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shado Speaks Up with Alketa Xhafa Mripa

EPISODE 01

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Alketa Xhafa Mripa is a Kosovan-born conceptual artist and activist who creates art installations to address taboo topics and to combat human rights violations. We spoke to Alketa ahead of her exhibition in Luxembourg for the Stand Speak Rise Up conference in March 2019.

Music: Ludovico Einaudi

Keep up to date on instagram @shado.mag for more information on our screening of short films themed Changing Perspectives: Stories of Migration to Europe in Mercato Metropolitano, 2nd May.

Produced by Sophie Darling www.sophiedarlingmusic.com

See more of Alketa’s work at https://www.alketaxhafamripa.com/

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