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LIDIO We release music from artists, musicians and composers experiencing censorship, threats or persecution due to their musical activities.

Check out the story of Nurperi Orunbaeva, multidisciplinary artist from Kyrgyzstan and Safemuse’s current artist-in-resi...
18/09/2025

Check out the story of Nurperi Orunbaeva, multidisciplinary artist from Kyrgyzstan and Safemuse’s current artist-in-residence.

– My work is a legacy for all the daughters of the world. It serves as a testament to the empowerment of women, inspiring generations to break free from the constraints of traditional roles…it is a call to embrace our true selves and seek liberation from the oppressive structures imposed by patriarchal societies.

This is one of the powerful statements from Nurperi featured in our latest article «Nurperi Orunbaeva: Decolonising the Self through Artistic Practice and Reimagining Ancestral Heritage».

Discover more about Peri’s pathway into the art world, from a courageous act of creating and self-discovery towards challenging the suppressive system, self-liberation and revitalisation of cultural traditions, at the link in bio.

We invite you to our event - burmese q***r film dispatch at  on the 4th of October! ✨💫Yours Queerly presents ‘burmese q*...
17/09/2025

We invite you to our event - burmese q***r film dispatch at on the 4th of October! ✨💫

Yours Queerly presents ‘burmese q***r film dispatch’ - a curated selection of four short films from Myanmar, ranging from 2018 to 2025, to illuminate how the q***r community is portrayed and represented on screen amidst political and societal limitations. The films serve as a reminder that q***r angst and joy are forms of resistance. The line-up will not be revealed prior to the screening. So join us and come in with a bit of faith! ❤

Brief letters and notes from the filmmakers will be read out before each film.

October 4th, 19:00
Nordic Black Theater
Hollendergata 8, 0190 Oslo
Free entry and everyone is welcome!

The screening is curated by Safemuse’s current artist-in-residence, Burmese filmmaker Eddie Htet Aung Lwyn.

We invite you to our event - burmese q***r film dispatch at  on the 4th of October! ✨💫Yours Queerly presents ‘burmese q*...
17/09/2025

We invite you to our event - burmese q***r film dispatch at on the 4th of October! ✨💫

Yours Queerly presents ‘burmese q***r film dispatch’ - a curated selection of four short films from Myanmar, ranging from 2018 to 2025, to illuminate how the q***r community is portrayed and represented on screen amidst political and societal limitations. The films serve as a reminder that q***r angst and joy are forms of resistance. The line-up will not be revealed prior to the screening. So join us and come in with a bit of faith! ❤

Brief letters and notes from the filmmakers will be read out before each film.

October 4th, 19:00
Free entry
Nordic Black Theater
Hollendergate 8, 0190 Oslo

The screening is curated by Safemuse’s current artist-in-residence, Burmese filmmaker Eddie Htet Aung Lwyn.

We invite you to read our latest article: A Dose of Survivor’s Guilt, Recurrent Frustration, and Moments of Overcoming. ...
13/08/2025

We invite you to read our latest article: A Dose of Survivor’s Guilt, Recurrent Frustration, and Moments of Overcoming. It features our newest artist-in-residence, Eddie Htet Aung Lwyn, a Burmese filmmaker and photographer.

Through Eddie’s heartfelt and honest reflection, we can learn more about their artistic journey and the ways they navigate the complex emotions of freedom, survivor’s guilt, and healing through art.

“Do I still feel survivor’s guilt? Yes, of course. But my motivation has shifted. Now, I want to create art as a celebration of being alive, of having survived, of being in community. I like to call it radical joy, because we all need it” - Eddie Htet Aung Lwyn

(article link in bio)

Join us!! An important conversation will take place tomorrow at Hvitsten Salong - Local Practice, Global Resonances: Art...
01/08/2025

Join us!! An important conversation will take place tomorrow at Hvitsten Salong - Local Practice, Global Resonances: Artistic Influence Beyond Borders.

