Artists: Creators of Social Change

• Country: Iraq
• Contact person: info@elbarlament.org
• Duration of the project: 2021-2022
• Project objective: Offering a large number of women in the cultural scene in Iraq the chance to network while also enabling them to participate confidently in the cultural, political and social spheres.
• Project website: Baghdad Tahrir Art – Virtual exhibition

Throughout 2021/2022, the project “Artists: Creators of Social Change” offered a large number of women in the cultural scene in Iraq the chance to network while also enabling them to participate confidently in the cultural, political and social spheres. Women from various ethnic and religious groups were invited to work together and jointly participate in the project activities.

Project events and outcomes:

• Online and offline workshops covering topics ranging from art history, film critique and project fundraising.
• Other workshops with a more technical focus such as editing, cinematography, sound design and scenario writing.
• YouTube channel for discussions and exchanges between the participants
• A virtual exhibition showcasing murals and graffiti produced by Iraqi artists during the October 2019 protests
• A documentary film festival and artistic exchange between Iraq and Germany.

Background

The project built upon the previous project: ‘Self-determined. Women Make Film’ with new formats and new participants who benefited from longer and face-to-face training in filmmaking.

The project is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.