Bassam El Baroni

Bassam El Baroni is a curator, writer, and associate professor in curating and mediating art at Aalto University, Finland. He was previously lecturer in art theory at the Dutch Art Institute, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem and served as the artistic director of the now closed non-profit art space Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF) in Alexandria, Egypt (2005–2012). El Baroni's work explores artistic and curatorial practices in relation to technology, political economy, financialisation, and new forms of activism. Recent publications include: Between the Material and the Possible: Infrastructural Re-examination and Speculation in Art (editor, Sternberg, 2022). His curatorial projects include: Infrahauntologies, Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg, Germany; La Box ENSA, Bourges, France (2021 - 2022); What Hope Looks like after Hope (On Constructive Alienation) at HOME WORKS 7, Beirut, 2015; Agitationism, the 36th Eva International–Ireland’s Biennial, Limerick, 2014; Manifesta 8, Murcia, Spain, 2010 - 2011 (co-curator).