Land of Human Rights

Notes

Poster for the campaign Land of Human Rights, a project by ,association for contemporary art in Graz, questioning European human rights issues. Printed and distributed between 2007 and 2009, the front side of the posters presents works of artists on current human rights issues. The back side features short texts of human rights activists, theorists or people affected by human rights. Text in English, German, Turkish and Serbian.

Editor various
Reference P1175
Date 2009
Type Publication

Keywords

activists contemporary art Europe human rights

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