The second round of Peshkar’s Crisis Commissions programme is called ‘Communicate’. In April, we launched an open call for artists to get in touch with us about a project they wanted to get off the ground. Some of these were lockdown specific, some were ideas that had been flying around looking for a home for a while. We dedicated most of May to having conversations with these artists, making connections, shaping ideas and eventually, commissioning some of them.
Here are the artists and artworks that were commissioned in this first iteration of the project…