Project

Egyptian artists in Europe. Mobility, resettlement and the reconfiguration of artistic practices

Code
01CD12423
Duration
01 February 2024 → 31 January 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Arabic languages
    • Visual cultures
  • Social sciences
    • Sociology of arts
    • Anthropological theory
Keywords
Middle East Western Europe Contemporary Arabic revolution Egypt Mobility political engagement Artistic practices Area studies Art
 
Project description
The research explores the reconfiguration of artistic practices and political engagement of Egyptian artists who have resettled in Europe in the last ten years. It analyses how the experience of ‘becoming stranger’ affects the political subjectivities of artists and in turn their creations. The central methodology of collecting data is based on ethnographic fieldwork in the cultural fields of Berlin and Marseille.