The current status of the world has placed us in an emotional non-place: detached, unanchored and in subconscious disconnectivity. For us in Sri Lanka, the threat of global conflict translates immediately to things like the return of the petrol queue- a visceral sense of deja vu, an anxiousness, an uncertainty, an uninvited disruption- that triggers the collective trauma of our own recent crisis.
Muragala l Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy invites artistic expressions as political critiques, exploring what it means to be Sri Lankan as the US-Israel war on Iran unfolds. We are looking for work that interrogates our position in the face of this illegal war, specifically capturing the sharp anxiety of recurring events – that capture the wait/weight, the scarcity, and the psychological toll of a country that is perpetually caught in the ripple effects of internal and external aggression.
Theme: “Being Sri Lankan Amid the US-Israel War on Iran”.
Accepted mediums: Poems, Short Stories, Zines, Comics, Photo-Essays, Drawings, Paintings, Memes, Conceptual Photos, Collages, Collaborative Art, and Adaptations of Art
Prizes:
1st Place – LKR 7,000
2nd Place – LKR 3,000
3rd Place – LKR 3,000
Selected works will be showcased on the Artivism Corner.
Deadline: 22 April 2026
Send to: contact@muragala.lk
For more information visit https://muragala.lk/creative/artivism/
