[SHOBAK] Sep 10-Oct 31, Live True Life or Die Trying

[Naeem Mohaiemen]

If you're in New York, drop by the opening on September 10, or the
conversation with Vijay Prashad on September 17.

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LIVE TRUE LIFE OR DIE TRYING
Naeem Mohaiemen

Curated by DJ Spooky
Cue Art Foundation, 511 West 25th Street, New York

September 10, 2009 - October 31, 2009
Opening reception, Thursday, September 10, 6-8pm

Discussion, Thursday, September 17th, 7 pm
Mohaiemen in conversation with Vijay Prashad, author of Darker
Nations: A People's History Of The Third World and Everybody Was Kung
Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity.

A police officer asks what newspaper I'm with. When he learns I'm with
no one, in fact I am no one, he says, "Tell me what government wants
us to do. We are Muslim, and these protestors are Muslim. Do they
expect us to beat them?"

These boys look similar to the crew that congregate in all my favorite
spots. Dhanmondi Cafe Mango, Elephant Road, Dhaka University,
Basundhara City Mall. (Did you know Basundhara is one of Asia's
largest malls?) The same sideburns, sunglasses, low-rider jeans, fancy
mobiles.

Weaving in and out of the crowd, I'm thinking of other men, another
era. Those who survived the jails and manhunts are much older now.
When I meet them they're always talking about failed dreams. Some
argue the historic moment was not right. Others blame organizational
weakness. We didn't study enough Marx and Lenin. We never understood
dialectic materialism. Always men, slightly broken, talking about the
what-if moment of the last century.

Cue Art Foundation
http://www.cueartfoundation.org

We will also have a screening of Chris Marker's Case of the Grinning
Cat, in conjunction with Sukhdev Sandhu/NYU's Asian American Studies
department. Location will be posted on Cue's website.

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Also, in a group project in Romania.

 E X P L O R I N G   T H E   R E T U R N   O F   R E P R E S S I O N

S e p t e m b e r   1 0   -   N o v e m b e r   2 2 ,   2 0 0 9
O p e n i n g :   S e p t e m b e r   1 0 ,   2 0 0 9 ,   1 9 . 0 0   h o u r s

C u r a t o r :   R a z v a n   I o n
PAVILION UNICREDIT
Sos. Nicolae Titulescu 1 (Piata Victoriei), Bucharest  011131 Romania

L u k e   F o w l e r   ( G B ) ,   J e a n   G e n e t   ( F R ) ,
H a n i f   K u r e i s h i   ( G B ) ,  T h o m a s  H i r s c h h o
r n   ( C H ) ,   R e n z o   M a r t e n s   ( N L / C G ) ,   A l e
x   M i r u t z i u   ( R O ) ,   N a e e m   M o h a i e m e n   ( B
D ) ,   S e b a s t i a n   M o l d o v a n   ( R O ) ,   T a l l e r
 P o p u l a r   D e   S e r i g r a f i a   ( A R ) ,   C o l m   T o
i b i n   ( I E ) ,   M i c h e l   T o u r n i e r   ( F R ) ,   P a
v i l i o n   R e s o u r c e   R o o m   ( R O ) .

"T h e   p r o j e c t   o f   t h e   W e s t ,   t h e  N i e t z s
c h e a n   p r o j e c t ,   h a s   b e e n   t o   d r i v e   o u
t   r e l i g i o n   a n d   t o   p r o d u c e   a   s e c u l a r
 s o c i e t y   i n   w h i c h   m e n   a n d   w o m e n   m a k e
  t h e i r   o w n   v a l u e s ,   b e c a u s e m o r a l i t y
i s   g o n e  T h e n   s u d d e n l y   r a d i c a l   r e l i g i
o n   r e t u r n s   f r o m   t h e   T h i r d   W o r l d .   H o
w   c a n   y o u   n o t   l a u g h   a t   t h a t ?   H o w   c a
n   y o u   n o t   f i n d   t h a t   a   d e e p   h i s t o r i c
a l   i r o n y ? "  - Hanif Kureishi


 P u b l i c a t i o n / N e w s p a p e r :   3 2   p a g e s ,   3 1
, 5   x   4 2   c m ,   b / w ,   e n g l i s h .  d i s t r i b u t e
d   f o r   f r e e .

W i t h   t e x t s   b y   A n d r e i   C rac i u n   ( R O ) ,   T
a t j a n a   G r e i f   ( S I ) ,   D a r a k a   L a r i m o r e  H
a l l   ( N O ) ,   Raz v a n   I o n   ( R O ) ,   R o l l i n g   T
h u n d e r   ( U S A ) ,   R o n a l d   F .   K i n g   ( U S A ) ,
 U r b a n   L a r s s e n   ( S E ) ,   J o s e   L o u i s   M e i r
a s   ( A R ) ,   S u z a n a   M i l e v s k a   ( M K ) ,   N a e e
m   M o h a i e m e n   ( B D ) ,   M a r i a   E v a   B l o t t a
&   D i e g o   P o s a d a s   ( A R ) ,  E u g e n   Ra d e s c u
( R O ) ,   M i c h e l   T o u r n i e r   ( F R ) . W i t h   s p e
c i a l   b o o k l e t   i n s e r t   b y  T a l l e r   P o p u l a
r   D e   S e r i g r a f i a   ( A R ) .

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