Sketches for an unrealised magazine

This project consists of an A4 sheet containing handwritten notes in Arabic and English, together with sketches executed in black ink. It is the only surviving document relating to a magazine that Hassan Khan intended to produce with a group of friends but that was never realised.
Still in the form of a sketch, the drawing can now be read in light of Khan’s artistic practice, which encompasses visual art, writing, and music, and addresses themes relating to the contemporary social and geopolitical context.
The contemporary art scene in Cairo is also a fundamental point of reference, alongside diverse cultural influences such as William Blake, punk, the philosophical mysticism of different traditions, the various avant-garde movements of the twentieth century, modernist cinema, and experimental music. A magazine could have provided a way of addressing certain themes subtly while at the same time becoming part of popular culture without being overly explicit.
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