Life After Thirty | Death, Change, and Time: Mohammed Ali
By Interview Issue 100
Most would dismiss this lone voice. You’ll always get one, they’d say. You can’t please everybody. But it bothered me.
Read MoreWeb Exclusive: A Conversation with Mohammed Ali (a.k.a. Aerosol Arabic)
By Interview Issue 89
Issue 89 features the work of graffiti and installation artist Mohammed Ali, whose murals appear in cities all over the world, from his native Birmingham to Melbourne, Dubai, and Kuala Lumpur. He also performs collaboratively with musicians and poets. In the accompanying essay, George Dardess describes the way Ali sees his work as part of…
Read MoreThe Mosque Outside the Mosque: Aerosol Arabic and the One Experience
By Essay Issue 89
The Performance MOHAMMED ALI, a.k.a. Aerosol Arabic, emerges from the darkness onto center stage for his 2014 TED talk at the Vatican (available for streaming at aerosolarabic.com). A burly man, he moves gracefully. He apologizes for the way he’s dressed—not in the snappy outfit of a celebrity lecturer, but in jeans, sneakers, open shirt, and…
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