WW3 Illustrated #44 Release Party

Join the crew behind WW3 Illustrated at the Silent Barn in Brooklyn, NY to celebrate the release of their 44th issue on March 7th, 7:00 PM EST!

The issue, which focuses on the topic of "Being the Other," features the work of Sandy Jimenez, Sabrina Jones, Joel Schechter, Hilary Allison, Jesse Staniforth, Dan Buller, Celement de Gaulejac, Leila Abdul Razzaq, Tom Keough, Carlo Quispe, Peter Kuper, Pat Perry, Seth Tobocman, Crystal Clarity, Barrack Rima, and myself.

For a little preview of the issue, see this PDF.

For the release party, it looks like the folks at WW3 Illustrated are planning an eventful evening full of live readings, performances, and interviews. The program looks a little something like this:

7:00 PM - START - Mingle and browse - 30 minutes

7:30 Ganzeer - (interview via video conference) 20 minutes

7:42 Sabrina Jones - "Kemba Smith" - 5-10 minutes

7:52 Sandy Jimenez - "Single Lens Reflex" - 15 minutes

8:20 BREAK - Mingle and browse - 20 minutes

8:40 Peter Kuper - "One Rainy Night" - 15 minutes

8:55 Seth Tobocman - "One City" and "You Don't Have to Fuck People Over to Survive"

  w/ Andy Laties on saxaphone and Eric Blitz on drums - 20 minutes

9:15 - END OF SHOW - Mingle and browse - 45 minutes

 Enjoy!

Once Upon a Time, an Egyptian Cat Was Put to Work

"Once Upon a Time, an Egyptian Cat Was Put to Work" is the title of my latest piece, created as a contribution to the Nile Sunset Annex's show "What Are You Doing, Drawing?", which includes work by Mohammed Abdallah, Hady Anoukamar, Adham Bakry, Khaled Fahmy, Shayma Kamel, Betty Khoury, Ahmed Nagy, Sarah Rifky, Hanaa Safwat, Ahmed Shawky, Take to the Sea, James Wright, and Ayman.

Nile Sunset Annex is an art space in the Garden City district of Cairo started and managed by Hady Aboukamar, Taha Bilal, and Jennifer Evans in the comfort of my own apartment. It's quite nice. Here are some pictures from the opening night, February 23rd:

Open Sesame Documentation

Here are some pictures I got from the work I showed at Apexart in NYC, in the show "Open Sesame" curated by Ola El-Khalidi. The work was created in response to material gathered by Ola relating to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the August of 1990.

"Open Sesame" also featured works by Jeanno Gaussi, Rheim Alkadhi, and Makan Collective. More information available here.