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The Loudspeaker and the Tower was presented at the Kenderdine Art Gallery at the University of Saskatchewan.

It was co-curated by Emily Fitzpatrick and Toleen Touq and co-presented with Trinity Square Video and South Asian Visual Arts Centre, Toronto.

Exhibition photos by Carey Shaw.

Exhibition Essay by Nadia Kurd.

The Loudspeaker and the Tower at KAG College Art Galleries | Kenderdine Art Gallery | University of Saskatchewan, Canada, 2019

"In The Loudspeaker and the Tower, Moursi compellingly weaves together the socio-cultural complexities of present-day Cairn life and the competing civil demands that at face value, can be seemingly solved by the establishment of the mosque—from the mrickmakers to architects and the land developers—is the guiding lens through which Moursi examines its larger societal impact. Not simply a structure that beckons the faithful to prayer or provides a place for people to congregate, but an architectural apparatus that has adapted to the unruly high stakes of land development and profitability. To this end, the words of pastoralist Ali Abdel Ra’ouf Etman in the Stairway to Heaven echoes these stakes when he says, “our land is very precious to us. Its value for us cannot be measured.”(12) Certainly, the value of land continues to be immeasurable in the sustenance of life in every way. To lose sight of this reverence, even when building a mosque, is to lose sight of our collective humanity." – Nadia Kurd

The Loudspeaker and the Tower was presented at the Kenderdine Art Gallery at the University of Saskatchewan.

It was co-curated by Emily Fitzpatrick and Toleen Touq and co-presented with Trinity Square Video and South Asian Visual Arts Centre, Toronto.

Exhibition photos by Carey Shaw.

Exhibition Essay by Nadia Kurd.