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Stories / Arts

We believe that art is another mode of truth. To detect truth we collaborate with artists, we produce stories about and by artists. These stories look into how human rights and ecological issues inform their work and whereby their work generates impact.

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sicily_migrants
September 11, 2020
Nigerian migrants at the heart of afrobeat revolution in Sicily, Italy
topic: Migration
by: Bob Koigi
Social media has been pivotal in exposing the music of African migrants to large audiences, sharing what it means to search for a better future in Italy.
Call me Neguinho_Woman © Selim Harbi
September 01, 2020
Breaking through the narrative of slavery
topic: Arts
by: Murat Suner
Call me Neguinho, directed and written by Selim Harbi and produced by FairPlanet, won Best Documentary at the 2020 Accra Indie Filmfest.
srebrenica
July 27, 2020
Ethnocentrism: We recognise our victims, not yours
topic: Genocide
by: Katarina Panić
The extent of the Srebrenica genocide is still being denied and its convicted war criminals glorified. Artist Aida Šehović fights for remembrance.
SahraaKarimi
May 12, 2020
Sahraa Karimi: The world has to know other stories from Afghanistan
topic: Women’s rights
by: Magdalena Rojo
Director Sahraa Karimi, first female chairperson of the Afgan Film Organisation, successfully tells the stories of women to end patriarchy in her country.
NEPAL_TTEC_Students_Nov_2019
May 06, 2020
Through the Eyes of Children
topic: Child rights
by: Bob Koigi
How Rwandan children are using photography to heal from genocide and tell individual stories.
El bosque encarnado still 5
May 01, 2020
A La Luz emerges as platform for environmentally-focused artwork
topic: Arts
by: Yair Oded
A La Luz is an online platform featuring environmentally-minded creative works of artists from across the world.
africanart
April 29, 2020
The return of stolen African artefacts by European museums
topic: Colonialism
by: Bob Koigi
The need to return African treasures stashed in European museums rekindles memories of the forceful entry to Africa and its impact on generations.
gender electronic music
April 17, 2020
Smashing the patriarchy one BPM at a time
topic: Women’s rights
by: Anu Shukla
Race and gender inequality in the music industry have continued over eons. And the electronic music scene has certainly been no innocent bystander.
italy migration
February 24, 2020
Solo Andata - Everyone is a migrant
topic: Refugees and Asylum
by: Lev Nordstrom
partner: Greedy for Best Music
Italy's Canzionere Grecanico Salentino release a haunting tribute to "The Uncountable"
Newton
December 16, 2019
"The Unter-class is the Whole Ecosystem"
topic: Arts
by: Hanno Hauenstein
Long before global warming entered public consciousness, Newton Harrison considered its effects through maps, talks, and various other artistic means.
05
July 08, 2019
Music over migration or early marriage
topic: Arts
by: Magdalena Rojo
In Calmécac, students study music but they also learn how to value their indigenous culture and share it with others.
Jesús Cossio
April 08, 2019
The power of a comic as historical memory
topic: Peace and Reconciliation
by: Pablo Pérez Álvarez
Jesús Cossio (Lima, 1974) is a Peruvian comic illustrator who has published several comic books and graphic works focused in the internal conflict in Peru.
bykidsmike Kopie
March 25, 2019
Films BYkids: a new era of global engagement and education
topic: Child rights
by: Yair Oded
BYkids teams up children from across the world with filmmakers in order to document global issues from their own point of view.
Medellin
March 22, 2019
"Who has won this war?"
topic: Peace and Reconciliation
by: Pablo Pérez Álvarez
Route 60, which connects the two most important cities of Colombia, Medellín and Bogotá, became between 1990 and 2000 a scenario of terror and death.
DAWDA_JOBARTEH_Sascha_Kajic
March 20, 2019
Senegambian Vibes
topic: Arts
by: Frank Odenthal
One of the rising stars in kora music is the Gambian Dawda Jobarteh. FAIRPLANET had a word with him about his new album and his evolution as a kora player.
Kenya
February 27, 2019
The patent wars pitting Africa against multinationals
topic: Economic Fairness
by: Bob Koigi
How a video of the national anthem posted on Youtube received a copyright strike.
Unbenannt-1
February 07, 2019
The sky‘s the limit for Sebastian Urbanski
topic: Human Rights
by: Frank Odenthal
Down syndrome did not stop Sebastian Urbanski becoming a member of the federal Executive Board of the German organisation, Lebenshilfe.
UK univsity
January 08, 2019
Excel spreadsheets and walkie talkies
topic: Economic Inclusion
partner: Screen Shot
Are we stuck in a limbo between a past of steady promotions and less competition and a bright future of universal pay, four day weeks and automation?
IMG-20181108-WA0010
November 26, 2018
Monetizing plastic waste through art … Serge Attukey shows the way
topic: Arts
by: Kwabena Adu Koranteng
Renowned American sociologist, Charles Horton Cooley once said “An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one”.
trump painting
November 07, 2018
There's a new painting in the White House
topic: Arts
partner: Screen Shot
Donald Trump is not a man known for his taste.
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