Fragments of Afghanistan

Schedule

Tue Jun 28 2022 at 07:30 pm

Location

Haus der Kulturen der Welt | Berlin, BE

Readings, discussions & workshop with Taqi Akhlaqi, Batool, Marica Bodrožić, Lucy Hannah, Moshtari Hilal, Verena Lueken, Annika Reich, Shahrbanoo Sadat, Rahraw Omarzad and others
In German, English and Farsi
Free admission
More information: https://bit.ly/3aAQx0d
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It’s been almost a year since the Western nations withdrew their troops from Afghanistan. Large numbers of artists and authors have left the country. What are they doing in the diaspora? How are their networks organized? In what groups do they gather? What institutional support can they expect and what support do they receive? Do they also receive attention with topics unrelated to their displacement?
The evening begins with the reading of a work by Batool, arriving from a reception camp in Rome, introduced by Annika Reich from the project Weiter Schreiben and read by her pen pal Marica Bodrožić. Afterwards, Taqi Akhlaqi, author and fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Residence Program, will read. The contributors talk with Artists at Risk about rescuing Afghan cultural workers who want to leave the country. Lucy Hannah from the NGO Untold (London), Moshtari Hilal from the AVAH Collective, filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat, writer Taqi Akhlaqi and others talk about freedom of expression and art under the Taliban regime.
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The workshop “Countering Fragmentation” in the afternoon at 4pm brings together Afghans to engage in direct dialogue with the invited artists, moderated by Moshtari Hilal, artist, curator and co-founder of the AVAH Collective. The filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat and the artist and founder of the former CCAA, Center for Contemporary Art Afghanistan Rahraw Omarzad will present their work and share their knowledge with the participants. The workshop specifically invites people with biographical connections to Afghanistan to jointly determine their own thematic priorities.
Registration until June 26 with:
[email protected]
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Where is it happening?

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, Berlin, Germany

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Host or Publisher Weiter Schreiben

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