The Art Persists Podcast
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The Art Persists Podcast is a series offering a glimpse into the life of artists and activists bridging the arts, activism, and human rights around the world. Brought to you by Bosla Arts.
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Visualising a Fair Future with The Fearless Collective
The Art Persists Podcast
04/24/23 • 42 min
In this episode, we speak to Shilo Shiv Suleman, artist and founder of The Fearless Collective. Shilo describes finding her voice as a artist starting at the age of just 13, founding The Fearless Collective - working with communities across the world to create resistance through creativity, and how through the collective she visualises a fairer future.Thank you to Shilo for joining us for this episode. If you are enjoying The Art Persists Podcast, please FOLLOW, RATE, and SHARE. Only with your help can these stories be heard.Shilo Shiv Suleman is an award-winning Indian artist whose work lives and breathes at the intersection of Magical Realism, Art, Nature, Culture, Technology, and Social Justice. She began her career at 16 as a children’s book illustrator and had 10 published books by the time she was 20. As an INK fellow, her work became known when her talk made it to TED.com, and got just under a million views in 2012.She is the founder and director of the Fearless Collective- a growing movement of hundreds of artists replacing fear with love in public spaces and the frontlines of resistance movements.She has worked with communities across the world in 16 different countries by facilitating and leading public art interventions and has painted over 40 murals with indigenous communities in Brazil, refugee and migrant communities in Beirut, queer activists in South Africa and transgender activists in Pakistan and more.
Culture as Resistance with The Freedom Theatre
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04/17/23 • 40 min
In this episode, we speak to Ahmed Tobasi, Artistic Director of The Freedom Theatre in the heart of Jenin Refugee Camp in Palestine. We discuss his own experience growing up under occupation and ultimately finding theatre after being imprisoned at the age of just 17. Tobasi talks about theatre as a form of resistance, uniting communities, and giving children their childhood back.Thank you to Tobasi for joining us for this episode. If you are enjoying The Art Persists Podcast, please FOLLOW, RATE, and SHARE. Only with your help can these stories be heard.The Freedom Theatre is a community-based theatre and cultural centre in Jenin Refugee Camp, occupied Palestine that uses culture as a form of resistance.The Art Persists Podcast listeners can get 15% off Bosla Arts’ 2nd issue, Beyond Resilience, with the code: TAPP.Find out more about The Freedom Theatre:https://thefreedomtheatre.org/
Solidarity as Medicine with Turkish Poet Ege Dündar
The Art Persists Podcast
04/03/23 • 40 min
We speak to Turkish artist, poet, and activist Ege Dündar about his experience of forced exile following the persecution of his father in Turkey, his debut poetry book, All These Things Aren’t Really Lost, and how solidarity acts as ‘medicine’ against oppression.Thank you to Ege for joining us for this episode. If you are enjoying The Art Persists Podcast, please FOLLOW, RATE, and SHARE. Only with your help can these stories be heard.Ege Dündar is a 28 year old writer and activist from Turkey. He has been working at PEN International campaigning for free expression for nearly 7 years across various projects and positions, most recently as Youth Engagement Coordinator. His debut poetry book All These Things Aren’t Really Lost is due out from Black Spring Press soon. He produced a report for German foundation Körber Stiftung on the state of Exile Media in Europe. Ege was also contributor in our latest issue, Beyond Resilience.Find out more about Ege: https://www.instagram.com/egedundar
The Long Arm of Censorship with Chinese Artist Badiucao
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03/27/23 • 58 min
We speak to Chinese artist Badiucao. In the episode, Badiucao talks about his self-exile from China, becoming a dissident artist who uses his work to stand up to Xi Jinping’s regime and other authoritarian governments. He also draws on the ongoing threat he faces by the Chinese government, extending beyond China to Hong Kong, Australia, and the rest of the world.Thank you to Badiucao for joining us for this episode. If you are enjoying The Art Persists Podcast, please FOLLOW, RATE, and SHARE. Only with your help can these stories be heard.Learn more about his work: https://www.badiucao.com/
“Get on the Streets and Rebel”: Fighting Through Drawing with Gianluca Costantini
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03/20/23 • 38 min
In this episode, we speak to artist Gianluca Costantini. We talk about his expansive career - becoming a voice for political prisoners worldwide through his drawing, and telling human stories with books including Libia.Thank you to Gianluca for joining us for this episode and Elettra Stamboulis for interpreting. If you are enjoying The Art Persists Podcast, please FOLLOW, RATE, and SHARE. Only with your help can these stories be heard.
Gianluca Costantini is an activist and artist who for years fought his battles through the drawing. Accused of terrorism by the Turkish government, he angered many French readers for a short comic about Charlie Hebdo‘s terrorist story. He actively collaborates with ActionAid, Amnesty, Emergency, ARCI and Oxfam organisations. His latest books are Patrick Zaki, una storia egiziana for Feltrinelli, Libia for Mondadori, among others.
