ALPHA BY THE RIVER

The aesthetic self may have social currency, but sometimes it comes at great cost. Smailovic, himself, has not benefited by his act of courage. But his conduit, the cello, told the world there was courage, dignity, and moral fibre in the artist soul-as much as there was defiance and despair. For no other reason than to express his grief and outrage, Smailovic played for humanity, and the world listened... Arts at the Frontline. A forum for arts-based activism and scholarship in humanitarian movements.