Deen Atger (They/He)
Deen Atger (born in France) is a trans masc art curator, producer, and performer based in London. Their work primarily explores contemporary and new media art, focusing on identity, gender, and intersectionality at the intersection of virtual worlds and technological innovations.
For Deen, art serves as a vector for dialogue, infused with the stories of its creators, and observed as a multidimensional and inclusive manifestation of time and metamorphic spaces. This ethos guides his artistic proposals and exhibitions.
They are currently artistic programme curator at Ugly Duck,
They are currently the artistic programme curator at Ugly Duck, an experimental creative venue and organisation that champions emerging, underrepresented, and minority voices in visual and performance arts. They are the founder and art director of @Disturbance, an LGBTQIA residency and development program supporting queer artists. Additionally, they are involved in partnerships with various organisations across East Africa through the artistic network and online residencies Off Track, collaborate with the music and art festival Kallida, and sit on the advisory board of the queer space Gut Level in Sheffield.
In 2002 They took part in a residency in Brittany to write and perform a new creation called Traversé.e, at ICE Festival The work takes the form of a lecture – performance exploring the relation and intersection of crossing languages, oceans and gender. Recently, Deen has also embarked on an artistic journey as a performer under the name Deen/ø, where they explore experimental poetry and soundscapes.
Selected programme:
2023
Pretty Doomed – October 2023
East African Soul Train / Lost and Found online residency and Hybrid Sharing – September 2023
La Ballade de Genesis and Lady Jane by Marie Losier – March 2023
2022
@Disturbance – November 2022
Otherness Archive – October 2022
Fringe! Queer Film fest (performance evening) – September 2022
Trans Tales for Toxic Time – July 2022
Black Magic – August 2022
Shocked Quartz – April 2022
Second Skin presents HERMAN@S (SiblingX) H. Alix Mourier & Cuco – March 2022
2021
@Disturbance – November 2021
Franko B – I’m Here – a/political – September 2021
]performance s p a c e [ – PSX: A Decade of Performance Art in the UK 10 hours – August 2021
State of Union – collective attention – August 2021
Niya B – Ekdysis – May 2021
@Disturbance – February 2021
2020
@Disturbance – October 2020
Open Space contemporary – February 2019
Dragon T – January 2020
2019
Disorders Volume. 3 – Nov 2019
Sheroes – Nov 2019
Intelligent Machinery – Sept 2019
Achille by Pierre and Baby – July 2019
Guts Gallery opening – May 2019
2018
Art in Flux – June 2018
Nyege Nyege – Jinja Uganda
Kallida Festival
2017
The Museum of Drug Policy – November 2017
Kinetica Art fair – February 2017
2016
Perform Gender – July 2016
Selected Press
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