Dar Al'Artivism, a newly formed Iraqi art collective once known as Iraqi Autumn, is gaining a foothold across public sites in Vienna, staging silent protests that condemn the Iraqi government's choice of violence against peaceful masses. From his studio in Vienna's heart, co-founder Hawy Rahman describes the collective's birth as a byproduct of life circumstances and political developments in his native Iraq that he fled 20 years prior. Abroad, Hawy ...