SHOW:  JOURNAL  CURATORIAL

MAY THE SNAKE BE WITH YOU | با مار باشید 03.31.25,Detroit Public TV (PBS),Kresge Art Detroit
with Toko Shiiki

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The poetic-bio embodies the remedial spelling qualities of our Persian ancient tongues. "Ha | ها" form: snake, meaning in Persian: awe, plural signifier, "Tan | تن" body, "Tanha | تنها" in solitude. Co-presence is inherently present in an act of solitude. 
Tags:
Body Contracts, Bio-heterotopia, Underwater spellings, Poetic Legalities, poetic-bio


G—RAY AREA
06.03.23-07.29.23,“For the Sake of Dancing in the Street,” Oxy Arts,03.13.21,”For Your Eyes Only,” University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities
a new natural for celebrating removed natures and unseen limbs within the confusing realms of public-private.
tags:
public intervention, radical presence, celebratory heterotopia, sensual democracy


TOUCHED : POETIC SOCIETIES 06.21.22, Trade School Festival, Philadelphia
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Somalegal Hotline and Gardens for propogating contracts with body-conscious terminologies and poetic legalities with Anna Andel New York Public Defender and Staff Attorney at The Legal Aid Society, Sarms Jabra Business Attorney and Program Analyst at The City of Detroit, and Zena Ozeir Assistant Attorney General, Michigan State and Domestic Violence Attorney at Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS).
Tags:
Body Contracts, Healing Cities, Experimental Policies, Poetic Legalities 

TELEMATIC WATER PRAYER : REMOooOTE : POETIC SOCIETIES
3.14.22,REFEST Festival, CultureHub
9.23-25.22,JAM3A Festival, Arab American National Museum (AANM)

a remote ceremony for bending water with Saeid Shanbehzadeh
tags:
darkplays, tribal rituals, remote embodiment


 THEY WILL CARRY US : FORGOTTEN NETWORKS : POETIC SOCIETIES
6.19.20, Downtown Variety, La Ma Ma
1.1-4.21, Radical Remedies, Detroit Narrative Agency, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

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a transmedia poem with Halima Afi Cassells about her journey through motherhood, from home birth to the traveling seeds of the Mississippi River, over the waves of Rafael Leafar's saxophone. 

tags:
open journalism, telepresence rituals, radical care, healing justice