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Pansee Atta

is an Egyptian-Canadian artist, curator, and researcher decolonizing museums and archives

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is there breath in it the west

50.650 Is There Breath In It, The West

- Currelley's Afreet, or: the Qufti Strike - عفريت كرلي أو الإضراب القفطي

a pink floating dendera zodiac explodes, falls to the ground, and is repeatedly re-constituted

I am not asking for the moon

we only liberate ourselves by binding our liberations with those of one another

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Turbines Curatorial Collective presents: UTOPIAS Performance Art Festival

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Recently classified as an invasive species in Euro Recently classified as an invasive species in Europe, the Nile Goose (Nijlgans) is not documented to negatively affect local biodiversity. Nonetheless, all its legal protections have been removed as it is described as 'aggressive', a 'nuisance' to golf courses, with concerns that it will 'hybridize' with local species. Yet it's historical range included parts of Europe, before industrialization eradicated it locally; who determines, then, which populations are too 'alien' to remain?
So thrilled to be organizing this conference here So thrilled to be organizing this conference here in Leiden! With support from @rijksmuseumvanoudheden and @nino.leiden , and the inspiring @iammonicahanna as keynote speaker. More to come!! @leidenhumanities @universiteitleiden
So excited for the curatorial tour and panel at th So excited for the curatorial tour and panel at the @amamuseum today at 11am and 2pm! I'll be talking about intersectionality, curatorial praxis, and global decolonization. If you can't join the panel in person you can watch the livestream at the @amamuseum instagram page 🎉
Coming to life... Coming to life...
More Nijlgans (Egyptian Goose) experiments. Malign More Nijlgans (Egyptian Goose) experiments. Maligned with little evidence for their 'aggressive' behavior and taking nesting space from local fauna, it's hard not to see echoes of xenophobic rhetorics in the ecological domain...
More Egyptian Goose (Nijlgans) studies. Thinking o More Egyptian Goose (Nijlgans) studies. Thinking of hybridity, diaspora, and marginalization in "invasive species" rhetorics... Bonus: Egyptian and Canada Goose families living in harmony in Rotterdam.
My latest obsession is with the Egyptian Goose (or My latest obsession is with the Egyptian Goose (or the Nijlgans in Dutch); an introduced species commonly seen here in the Netherlands that was classified as invasive not because it causes environmental damage, but because it's seen to take up habitation space that should more rightfully belong to native species. But the lack of nesting space isn't a problem intrinsic to it; it's the result of human encroachment onto natural land!
Thanks for the review, @dutchnewsnl ! Really humbl Thanks for the review, @dutchnewsnl ! Really humbling to have my work described as "one of the most striking parts" of this really incredible group show. Link in bio! 🙂
Thank you @theartnewspaper.official for this thoug Thank you @theartnewspaper.official for this thoughtful review of Unfinished Pasts at @wereldmuseum.amsterdam ! Link in bio 🙂
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