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The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the creative and cultural sectors hard; it has led to further risks and restrictions for artists, particularly for those who were already vulnerable, marginalized, or persecuted. It also hindered opportunities for cross border mobility and collaboration, thereby creating major obstacles for mobility and temporary relocation programs which aim to enable artists from restrictive political contexts to continue their practice. By learning from the experience of the Covid crisis, and particularly from restrictive contexts such as Turkey, this report explores how to support artists and maintain spaces of artistic freedom despite these circumstances. The report provides artists' perspectives and experiences related to the challenges of the pandemic, and presents the strategies they used to cope with them. As Covid exposed the interlinkage between economic, political, and psychosocial risks, the report provides a critical perspective on the concept of "risk" and of being "at-risk." It also examines the challenges and opportunities that affected the work of organizations supporting artistic freedom and mobility, and how those organizations were able to respond to the needs of artists in this period. Drawing on practices that emerged in response to the pandemic, the report develops recommendations to guide future attempts to expand transnational solidarity for artistic freedom in the face of the pandemic's long-term impacts, as well as any future threats or obstacles of similar nature.

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the creative and cultural sectors hard; it has led to further risks and restrictions for artists, particularly for those who were already vulnerable, marginalized, or persecuted. It also hindered opportunities for cross border mobility and collaboration, thereby creating major obstacles for mobility and temporary relocation programs which aim to enable artists from restrictive political contexts to continue their practice. By learning from the experience of the Covid crisis, and particularly from restrictive contexts such as Turkey, this report explores how to support artists and maintain spaces of artistic freedom despite these circumstances. The report provides artists' perspectives and experiences related to the challenges of the pandemic, and presents the strategies they used to cope with them. As Covid exposed the interlinkage between economic, political, and psychosocial risks, the report provides a critical perspective on the concept of "risk" and of being "at-risk." It also examines the challenges and opportunities that affected the work of organizations supporting artistic freedom and mobility, and how those organizations were able to respond to the needs of artists in this period. Drawing on practices that emerged in response to the pandemic, the report develops recommendations to guide future attempts to expand transnational solidarity for artistic freedom in the face of the pandemic's long-term impacts, as well as any future threats or obstacles of similar nature.

Covid-19 pandemisi kültür sanat sektörününde ağır bir darbeye yol açtı, sanatçıları daha fazla risk ve kısıtlamalarla karşı karşıya bıraktı ve sınırötesi hareketlilik ve iş birliği olanaklarına ket vurdu. Bu metin, pandeminin dönüştürdüğü bir dünyada sanatsal ifade özgürlüğü alanlarının nasıl korunabileceğini inceleyen raporun temel bulgu ve önerilerini özetlemektedir. Rapor kırılgan, ötekileştirilen ve tehdit altındaki sanatçıların görüşlerini ve pandeminin getirdiği zorluklarla baş etmek için geliştirdikleri stratejileri ortaya koymaktadır. Rapor ayrıca, sanatçı hareketlilik ve koruma programlarının bu sanatçıların ihtiyaçlarına yönelik sunduğu desteğin güçlü ve zayıf yönlerini de incelemektedir. Covid krizinin riskin tanımını nasıl daha karmaşık ve tartışmalı hale getirdiğini ortaya koyarak rapor "risk altında sanatçı" tabirine dair eleştirel bir perspektif sunmaktadır. Türkiye örneği üzerinden baskıcı ortamlardaki deneyimlere odaklanan rapor böylelikle pandeminin uzun erimli etkileri, gelecekteki benzer krizler ve ciddi kısıtlamalar durumunda sanatsal özgürlük ve hareketliliğin nasıl desteklenebileceğine dair öneriler geliştirmektedir. İngilizce raporun tamamına buradan erişilebilir: www.doi.org/10.17901/akbp1.01.2022

Temporary international relocation initiatives (TIRIs) for artists and cultural workers are a form of international solidarity. Yet they are embedded in a context shaped by colonial history and global North-South power dynamics. In this report, the authors draw on the experiences of relocated artists as well as those of team members within TIRIs and host organisations to examine if TIRIs are currently equipped to identify power asymmetries, injustice, discrimination and racism at individual, institutional and structural levels and to effectively mitigate them. Finally, they develop holistic practical recommendations for greater equity and justice as well as an anti-racist approach for TIRIs and host organisations. This report addresses decision-makers and teams in TIRIs and host organisations, arts institutions, funders and policymakers. Both recognizing the existence of structural, systemic and individual injustice, racism and discrimination, and contributing to their eradication requires discomfort and constant self-reflection. Therefore, this report is an exercise in sitting with discomfort. The authors see this discomfort as a catalyst for change processes - an engine to sustain pressure to enact this change that cannot simply be dissolved by individual action. The full report can be downloaded here: https://doi.org/10.17901/akbp1.22.2022

Temporary international relocation initiatives (TIRIs) for artists and cultural workers are a form of international solidarity. Yet they are embedded in a context shaped by colonial history and global North-South power dynamics. In this report, the authors draw on the experiences of relocated artists as well as those of team members within TIRIs and host organisations to examine if TIRIs are currently equipped to identify power asymmetries, injustice, discrimination and racism at individual, institutional and structural levels and to effectively mitigate them. Finally, they develop holistic practical recommendations for greater equity and justice as well as an anti-racist approach for TIRIs and host organisations. This report addresses decision-makers and teams in TIRIs and host organisations, arts institutions, funders and policymakers. Both recognizing the existence of structural, systemic and individual injustice, racism and discrimination, and contributing to their eradication requires discomfort and constant self-reflection. Therefore, this report is an exercise in sitting with discomfort. The authors see this discomfort as a catalyst for change processes - an engine to sustain pressure to enact this change that cannot simply be dissolved by individual action. The summary report can be downloaded here: https://doi.org/10.17901/akbp1.23.2022

In this comic, three relocated people meet in Berlin: the activist Svetlana, the artist Roz, and the journalist Yousef. They all had to leave their countries due to continuing restrictions to their work and personal freedom. Now that they participate in a temporary relocation program, they struggle with the question of what comes after the end of their funded relocation period. While Roz has already decided to go back home, Svet is unsure and is in the middle of a complex decision-making process. Yousef, by contrast, already knows that he will not go back and is looking for alternatives. The comic leads the reader through an exchange among the three, mentioning some of the uncertainties they are facing, the options they are considering, and the tools that help(ed) them in the decision-making, preparation, and planning process. The most important key words, concepts, and tools are briefly explained in a "glossary". The comic is also available in Spanish and French and can be downloaded here (under "Publications"): https://martin-roth-initiative.de/en/publikationenevents.