Periagoge
Scenario

Why critical art can face resistance from home communities

My installations about urban pollution in Cairo get praised abroad but Egyptian critics say I am making the country look bad

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The artist encounters the conflict between artistic truth-telling and cultural loyalty.

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Mura
Mura works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African aesthetics — across the continent?”

Peri

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