International Human Rights Art Festival: Hannah Arendt

The International Human Rights Art Movement announces its IHRAF Festival: Hannah Arendt, highlighting the thought and power of the 20th century social philosopher Hannah Arendt, and how her work informs our understanding of today’s social and political world. IHRAF: Arendt highlights her ideas through dance, theater, puppetry, music and other artistic means, 15 performances chosen out of 100 submissions. We looked for performance work that treated the following themes, which defined some of her most important ideas. Banality of Evil: evils can be perpetrated by ordinary people who are complacent. Refugees and Immigration: Their plight is that no law exists for them. Human Rights: Human rights only exist when there is a government to protect them. Totalitarianism: People are attracted by every promise of a man-made Paradise. Truth and Politics: he who tries to free the public from falsehood is in danger of their life. Free Will: When there is no possibility of resistance.