Jiska Huizing, Bjørn Hatterud, and our artist-in-residence, Nurperi Orunbaeva, three artists from diverse backgrounds and nationalities, will take part in a conversation moderated by Aliona Pazdniakova. Together, we will explore which structures within the art world support free artistic expression and how our local artistic practices can contribute to broader social change. 💪💪

 is happening this weekend!!! 💥💥💥Many of our past and current artists-in-residence will be exhibiting and performing, al...
01/08/2025

is happening this weekend!!!
💥💥💥

Many of our past and current artists-in-residence will be exhibiting and performing, alongside other amazing musicians and artists. Each week in August, there will be workshops, artist talks, and art walks! You don’t want to miss it!! See you there!” 🥳😍

Programme link in bio ❤️

- For a couple of years, I felt disconnected from all art forms. Being an artist under censorship and suppression often ...
08/07/2025

- For a couple of years, I felt disconnected from all art forms. Being an artist under censorship and suppression often felt hopeless. But thankfully, art is more powerful than any dictatorship; it is part of what makes us human and cannot be silenced so easily. Slowly, the spark within me was reignited through a new artistic practice. - Saba Pouyeshamn.

Have a read of our latest article featuring our artist-in-residence, , a multidisciplinary artist from Iran who resisted having her art shaped by propaganda. Through her practice, she is finding new ways to shift the story, from suppression to imagination.

Our latest article - “Pouya Pour-Amin: An artist’s journey from fear to freedom” — To have artistic freedom now is a tot...
20/06/2025

Our latest article - “Pouya Pour-Amin: An artist’s journey from fear to freedom”

— To have artistic freedom now is a totally new feeling for me. I didn’t know how it would feel. When I look back at this short period I have worked in freedom, I can see that things have started changing in the ways that I think and create art.

These are the words of Safemuse’s artist-in-residence, Pouya Pour-Amin, an exciting multifaceted artist who was born in Tehran and has over twenty years of experience from music, composition, sound design and performance.

Learn more about Pouya’s story, his refusal to stay silent in the face of threats, censorship and imprisonment, and his rebirth as a free artist. (Link in bio)

Safemuse setter stor pris på at Oslo SV legger inn 250 000 ekstra til vårt arbeid i sitt alternative budsjett! Tusen tak...
06/12/2024

Safemuse setter stor pris på at Oslo SV legger inn 250 000 ekstra til vårt arbeid i sitt alternative budsjett!

Tusen takk Sunniva Holmås Eidsvoll, Ola Wolff Elvevold og kolleger for deres engasjement og ønske om å hegne om den kunstneriske ytringsfriheten!

Rødts alternative budsjett: 7 MILLIONER TIL TRYGGE RESIDENSERTusen takk til Rødt som i sitt alternative statsbudsjett fo...
21/11/2024

Rødts alternative budsjett:
7 MILLIONER TIL TRYGGE RESIDENSER
Tusen takk til Rødt som i sitt alternative statsbudsjett for 2025 prioriterer 7 millioner kroner til trygge residenser for truede og forfulgte kunstnere i regi av Safemuse!



https://roedt.no/budsjett2025

On the 12th of November,  will release her album “Qaf” at  in Oslo. The artists Anja Lauvdal and Marianna Sangita A Røe,...
10/11/2024

On the 12th of November, will release her album “Qaf” at in Oslo. The artists Anja Lauvdal and Marianna Sangita A Røe, who feature on the album, will be joining Ghawgha on stage for the release concert. ❤️

Thanks to a dedicated and talented group of artists and production team, this beautiful and important album is finally ready to be shared with the world.
The album is produced by OK World in cooperation with LIDIO/Safemuse.

For Ghawgha, the album “Qaf” is so much more than a musical work:
— It reflects years of search, observation, and experience. A journey that took me from my hometown to unfamiliar lands, traversing the streets where I grew up to the new borders I had to cross in search of a new identity. This album began as a personal journey but ultimately became the voice of those who share a similar experience; those who have faced loss and displacement in their quest for a home, and who continue to seek a new meaning for themselves, she says.

TUSEN TAKK til SV som i sitt alternative statsbudsjett for 2025 prioriterer 10 millioner kroner til trygge residenser fo...
07/11/2024

TUSEN TAKK til SV som i sitt alternative statsbudsjett for 2025 prioriterer 10 millioner kroner til trygge residenser for kunstnere i regi av Safemuse!

Et sterkt og fritt kulturliv er avgjørende for ytringsfriheten, og for et levende demokrati. SVs forslag vil bidra til å hegne om den frie kunsten og styrke ytringsmangfold både lokalt og globalt.

https://www.sv.no/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/alt-statsbudsjett-2025-korr2-1.pdf

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