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Pansee Atta

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

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Posted on November 21, 2011August 2, 2019 by PanseeAtta

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Just emerging from a really exhausting but generat Just emerging from a really exhausting but generative few weeks, resulting in a conference I organized at @wereldmuseum.leiden and @rijksmuseumvanoudheden , then a workshop at @framerframed ! Some highlights: 1) Chatting about art with @sarasallam 2) Introducing @iammonicahanna in the RMO Temple Hall 3) Workshop with the brilliant Monica Hanna, Yaseen Aslam, @albadri.nora and @iamarianafernandez and a number of other great participants 4) Restaurant cat, courtesy of @teegs3
Egyptian goose in 'Rest on Flight into Egypt' Nijl Egyptian goose in 'Rest on Flight into Egypt' Nijlgans in 'Rust op de vlucht naar Egypte' @museumdelakenhal #leidenart #artnetherlands #dutchart #leidengallery
Nijlgans Nijlgans
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Horrendous little babies. Love them so much. Horrendous little babies. Love them so much.
Nile Goose on Pieter Breugel's Flight into Egypt. Nile Goose on Pieter Breugel's Flight into Egypt. 300cm x 140 cm. Acrylic on paper.
Work in progress; Nile Goose in Pieter Breugel's ' Work in progress; Nile Goose in Pieter Breugel's 'Landscape with Flight Into Egypt'. Acrylic paint on laser-cut clear Plexiglass.
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
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