{"id":936,"date":"2024-02-05T14:27:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T14:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panseeatta.com\/?page_id=936"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:51:58","slug":"currelleys-afreet-or-the-qufti-strike","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/panseeatta.com\/index.php\/art-projects\/currelleys-afreet-or-the-qufti-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Currelley&#8217;s Afreet, or: the Qufti Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\"><strong>\u0639\u0641\u0631\u064a\u062a \u0643\u0631\u0644\u064a \u0623\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0636\u0631\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0641\u0637\u064a<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1920\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1920;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/currelly-longer-subtitles.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This art project examines the colonial history of the Royal Ontario museum&#8217;s Ancient Egyptian collection using autobiographical accounts of the museum&#8217;s founder, Charles Trick Currelly, and covertly scanned 3d models of exhibited objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It bases its narrative around two excerpts from Currelly\u2019s 1956 autobiography, in which his archeological expedition in the southern city of Quft was impeded when local labourers were forewarned of its dangers by a decades-old magical prophecy and the vision of an &#8216;<em>afreet<\/em>&#8216;, a trickster spirit. Rather than regarding this disruption as a form of ignorance or superstition, this project recasts the historical event as a form of organized labour action, an anti-colonial strike set in motion by the combined efforts of humanity and djinn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In this interactive painted- and laser-cut artwork, viewers are invited to touch the ornamental brass hand to intervene upon the museum\u2019s exhibited objects so the labourers therein, like those in Currelly\u2019s narrative, can lay down their tools and rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/3H5N-8SJC\">View the original artifact in the ROM collection<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/3d-models\/funerary-model-of-boat-e54a4d04db7448cfb350a9212106a78a\">Download and use the 3D model<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Documentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" data-id=\"1057\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20230923_202157.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20230923_202157-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20230923_202157-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20230923_202157-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20230923_202157-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20230923_202157-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20230923_202157-scaled.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Viewers at Nuit Blanche, Toronto 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"386\" data-id=\"1056\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CROPPED-20230923_204627.jpg?resize=525%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CROPPED-20230923_204627-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C753&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CROPPED-20230923_204627-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CROPPED-20230923_204627-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C565&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CROPPED-20230923_204627-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1129&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CROPPED-20230923_204627-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1506&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Interaction at Nuit Blanche, Toronto 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/panseeatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20230923_184001.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Documentation of Currelleys Afreet, showing the animated, laser-cut and electronic components. <br>The 3d scanned object shows ancient Egyptian labourers who row continuously until interrupted by a viewer touching the brass hand, at which point they lay down their oars and rest.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0639\u0641\u0631\u064a\u062a \u0643\u0631\u0644\u064a \u0623\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0636\u0631\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0641\u0637\u064a This art project examines the colonial history of the Royal Ontario museum&#8217;s Ancient Egyptian collection using autobiographical accounts of the museum&#8217;s founder, Charles Trick Currelly, and covertly scanned 3d models of exhibited objects. 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