Elettra Stamboulis, is a curator and comic writer based in Ravenna, Italy. As a curator, she presented Marjane Satrapi's, Joe Sacco's, Zograf's personal exhibitions and many others international drawers in Italy; she is the founder and curator of Komikazen International Festival of Reality Comics, taking place in Ravenna since 2005.
Learn more about Gianluca's work: https://www.channeldraw.org/
Shifting Perceptions with eL Seed
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01/23/23 • 31 min
In this episode, we speak to artist eL Seed about his phenomenal career creating immense works in public spaces; from a mural on a minaret in his hometown of Gabes in Tunisia, to a vast mural across the neighbourhood of Manshiyat Nasr in Cairo. We talk about his practice and how he uses art as a way of challenging perceptions and creating unity amongst people.
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eL Seed uses Arabic calligraphy and a distinctive style to spread messages of peace, unity and to underline the commonalities of human existence. His artwork can be found all over the world and consistently aim at unifying communities and redressing stereotypes. His work has been shown in exhibitions and in public places all over the world including most notably on the façade of L’Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, in the favelas of Rio di Janeiro, on the DMZ in between North and South Korea, in the slums of Cape Town and in the heart of Cairo’s garbage collectors neighbourhood. In 2017, he won the UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture. He was named a Global Thinker in 2016 by Foreign Policy for his project ‘Perception’ in Cairo. In 2013, he collaborated with Louis Vuitton on their famous ‘Foulard d’Artiste’.
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Examining the Colonial Destruction of Traditional Values with Nigerian Artist Jelili Atiku
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01/09/23 • 37 min
In this episode, we speak to Nigerian multi-disciplinary artist Jelili Atiku. We discuss his performance work that highlights social issues in Nigeria and beyond including political assassinations, the devasting impact of Boko Haram, and the destruction of traditional values by the British during colonialism.
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Jelili Atiku is a Nigerian multimedia artist with political concerns for human rights and justice. Through drawing, installation sculpture, photography, video and live art performance; he strives to help viewers understand the world and expanding their understanding and experiences, so that they can activate and renew their lives and environments.
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Honouring Women Silenced In the Past with Iranian Artist Soheila Sokhanvari
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12/19/22 • 35 min
In this episode, we speak to Iranian visual artist Soheila Sokhanvari. We chat about her experience leaving Iran to the UK as a young woman, the road accident that caused her to leave her career as a biochemist and pursue her dream of becoming an artist, and her current exhibition Rebel Rebel, honouring 28 Iranian female artists who were forced to abandon their careers after the Iranian Revolution in the 70s.
Thank you to Soheila for joining us for this episode. If you are enjoying The Art Persists Podcast, please FOLLOW, RATE, and SHARE. Only with your help can these stories be heard.
“It’s About Life” - Syrian Filmmaker Waad al-Kateab on Documenting Life During War
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12/12/22 • 37 min
In this episode, we speak to Syrian activist and filmmaker Waad al-Kateab. We discuss her early life growing up in Syria and her experience of the Syrian Revolution in 2011 which soon descended into war. Waad describes her life during the war as a young mother, filmmaker, and human being, and her experience of fame after the release of For Sama.
Thank you to Waad for joining us for this episode. If you are enjoying The Art Persists Podcast, please FOLLOW, RATE, and SHARE. Only with your help can these stories be heard.
Waad al-Kateab is a Syrian activist and award-winning filmmaker, whose debut feature film, For Sama, won a BAFTA for Best Documentary and received a nomination at the Academy Awards 2020. Waad, who lives in London with her family, is currently working on a new documentary covering the Olympic Refugee Team, commissioned by the IOC for XTR, working alongside Oscar-winning producer Joanna Natasegara. Waad also dedicates time to her advocacy campaign, Action For Sama.
A Refugee Week Special: Mental Health, Resilience & the Arts
The Art Persists Podcast
07/24/23 • 70 min
We are back! Launching Season 4 with a special episode recorded live during Refugee Week in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts. The conversation brought together 3 renowned artists Laura Nyahuye, Ghafar Tajmohammad, and Olga Tkachenko, together, we spoke about the place of art in mental health recovery, along with resilience and it’s limitations in each of the artists’ contexts; from addressing social issues through art, to the Afghan diaspora experience, and finally escaping war in Ukraine.In this episode, we are lucky to include music by USTAVI, who also performed during the event. As always, if you are enjoying Art Persists please leave a review wherever you listen. Only with your help can these important stories be heard.
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How many episodes does The Art Persists Podcast have?
The Art Persists Podcast currently has 47 episodes available.
What topics does The Art Persists Podcast cover?
The podcast is about News, Visual Arts, Podcasts, Arts and Politics.
What is the most popular episode on The Art Persists Podcast?
The episode title 'A Refugee Week Special: Mental Health, Resilience & the Arts' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Art Persists Podcast?
The average episode length on The Art Persists Podcast is 38 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Art Persists Podcast released?
Episodes of The Art Persists Podcast are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Art Persists Podcast?
The first episode of The Art Persists Podcast was released on Jun 26, 2022.
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