Art Practices in Times of War: Ukrainian Artist and Authors Residency

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In June of 2022, NGO Cultural Traffic organised a series of pop-up residencies for artists and other creatives in the Carpathian Mountains, a relatively safe area in western Ukraine. Organized by Olena Kasperovych, an art curator from Kharkiv, the residencies did not require artists to create any “finished products” (artworks, exhibitions, texts), but instead offered … Read more

Dispatches from the Quiet Centre

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Vira Karpinska: Documentary cinema and DOCU/CLUB in Ukraine during war Thursday 17 April 2025 Vira Karpinska, a member of the DOCU/CLUB initiative in Ukraine, spoke about the role of making and watching documentaries in precarious times and spaces, the role of cinema in community developments, and the challenges and aspirations of independent documentary movements in … Read more

PATH TO INSURRECTION

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Path to Insurrection is a visual journey by award winning, street photographer Chris Suspect, whose work follows the destabilising political situation in the U.S. that culminated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021. Based in Washington, D.C., Suspect witnessed the many events and more than four years of protest that transformed … Read more

Horizon Blosom

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Anna Torres and Michael Alpert Horizons Blosom Conversation with Dr Jeffrey Stevenson Murer, Director of the Centre for Art and Politics with conversational and musical contributions from Michael Alpert. Dr Anna Elena Torres will read from her latest book Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature, in a conversation with Dr Jeffrey Stevenson Murer, … Read more

Oqlanmagan – The Unexonerated – Film screening and Q&A session

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In the 1990s, Uzbekistan’s first president Islam Karimov arrested tens of thousands of practising Muslims, imams, and citizens engaged in Islamic study groups, forcing them to sign pre-written confessions that led to decades in prison on terrorism and treason charges. Following Karimov’s death in 2016, his successor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, acknowledged for the first time the … Read more

“Ukraine Week” in St Andrews 

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2024 marks 10 years since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine. In recognition of this dark anniversary, join us for a programme of cultural events that reflect on Ukraine’s cultural and environmental heritage and celebrate its activist cultures. The programme is kindly supported by the Centre for Global (Post-)socialisms and the Centre for Art and … Read more

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Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature With Dr Anna Elena Torres

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Dr Anna Elena Torres will read from her latest book Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature, in a conversation with Dr Jeffrey Stevenson Murer, Director of the Centre for Art and Politics with conversational and musical contributions from Michael Alpert. Dr Anna Elena Torres is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago … Read more

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Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas

Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas – Arts/Photo Exhibit – Guided Tours Friday 15.03 and Monday 18.03 at 3.30pm

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Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro’s FavelasMaré from the Inside is an interactive multi-media exhibit developed by artists, activists, and academics from Complexo da Maré, a group of 16 contiguous favelas (informal and marginalised neighbourhoods) in Rio de Janeiro. The exhibit’s photographs, films, and texts present Maré and its … Read more

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