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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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November 20, 2021
Hong Kong artists under attack: "Freedom of expression is eroding"
topic:Freedom of Expression
by:Sasha Kong
Hong Kong's leadership is actively censoring local artists, imposing fines and arrests on anyone deemed a 'threat' to national security.
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November 15, 2021
From the red carpet to the studio floor
topic:Arts
by:Anu Shukla
Artist Adrian Ekenhall speaks out about the swelling homelessness crisis in the UK and his initiative to support housing-insecure artists in the country.
Protector Monuments
October 07, 2021
I Am Your Protector: dissolving xenophobia with storytelling and art
topic:Arts
by:Gerardo Bandera
I Am Your Protector is an NGO that shares stories of heroes from diverse backgrounds to undo lines of division. It held an exhibit in New York City.
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September 24, 2021
Januário Jano: Telling the African story through art
topic:Arts
by:Bob Koigi
In an interview with FairPlanet, Angolan artist Januário Jano explains his mission of telling African narratives in African ways, by Africans.
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February 24, 2021
The Archipelago: refugees in Indonesia are raising their voices
topic:Refugees and Asylum
by:Magdalena Rojo
Warsan Weedhsan, an African refugee in Indonesia, has founded The Archipelago - an artist collective amplifying voices of asylum seekers living in limbo.
Luciddreaming
November 24, 2020
Lucid dreaming: a universal passport to freedom of movement?
topic:Refugees and Asylum
by:Anu Shukla
Potent Whisper's project "Lucid Lovers" draws on the darkness of such scenarios that affect millions of asylum seekers across the world.
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October 26, 2020
“Where is South?”: Young creatives redefine the concept of South
topic:Arts
by:Yair Oded
90 young people from around the world redefined the concept of "south" through a Moleskine Foundation workshop and exhibition.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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