Cazimi Studios announces six recipients of Portals fellowship for SWANA diaspora artists
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Cazimi Studios in Los Angeles has announced the six recipients of its Portals fellowship, a multi-year collaborative media arts project that brings together interdisciplinary artists to explore storytelling, care, and collective worldbuilding. The project focuses on the speculative imaginaries of caregivers from the SWANA region and its global diasporas, working across film, sound, visual art, and writing. The fellowship will culminate in an exhibition launching in 2027.
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· 2 pulledPortals weaves together the speculative imaginaries of caregivers from the SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) region and its global diasporas.
Through film, sound, visual art, and writing, the project reclaims narrative space for caregivers as protagonists—agents of imagin...
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