The book also documents exhibitions on Palestine, including those organized by Squadro Stamperia in Bologna and curated by EducAid at the City Museum of Rimini. Additionally, it features a detailed look at the large-scale femicide installation in Udine, created during the Vicino/Lontano festival, an impactful work highlighting one of today’s most pressing social issues.
This yearbook serves as a visual and narrative archive of 2024, a testament to art as a tool for awareness and activism.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ai Weiwei, Al-Hayat al-Jadida, Alberto Cervesato, Ahmed Zidan, Amnesty International Italia, Annahita Mahdavi West, ARIJ Forum, BBraio, Caroline Benarrosh, Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI), Conor Fortune, CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists, DIG Festival, EducAid, Elettra Stamboulis, Falastin Hurra, Fiza Pirani, Front Line Defenders, Fredericl Deknatel, Gianluca Peciola, Gianluca Costantini, Irish Pen, Laura Cappon, Leonardo Guardigli, Mohammad Sabaaneh, National Students for Justice in Palestine, Nick Hilden, Occupy Wall Street, Paola Colombo, Peter Schwarz, Phil Mandelbaum, P.I.T. means Property Is Theft, Postkarten-Aktion für journalistische Integrität, Refaat Mobile Library, Regenesi, Riccardo Noury, Sarah Leah Whitson, Seth Tobocman, Squadro Stamperia Galleria d’Arte, Stamperia Albicocco, Tiziana Mattioli, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Vicino/Lontano Premio Terzani, Viviana Fiorentino.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Ciro Giso, Domingo Communication, Flavio Ianniello, Francesco Arrigoni, Luca D’Agostino, Massmedia.it, Michele Lapini, Simon Robinson
Dedicated to the artist Asantur Baharian (Athens 1924 – 1990).
He studied painting and lithography with Othon Pervolarakis and later at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Dimitrios Biskinis and Umvertos Argyros.
A political prisoner since 1945, in 1958 he sent his works to the Youth Salon of the Zygos gallery, where he held his first solo exhibition in 1961. He exhibited in Greece and abroad, receiving honorary distinctions. He taught graphic arts at the Vakalo School (1961-1967) and in 1969 founded the Ora Artistic and Cultural Center.
In his oil paintings, he depicted machines, interiors, and political prisoners in a realist style. He also cultivated watercolor, painting poetic landscapes. He worked in decoration, graphic arts, advertising, book illustration, and wrote articles on art.
A 168-page full-color volume that captures a year of drawings, exhibitions, and projects created in 2024. This self-published book by Channeldraw Studio is not available in bookstores, making it an exclusive work for those who follow and appreciate engaged art and visual storytelling of social struggles.
Inside, you’ll find daily drawings documenting human rights cases worldwide. A section of the book is dedicated to the Columbia University protests in New York, featuring illustrations that captured the spirit of the student movement. Another key focus is the U.S. presidential campaign of Cornel West, with portraits and illustrations that accompanied his political message.
The book also includes a series of portraits of the historic prisoner exchange between Russia, the United States, Belarus, and Germany, a pivotal moment in international relations.
Beyond drawings, the volume offers exclusive content such as a graphic story by Laura Cappon, depicting the hostage square in Tel Aviv with a deep and human perspective. There is also an interview by Nick Hilden for The Observer, exploring the role of art in public discourse.
A special section is dedicated to a piece on Trina Robbins, a pioneering figure in feminist comics, whose work has inspired generations of artists and activists.
📦 The book is available for order or can be picked up at the studio.
📖 Format: 20 x 26 cm
🖼 Pages: 168, full color
🌍 Language: English
Gianluca Costantini
Gianluca Costantini is an activist and artist who for years fought his battles through the drawing. Accused of terrorism by the Turkish government, he angered many French readers for a short comic about Charlie Hebdo‘s terrorist story. He actively collaborates with ActionAid, Amnesty, Emergency, ARCI and Oxfam organizations. His drawings mapped the story of the HRW Film Festival in London, the FIFDH Human Rights Festival in Geneva, the Human Rights Festival of Milan and the International Festival in Ferrara.
Since 2016 she has accompanied the activities of DiEM25 Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, movement founded by Yanis Varoufakis and actively collaborates with the artist Ai Weiwei.
In 2017 he was nominated for the European Citizenship Awards. In 2019 he received the Art and Human Rights award from Amnesty International. Continue
