Artists at Risk (AR)

Perpetuum Mobile ry (PM), which runs ARTISTS at RISK (AR) as well as ECOLOGISTS at RISK (ER), is a non-profit organisation active at the intersection of human rights and the arts (501c-3 equivalency). Since 2013, PM has developed AR to become a mondial network of artistic institutions, non-profits, municipalities, state institutions and international organisations to assist, relocate and fund artists who are at risk of persecution or oppression, or are fleeing war or terror. Artists at Risk (AR) has become known as the “go-to” institution for artists and cultural professionals at risk. Since 2013, AR has relocated and funded over 1,100 artists and cultural professionals (principals, not counting family and dependents) at over 330 partner institutions globally. The Helsinki-based AR-Secretariat coordinates the online efforts of the global AR-Team. Throughout more than 12 years of activity, Artists at Risk (AR) has assisted persecuted, threatened or imprisoned artists of all kinds, both unknown and of worldwide renown. Among the prominent figures AR has assisted are the founders of Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova, the Somali pop-star Lil Balil, the Vietnamese dissident Mai Khoi and the Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy. Artists at Risk (AR)’s umbrella organisation, Perpetuum Mobile (PM) curates events, conferences and the dedicated Artists at Risk (AR) Pavilion which showcases the artistic practices of AR-Residents.