I hold two passports, but I have lived for long periods in four countries. In my first country, the country of my birth, I was young; I contributed nothing to my country. I was, however, a citizen. When I moved to country number two, I became a civic organiser, I founded three cultural organisations that …
What Makes a Citizen: reflections on identity, bureaucracy and responsibility Read More »
What if, the girl says. Instead of saying, this border divides those places. We said, this border unites these places. This border holds together these two really interesting different places. What if we declared border crossings places where, listen, when you crossed them, you yourself became doubly possible. Smith, A., 2019. Spring. 1st ed. London: Hamish Hamilton. …
Temporary relocation, Exile and Artists Impacted by Displacement Read More »
A theatre director is beaten and stabbed to death in front of his apartment. Another is shot to death in front of his wife and child. A filmmaker is kidnapped, his fingers cut off, and he’s left to bleed along the roadside. A radio DJ wakes to see his car in flames. A writer comes …
There is a shortage of global organizations working to secure the rights and safety of performers at risk, especially theatre artists, whose needs are often harder to meet in cities of refuge they require other artists with whom to collaborate. Despite the excellent work of FreeMuse , PEN , ICORN, freeDimensional, and the Arts Rights …
