"Artists at Risk (AR) is a non-profit organization at the intersection of human rights and the arts, with a mandate to assist artists whose freedom, livelihood, and lives are at risk from politically motivated oppression and state violence. Set up by the curatorial platform Perpetuum Mobile (PM) in 2013, the organization has been collaborating with arts non-profits and government funders to assist artists who are at risk politically and fleeing oppression and war in locations all over the world. The organization has assisted many artists, including Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova. The rhizome-like organization is constantly working toward building a horizontal network of safe havens for artists at risk around the world. Before the Ukrainian war, the AR network consisted of twenty-six residencies, the Artists at Risk Pavilions, and curated programs. The residencies are designed to offer temporary relocation for artists who are facing persecution because of the views they hold and express through their practices. In a time of unprecedented global upheaval and constant crisis, the founders Marita Muukkonen and Ivor Stodolsky are busy trying to coordinate a quickly expanding network."