Z-Files #34: A Minute of Shelter

Since 2025, Narges Mohammadi’s artwork A Minute of Shelter has stood on Coolsingel in Rotterdam, serving as a memorial to the victims and survivors of femicide. The work was commissioned by the City of Rotterdam in response to the tragic murder in 2018 of Hümeyra, a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Rotterdam.

Earlier this year, SIR and BKOR organised Z-Files #33: A Minute of Shelter, bringing together thinkers and writers to discuss the role of art in highlighting the vulnerable position of women. The publication A Minute of Shelter now brings together a number of their contributions: commissioned essays by political philosopher and researcher Catherine Koekoek and the Viennese professor of visual arts Elke Krasny, supplemented by a foreword by Sandra Smets and an interview with Narges Mohammadi.