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‘Street Art by Murad Subay’: Turning Ruins of War into Walls of Revolution – Murad Subay in Discussion with Wes Williams. OXFORD University.

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‘Street Art by Murad Subay’: Turning Ruins of War into Walls of Revolution – Murad Subay in Discussion with Wes Williams

About this event

Nicknamed ‘the Yemini Bansky’ by the international media, Murad Subay (born in 1987 in Yemen) is a contemporary artist and political activist. Since the Yemeni revolution of 2011, Murad has launched several campaigns of turning the bullet-scarred walls and war-ravaged streets into symbols of hope and peace through his art. Vibrant hues of revolution and civil disobedience against the crumbling canvasses of war mark his signature artistic expression. In this session, Murad Subay will introduce his unique style of resistance in conversation with Wes Williams (Director, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities).

Murad Subay has garnered several accolades for his revolutionary work across the world. He received the Freedom of Expression Arts Award (2016) by Index on Censorship Organization, UK awarded to artists ‘whose work challenges repression and injustice and celebrates artistic free expression’, the Art for Peace Award (2014) by Veronesi Foundation, Italy for ‘spreading a culture of peace’ and Artist Protection Fund Award (2020), USA among others. He has his works exhibited at the Imperial War Museum, Manchester, the Berliner Union Film Ateliers (BUFA) in Berlin and at Yemini Film & Arts Festivals in New York and Washington DC among other locations. ‘His work has recently been acquired by the British Museum, London. Murad is currently residing in France as a political refugee where he continues his activism.

This online event is part of the interdisciplinary graduate conference ‘Rethinking Resistance’ at the University of Oxford.

Link for the event registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/street-art-by-murad-subay-turning-ruins-of-war-into-walls-of-revolution-tickets-338167717747
Link for the conference: http://whiteroseproject.seh.ox.ac.uk/index.php/rethinking-resistance-conference/

Cultures and Commemorations of War; Workshop Five – Drawing Wars: Art and Cultural Memory\ Oxford University

Cultures and Commemorations of War; Workshop Five – Drawing Wars: Art and Cultural Memory

A one-day interdisciplinary workshop considering the artistic and visual representation of war.

This event features a keynote conversation with the world-famous graphic novelist Joe Sacco (Palestine, Safe Area Goražde, The Fixer, Footnotes in Gaza, Journalism), as well as talks by the Yemeni street artist Murad Subay, Bram Ttwheam, Monica Bohm-Duchen, Steve Dixon, Johnny Magee and Tony Crowley.

 

The interdisciplinary seminar series ‘Cultures and Commemorations of War’ brings together early career researchers and advanced scholars with practitioners, policy makers, charities, and representatives from the media and culture and heritage industries, to consider the practices and politics of war memory across time.

Funded by the RAI and Corpus Christi College

Free and open to all, including lunch, coffee and a wine reception – please register in advance.

To register for the full day workshop www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cultcommwar-workshop-five-drawing-wars-art-and-cultural-memory-tickets-60116513109

To register ONLY for the talk by Joe Sacco www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/joe-sacco-in-conversation-tickets-60118802958

Optional donations on the door in aid of the White Helmets and the British Red Cross Yemen Crisis Appeal (£5 suggested, but anything welcome)

Organised by Dr. Alice Kelly (alice.kelly@rai.ox.ac.uk)

Schedule:

10.30: Registration (Coffee and Pastries)
11.00-13.00: Brief Introduction – Dr. Alice Kelly
Remembering through Art (Chair: Dr. Chris Kempshall)
Bram Ttwheam (Aardman Animations) – The Art of 11-11: Memories Retold
Monica Bohm-Duchen (Birkbeck) – ‘After Auschwitz’: Art and the Holocaust
Prof. Steve Dixon and Dr. Johnny Magee (Manchester School of Art) – Refugee Tales: Viewing the Belgian refugee crisis of WW1 through the lens of contemporary experience
Includes a short film showing: Unbreakable (2019)
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: War Street Art (Chair: Hanna Smyth)
Murad Subay – The role of street art in advocating community issues in times of crisis and conflict
Prof. Tony Crowley (Leeds) – Photographing Murals of the Irish Troubles [Title TBC]
15.30 – 16.00: Coffee
16.00-17.30: Keynote: Joe Sacco, in conversation with Alice Kelly and the audience
17.30-18.30: Wine Reception

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