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Essay#1:
The Performativity of Belonging – in Between Being and Longing
an essay by alaa minawi - Amsterdam:
12 March 2017
image from "face to face"; a performance by lina issa - lights by alaa minawi 2016
In a world that is recurrently shifting its balance between the edges of globalization and nationalism, with the politics of the melting pot versus the calls to protect the unique identity and heritage of each culture, our sense of belonging is striving to find a place. In the beginning of the 1990’s, globaliza
tion constituted infinite variables and potentials within economy, culture, politics, art, and mobility and with the evolution in communication through Internet and social media, the open borders policy, the free trade, and the increasing dependency among countries on their existence the question of “where do I belong?” has become increasingly difficult to answer. The sense of belonging has definitely changed from...
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biography
performances
piano in my pillow . . .
2048 - the machine
2048 - bodies borders belonging
2048 - what does not make us one
that breath we held . . . يَوْمٌ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ
2048 - Identity in dissolution
installations
beyond myself . . .
my light is your light . . .
the bride
sanaa . . . the careworn mother
waiting for it to end . . .
Cobie's Light
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Figure No 7 - Miniature
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