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BEN MESSIH


ABOUT

Ben Messih is an educator and organiser working with children, young people, and their communities.

Ben initiated and co-runs the Big Family Press, a child-led risograph printing press inspired by the radical pedagogy of Elise and Celestin Freinet’s L’Ecole Moderne. The Big Family Press is currently based at Rabbits Road, east London.

Ben was raised on the stolen land of the Bidjigal (Bediagal) people of the Eora Nation and he pays his respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.  


CONTACT

ben[dot]messih[at]gmail[dot]com


SELECTED CV

Curator:
Fire Station Programme
South London Gallery
2017 - 2020

Assistant Curator:
Education & Projects
Serpentine Galleries
2014 - 2017; 2021

Programme Manager:
Art & Dementia Programme
The 19th Biennale of Sydney
2013 - 2014


SELECTED EDUCATION

MA:
Curating & Cultural Leadership
University of New South Wales
2015

BA:
Visual Arts & Design
Australian Catholic University
2008
CROWNED HEAD





March 21, 2021
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0882681281
ISBN-13: 978-0882681283
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
Madness thundery gist of dream and dross
Ring where the cave of future rings
Cherry between me and the boogeyman Nothingness
My wind-tossed head a flurry of feathers
Shoots sparks as hammers strike anvil
Dazzled by undeserving pure gold fortune
Stormy hammers surround it
Crown it with the fresh forged
Hot circlet of the infamous calling of misfortune
In chunks of the infamous calling of misfortune
In chunks of dripping scarlet pain
I’m terrified all this splendor
Will make it pop  

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