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Exhibition co-curated by Dr Myriem El Maizi and Dr Sandra Rousseau (Carleton College, US). The urban dimension explored in this exhibition is integral to the lived experience of the generation of graphic artists driving the rapid development of the Arab contemporary comic art scene. The non-exhaustive selection of works presented foregrounds diverse imaginaries of the city at the nexus of affective engagements and socio-political aspirations and contestations. The authors featured in the exhibition re-sketch/re-write the city in ways that reflect on the role of the urban built heritage in memory work and identity formation, in detours that interrogate and resist urban politics to reclaim a right to the city, to ultimately foreground how comics can help envision more socially just urban futures. The exhibition, which was funded by the Catherine Cookson Foundation, is underpinned by my study of the mobilisation of urban space in the expression of civilian war trauma through an interdisciplinary reading of comics across geographical and psychoanalytical studies.
Artist(s): El Maizi M, Rousseau S
Publication type: Exhibition
Publication status: Published
Year: 2024
Venue: Ex-Libris Gallery
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
