New project CONNECTING EXILED ARTISTS
D6: Culture in Transit and partners are excited to announce a new project that will connect exiled artists in the UK, Turkey and Jordan through a unique programme of residencies that address the challenges of artistic practice in exile.
Funded by the British Council, Artists Connecting in Transition (ACT) will work with artists who are displaced, whose practice has been disrupted and for whom international mobility is not an option. It will support the practice of individual artists, give international visibility to their work, and share knowledge between organisations.
Led by D6 (UK), ACT will collaborate with residency spaces Arthereistanbul (Turkey) and MedeArts (Irbid, Jordan) bringing in the expertise of the Fanak Fund who work across the Arab speaking world.
Despite the global pandemic the number of people fleeing wars, violence and human rights violations reached a new high by the end of 2020. ACT will connect exiled artists in the UK, Turkey and Jordan through a unique programme of hybrid residencies and capacity building workshops.
In a world ravaged by COVID-19, this project reconsiders new models for artist residencies in
urban settings, addressing issues of reduced mobility due to exiled status. By connecting artists in their local contexts, in Irbid (border city to Syria), Istanbul (main crossroads in the Middle East) and Newcastle (interconnected hosting city), the project will contribute to addressing the inequalities of periphery to centre or global north to global south, and will face the issues of equality for those with and without rights.
The 12-month programme will embrace a hybrid residency model, supporting artists to engage internationally with partners and artists through a mixture of live and online engagement.
Clymene Christoforou, Director, D6: Culture in Transit:
“D6: Culture in Transit is delighted to receive a British Council International Collaboration Grant to work with Arthereistanbul, MedeArts and the Fanak Fund. Artists Connecting in Transition (ACT) connects organisations that support artists who are refugees through a programme of exchange, practice and digital commissioning.”
Funded by the British Council, Artists Connecting in Transition (ACT) will work with artists who are displaced, whose practice has been disrupted and for whom international mobility is not an option. It will support the practice of individual artists, give international visibility to their work, and share knowledge between organisations.
Led by D6 (UK), ACT will collaborate with residency spaces Arthereistanbul (Turkey) and MedeArts (Irbid, Jordan) bringing in the expertise of the Fanak Fund who work across the Arab speaking world.
Despite the global pandemic the number of people fleeing wars, violence and human rights violations reached a new high by the end of 2020. ACT will connect exiled artists in the UK, Turkey and Jordan through a unique programme of hybrid residencies and capacity building workshops.
In a world ravaged by COVID-19, this project reconsiders new models for artist residencies in
urban settings, addressing issues of reduced mobility due to exiled status. By connecting artists in their local contexts, in Irbid (border city to Syria), Istanbul (main crossroads in the Middle East) and Newcastle (interconnected hosting city), the project will contribute to addressing the inequalities of periphery to centre or global north to global south, and will face the issues of equality for those with and without rights.
The 12-month programme will embrace a hybrid residency model, supporting artists to engage internationally with partners and artists through a mixture of live and online engagement.
Clymene Christoforou, Director, D6: Culture in Transit:
“D6: Culture in Transit is delighted to receive a British Council International Collaboration Grant to work with Arthereistanbul, MedeArts and the Fanak Fund. Artists Connecting in Transition (ACT) connects organisations that support artists who are refugees through a programme of exchange, practice and digital commissioning.”