“By aligning their practices in this collaboration, the artists challenge the uses and abuses of history, and present original, enigmatic, and mutant forms that propel cultural traditions into captivating future visions.”

Exhibition: “Mutant Histories,” joint performance by Pansee Atta and Nadah El Shazly, Pique Winter 2021, Alma Duncan, Arts Court, Ottawa, December 2021.

Keywords: exhibitions, curatorial practice, art, contemporary, Pansee Atta, Nadah El Shazly, perfromance, music, graphics, animation, film, electronic, remix, hybrid, fusion, language, research, archaeology, Orientalism, representation, culture, archive, collections, modernity, 19th century, 20th century, Egypt, North Africa, Pique, Debaser, Arts Court, Ottawa, Canada

Image: Ming Wu and Debaser