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Excerpt of the text

Investigates يحقق

Focuses يركز

Engage يشتبك

Moves between يتنقل بين

Reflects يعكس

Searches يبحث

Navigates يتنقل

Portraits يصور

Attempts يحاول

Represents يمثل

Creates space بيخلق مساحة

Explores يكتشف

Frames يأطر

Collectivity   اوكي

Collaborations (   تعاونيات مثمرة أكيد)

Locality (You mean exotic?)

Trajectories عشان نوصل لايه

Dialogue )بين مين و مين؟

Local context(s) Exotic once again

Possibilities مش شايفاها

Learning مممممممم

Motivated كلمة بتضحك

Imagining realities (I am searching for a reality other than writing applications, can you offer one?) الحقيقة ان بدور على واقع تاني غير كتابة الابليكشنز

ماتعملي شغل بييع

Knowledge production (  بس المعرفة مش بتبيع But knowledge doesn't sell)

Alternative forms (بديلة لايه؟)

Exchange (To match the fund criteria عشان نمشي مع معايير الفاند و شروطه)

Encounters (Sexy, it gives the impression of a well-educated artist بتدي انطباع انك فنان مثقف)

Challenges ( to retire?) أتقاعد؟  

The text-based project highlights the language and behaviors within the art field that reflect the power dynamics between artists and institutions. The work is constructed through two overlapping voices: one representing the institution (articulated through the tone and structure of an open call), and the other capturing the inner voice of the artist during the application process.

This internal dialogue reveals the artist’s unspoken thoughts, often expressed with humor or subtle sarcasm, as a response to the expectations, tone, and implicit demands embedded in institutional communication. Through this dual narrative, the project draws attention to the larger framework in which resources are allocated, selections are made, and criteria are applied.

Ultimately, the work points toward a broader economic structure, interrogating how capitalism has shaped artistic labor in ways that mirror other problematic systems of resource distribution. It raises questions about the precarity, competition, and conditionality that define much of the art field today.


The project is presented bilingually (Arabic and English) by two artists, Rania Atef and Halim Ramsis.