipalatsi Square (August)
Press Release, updated 12.8.2014: On the heels of the positive public resonance generated by BACK TO (THE) SQUARE 1 around Helsinki in March 2014, Checkpoint Helsinki presents a second iteration of the Re-Aligned Project curated by Ivor Stodolsky and Marita … Continue reading
Posted in Map, News, Press, Re-Aligned, Timeline
Tagged activism, activist, Back To (The) Square 1, Checkpoint Helsinki, Egypt, festival, MENA, opening, Palestine, press
RE-ALIGNED recieves commission from CHECKPOINT HELSINKI
December 2013 Perpetuum Mobilε ry has been commissioned by Checkpoint Helsinki to curate an exhibition-process about art and politics based on fresh curatorial research in the MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa) region, and the experience and ideas already developed in … Continue reading
Posted in News, Press, Re-Aligned, Timeline
Tagged Checkpoint Helsinki, Egypt, MENA, Palestine, perpetuum mobile, Phase II, re-aligned
On The Move / Safe Haven Resident: Ramy Essam
Ramy Essam (born 1987 in Mansoura, Egypt, and currently based in Malmö, Sweden) is a musician known as the “singer of Tahrir Square” during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. The song “Erhal” (Leave), in which Mubarak was urged to resign, became known … Continue reading
Posted in Artists at Risk (AR)
Tagged activism, artists at risk, Checkpoint Helsinki, Egypt, Egyptian revolution, Erhal, helsinki, Malmo, perpetuum mobile, Rami Essam, Tahrir Square, To The Square 2
