[spectre] Fwd: Fwd: Statement by Iranian Artists | Woman Life Liberty (fwd)

[Arash Ghelichkhani]

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Date: Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 3:51 PM
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in this email seems as if the art students are the only ones who raised
their voice. (in previous uprisings the art students were the most
apolitical ones but luckily this time is not the case)

about the translation(of the first line).
>>[For more than four weeks, the Iranian art students’ support for the
“Woman, Life, Liberty” movement ...]<<
Vs:
>>[For about four weeks, the students of many universities of the country
have been associated with the "Women, Life, Liberty" movement...]<<

from the statement there is no call/expectation for solidarity from the
global art community. and historically we now know that the white gaze
recognition has done no good to their others

in its local context is more of an echoing, energising, sympathising and
aligning with other universities and student movements and invite the
privileged ones in the power position to support the students in their
field.
the attempt by addressing the educational ministry and intelligence
agencies is not a demand for change in their behaviour but rather
documenting their policies. (this list of names can sign the statement
easier both bc many of them are outside the country and in general the art
activities are not much dependent on the governmental relationships)



in contrary in the global context can be read as if you can make the change
by your signature:)
i don't mean to dismiss but there are many more crucial statements which
needs to be heard globally(/also in the art context) and this one email is
more of a change,org pity petition.
i don't like elitism, the art students we talk in here are about the ones
in city of Tehran. there are many more universities/students in the country
which are paying a lot and as cultural workers/art community you have the
access, privilege and knowledge for shedding light on the periphery which
are the main sustainer and continuator of the movements and are the most
unrepresented and silenced ones

(all in all in the local context its exclusivity is partly a tactic to
raise your voice and show solidarity but at the same time is where that has
the potential to be inclusive)


On Wed, 2 Nov 2022, 09:25 ***> wrote:

>
> what do you think of this ?
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> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 09:22:03 +0100
> From: Andreas Broeckmann <ab at mikro.in-berlin.de>
> To: spectre <spectre at mikrolisten.de>
> Subject: [spectre] Fwd: Statement by Iranian Artists | Woman Life Liberty
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> Betreff:
> Statement by Iranian Artists | Woman Life Liberty
> Datum:
> Tue, 1 Nov 2022 06:36:08 +0100
>
> Please find below the press release and the translation of the Statement
> by Iranian Artists, Scholars, Critics, Art Historians, and Curators in
> Support of
> Art Students’ Protests in the Country.
> In their push for the world media to report and amplify the voice of
> Iranian art students and ensure an immediate end to violence against them,
> the
> Iranian art community expects solidarity from the global art community.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
> A Group of Iranian Artists, Writers, and Critics
> statementiranianartists.wordpress.com
>
>
>        Statement by Iranian Artists, Scholars, Critics, Art Historians,
> and Curators in Support of Art Students’ Protests in the Country
>
>
>
> Press Release, 30 October 2022
>
>
>
> Hundreds of Iranian artists, academics, and writers voiced their
> solidarity with the Iranian art students who have been under brutal attacks
> by the
> government security forces for their protests against systemic violations
> of human rights by the Islamic Republic state.
>
>
>
> The statement has been signed by over 600 artists, scholars, writers,
> critics, art historians, and curators, including some of the prominent
> members
> of Iranian art including, Shirin Neshat, Nairy Baghramian, Sonia
> Balassanian, Nicky Nodjoumi, Sussan Deyhim, Parviz Tanavoli, Bahram Beyzai,
> Ruyin
> Pakbaz, Parastou Forouhar, Tala Madani, Shirazeh Houshiary, Reza Deghati,
> Hengameh Golestan, Layla Diba, among many others.
>
>
>
> In the statement, “all forms of arrest, intimidation, and suppression by
> the regime” have been condemned in strongest terms. Iranian artists and
> writers demand “the immediate and unconditional release of all students
> who have been detained.” They also call for the immediate end of policing on
> university campuses and investigation of students’ lives by the
> intelligence services.
>
>
>
> For almost six weeks since the killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini by the
> Islamic Republic police, art students across the country have been on
> strike,
> demanding the end of dictatorship in Iran. Students’ peaceful protests and
> acts of civil disobedience at universities against human rights abuses,
> compulsory hejab, and sex segregation have been faced with violence,
> killings, torture and physical abuses, confiscation of their electronic
> devices, arbitrary detentions in undisclosed locations, abductions, and
> disappearances. University campuses have been forcibly attacked, sieged, or
> occupied by the regime’s security forces and students are being threatened
> to be expelled from the school and dorms.
>
>
>
> The statement was published on 29 October 2022 and it has been endorsed by
> more than 5000 members of the Iranian art community. The translation of
> the statement and the full list of signatories can be accessed
> through this link.
>
>
>
> ---
> THE FULL TEXT
>
>
>
> Statement by Iranian Artists, Scholars, Critics, Art Historians, and
> Curators in Support of Art Students’ Protests in the Country
>
>
>
> For more than four weeks, the Iranian art students’ support for the
> “Woman, Life, Liberty” movement has been on full display on university
> campuses
> across the country. They have exerted their right to civil disobedience,
> and organized strikes, sit-ins, vigils, and other acts of collective
> remembrance to protest against wide-ranging human rights violations in
> Iran.
>
>
>
> In their aspirations, the Iranian art students are echoing the demands of
> Iranian society in its entirety.
>
>
>
> These protests, however, are continuing in a climate where the Ministry of
> Higher Education, in well-documented and systemic collusion with the
> Islamic Republic of Iran’s Intelligence Services are cracking down on
> students through arbitrary arrests, detentions, expulsions, confiscation of
> student identification cards, class cancellations, and even total closure
> of campuses.
>
>
>
> Such atrocities are often conducted by campus security forces and some of
> their regime-backed enablers among administrators and professors.
>
>
>
> Despite the threats and violence, students are insisting on their rights
> to assemble and to express themselves freely and through collective
> statements, they have demanded change: “We will reclaim our right to
> decide for ourselves, and we will fight tyrants and reactionaries.”
>
>
>
> Hereby, we, a group of Iranian artists, scholars, critics, art historians,
> and curators, declare our solidarity with Iranian art students in their
> struggle for equality, life, and freedom. With all of our cultural and
> social power, we stand firmly with them.
>
>
>
> We condemn, in the strongest terms, all forms of arrest, intimidation, and
> suppression by the regime, and we demand the immediate and unconditional
> release of all students who have been detained.
>
>
>
> We believe that the Ministry of Education and its co-conspirator
> institutions are totally incapable of making any fair decisions regarding
> the fate
> of the students. The ominous shadow of the Iranian regime’s security
> forces and their constant threats must be eradicated completely from the
> university campuses and all aspects of students’ lives.
>
>
>
> Art students in Iran are now leading the way to re-imagine Iranian art
> universities.
>
>
>
> In solidarity, Iranian artists, scholars, critics, art historians, and
> curators.
> October 2022
>
>
>
>
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