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Ian Alan Paul

 

 

Ian Alan Paul is a transdisciplinary artist/theorist currently living between San Francisco, Barcelona, and Cairo. He is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is currently part of the faculty at the American University in Cairo. His work has been featured in The Atlantic, Jadaliyya, Art Info, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, Art Threat, and C Magazine, and has been exhibited in universities and galleries around the world. He can be found on twitter @ianalanpaul

ARTICLES BY Ian Alan Paul

  • The Revolutionary Practice of Endurance

    The Revolutionary Practice of Endurance

    Cairo, Winter 2015

    The feelings of claustrophobia, exhaustion, and asphyxia are familiar to all of those who inhabit Cairo`s kinetic and crowded urban core. Everyone living between Tahrir and the plateaus of Muqattam breathes the same polluted air that chokes much of the city, saturated wi..

  • Resisting Tear Gas Together

    Resisting Tear Gas Together

    You are never quite able to forget the first time you are teargassed. If you’re fortunate, you see the tear gas first being deployed and have enough time to make sure you avoid the canisters’ ballistic paths (police often