Naeem Mohaiemen
Encyclopedia
Naeem Mohaiemen is a historian and visual artist, working in Dhaka and New York. His research looks at the international left and the failure of utopia projects.
in the blind spot of Bangladesh
nationalism", an anthology on militarization
and ethnic conflict. Other co-edited publications are "Collectives in atomised time" (with Doug Ashford, Idensitat Press) and “System Error: War is a force that gives us meaning” (with Lorenzo Fusi, Silvana Press). His essays include "Flying Blind: Waiting for a real reckoning on 1971" (Economic & Political Weekly), "Fear of a Muslim Planet: Islamic Roots of HipHop" (Sound Unbound, MIT Press, DJ Spooky
ed., Runner Up for Villem Flusser Theory Award), "Everybody wants to be Singapore" (Carlos Motta’s The Good Life), "AdMan blues become artist liberatuon" (Indian Highway, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Julia Peyton-Jones, Serpentine Gallery), "Asterix and the Big Fight: Musee Guimet as Proxy Fight against Army rule" (Playing by the Rules, Apex Art Journal), "Mujtaba Ali: Amphibian Man" (The Rest of Now, Manifesta 7 Companion, Rana Dasgupta ed.), "Beirut, Silver Porsche Illusion" (Men of the Global South, Zed Books), "Why Mahmud Can’t Be a Pilot" (Nobody Passes: Rejecting the rules of Gender and Conformity, Seal Press), "At the coed dance " (Death of the Curator issue, Art Lies), "Mujib Coat" (Objects issue, Bidoun journal), and "No Exit" (with Glenn Urieta, Secret Identities: Asian Superhero Comics, New Press). He has written the chapter on religious and ethnic minorities in the Ain o Salish Kendro Annual Report for Bangladesh.
(London), and MUAC Mexico City.
Naeem’s work has been featured in Granta ("Pakistan Issue"), Modern Painters ("Art & War"), Springerin, Brooklyn Rail, and the book "Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times" (Duke University Press).
Writing
Naeem is editor of "Between ashes and hope: Chittagong Hill TractsChittagong Hill Tracts
The Chittagong Hill Tracts comprise an area of 13,295 km2 in south-eastern Bangladesh, and borders India and Myanmar . It was a single district of Bangladesh until 1984. In that year it was divided into three separate districts: Khagrachari, Rangamati and Bandarban. Topographically, this is the...
in the blind spot of Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
nationalism", an anthology on militarization
Militarization
Militarization, or militarisation, is the process by which a society organizes itself for military conflict and violence. It is related to militarism, which is an ideology that reflects the level of militarization of a state...
and ethnic conflict. Other co-edited publications are "Collectives in atomised time" (with Doug Ashford, Idensitat Press) and “System Error: War is a force that gives us meaning” (with Lorenzo Fusi, Silvana Press). His essays include "Flying Blind: Waiting for a real reckoning on 1971" (Economic & Political Weekly), "Fear of a Muslim Planet: Islamic Roots of HipHop" (Sound Unbound, MIT Press, DJ Spooky
DJ Spooky
Paul D. Miller , known by his stage name DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental hip hop musician whose work is often called by critics or his fans as "illbient" or "trip hop". He is a turntablist, a producer, a philosopher, and an author...
ed., Runner Up for Villem Flusser Theory Award), "Everybody wants to be Singapore" (Carlos Motta’s The Good Life), "AdMan blues become artist liberatuon" (Indian Highway, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Julia Peyton-Jones, Serpentine Gallery), "Asterix and the Big Fight: Musee Guimet as Proxy Fight against Army rule" (Playing by the Rules, Apex Art Journal), "Mujtaba Ali: Amphibian Man" (The Rest of Now, Manifesta 7 Companion, Rana Dasgupta ed.), "Beirut, Silver Porsche Illusion" (Men of the Global South, Zed Books), "Why Mahmud Can’t Be a Pilot" (Nobody Passes: Rejecting the rules of Gender and Conformity, Seal Press), "At the coed dance " (Death of the Curator issue, Art Lies), "Mujib Coat" (Objects issue, Bidoun journal), and "No Exit" (with Glenn Urieta, Secret Identities: Asian Superhero Comics, New Press). He has written the chapter on religious and ethnic minorities in the Ain o Salish Kendro Annual Report for Bangladesh.
Photography
Naeem co-founded Visible Collective, a collective of New York based artists and lawyers investigating security panic. Visible's work exhibited internationally, including the 2006 Whitney Biennial of American Art ("Wrong Gallery" room) and L’institut des cultures d’Islam in Paris. His solo projects have looked at military coups ("My Mobile Weighs A Ton" at Dhaka Gallery Chitrak), surveillance ("Otondro Prohori, Guarding Who?", Chobi Mela V at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy), Indian partition ("Kazi in Nomansland" at Dubai Third Line), architectural nationalism ("Penn Station Kills Me" at Exit Art), and dueling leftist and islamist politics ("Live True Life or Die Trying" at Cue Art Foundation, New York). Chapters from his ongoing research on the 1970s ultra left have shown at the Pavilion (Bucharest), New Museum (New York), Frieze Art FairFrieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair that takes place every October in London's Regent's Park. The fair is staged by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the publishers of frieze magazine...
(London), and MUAC Mexico City.
Film
Naeem’s films include "Muslims or Heretics: My Camera Can Lie", “SMS Iran: After Gilles Peress” (with Mary Walling Blackburn) and “Der Weisse Engel”. Part 1 of a planned trilogy on 1970s ultra-left movements, “The Young Man Was (Part 1: United Red Army) ” premiered at the Sharjah Biennial of Contemporary Art.Naeem’s work has been featured in Granta ("Pakistan Issue"), Modern Painters ("Art & War"), Springerin, Brooklyn Rail, and the book "Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times" (Duke University Press).