A Game of Shater Hassan is a nonlinear, semi-autobiographical project that explores notions of memory, oral history and the diaspora. The project is described as a retelling the story of Shater Hassan when in fact it actively denies you most of the story itself, and takes you somewhere else instead. — Haitham Ennasr
Continue ReadingShe may have traded her microphone for a megaphone, but you would be hard-pressed not to recognize that signature hairpiece above the crowd. Lady Gaza has recently emerged as her latest reinvention, this time from international superstar to – if you can believe it – Palestine activist.
Continue ReadingCooking became an entry-point for me to introduce myself, as a human being who is also a Palestinian, to my peers in Canada. Cuisine became a way for me to express myself, my history, my cultural identity, with a lot of specificity but without being over-determined by certain politics. — Basil AlZeri
Continue ReadingThe Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR) is part of a long-term project that deals with the spatial complexities of decolonization through an interrogation of the relationships between law, spatial production and colonial practices in Palestine and Israel. — Nishat Awan and Cressida Kocienski
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When I slip Nadim Mishlawi’s Sector Zero DVD from its sleeve, my heart is already in my throat. I am expecting to be hurt by these pictures from Lebanon, and the cruel accident of this country’s geography, but from the very opening images I am assured that beauty will be a regular accompaniment. — Mike Hoolboom
Continue ReadingIn this interconnected world, struggling against settler colonialism anywhere is struggling against it everywhere. Any settler living on Turtle Island owes their ability to do so to ongoing genocide and colonialism here. — Zainab Amadahy
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For the debut of her new column "Making it Work," Maiko Tanaka responds to the public programming developed in conjunction with Linda Duvall and Peter Kingstone's "Living in 10 Easy Lessons."
Continue ReadingAs Native Americans and as Palestinians, we are not necessarily political, nor all of us activists. We are inheritors of history trying to survive ongoing colonization. — Jodi Voice
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For the debut of his new column, "Close Readings," Richard William Hill critically responds to the Alex Janvier retrospective at the Art Gallery of Alberta.
Continue ReadingThe Palestinian organization alQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society is a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and queer (LGBTQ) activists who work collaboratively to break down gendered and heteronormative barriers. — Haneen Maikey
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The struggle for the liberation of Palestine is rooted in the struggle against its settler colonial context, and is part of a wider network of anti-colonial resistance. In this issue of FUSE, guest-edited by Nasrin Himada and Reena Katz, we highlight the shared structures and contemporary effects of settler colonialism brought to bear on communities in Palestine and on Turtle Island.
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On newsstands 6 March 2013! alQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society; Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine; Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions; Zainab Amadahy; Lady Gaza; Kandis Friesen; Basil AlZeri; Shater Hassan; Kamal Aljafari; Inside Decolonizing Architecture.
Continue ReadingFUSE is a venue for timely and politically engaged publishing and programming reflecting the diversity of the contemporary art world. Our work fosters the exchange between social movements and the arts, featuring critical treatment of the most pressing and contentious issues in art, culture and politics from a Canadian perspective.
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