Author Description

Learning from Mega-Events began with a shared interest in the impacts of the 2010 Olympic Games on Vancouver, at a time when this city has been noted as especially livable. This project exists within several forms, each increasingly a residency, an exhibition that commissioned two new works, a symposium with more than thirty speakers, and now this publication. Through multiple textual forms — from semi-fiction to interview to theoretical historical examination this publication explodes first doubts and curiosities. Curated by Ala Younis for Makan Art Space, it features new and existing works Banu Cennetoğlu (Turkey) Mohssin Harraki (Morocco) Maha Maamoun (Egypt) Evariste Richer (France) Oraib Toukan (Jordan) General Idea (Canada)