Anthony Downey is Professor of Visual Culture in the Middle East and North Africa (Birmingham City University). He is the Commissioning and Cultural Lead on a 4 year Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project that is focused on cultural practices, education, and digital methodologies in Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan. He is an editor at Third Text and the Journal of Digital War, respectively, and is the series editor for Research/Practice (Sternberg Press, 2019–ongoing).
You can see more of Downey's work on his website.
Image captions: 1) Aida Silvestri, The Motherland Calls [detail], 2020. Cacao, coffee, tea, sugar, tobacco and pigment ink on cotton fabric; 79 x 102 cm. © and courtesy the artist. Commissioned by Autograph for Care I Contagion I Community – Self & Other.
Other page images: 2) Courtesy of Anthony Downey.
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