Wafaa Bilal (b. 1966, IQ) is an artist and Associate Arts Professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His performative and interactive works provoke dialogue about international politics and internal dynamics. Canto III, his most recent body of work, premiered in a solo booth at the New York Armory Show (2015) and consequently at the 2015 Venice Biennale. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar.
Mirjam Kooiman (b. 1990, NL) is a curator at Foam, where she has worked on shows including Harley Weir – Boundaries, Ai Weiwei – #SafePassage as well as the Foam Talent exhibition. She holds a BA in Art History and an MA in Curating from the University of Amsterdam, with a special interest in postcolonial approaches in the arts and museum studies. She previously served as a curator-in-training at the photography collection of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum. Mirjam lives and works in Amsterdam.
Images in page 191: Wafaa Bilal, concept sketches for Virtual Jihadi, video game, 2008. Sketches by James Kloiber. © Wafaa Bilal. Courtesy Driscoll Babcock Galleries. Images in pages 192-206: Wafaa Bilal, still from Virtual Jihadi, video game, 2008. © Wafaa Bilal. Courtesy Driscoll Babcock Galleries.
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