Kader Attia: The Landing Strip
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The Landing Strip is a photographic series by French-Algerian artist Kader Attia (born 1970) that documents the lives of a group of Algerian transgender sex workers living in Paris in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Focusing on the group's shared intimacy, and taken over a period of roughly two years, Attia sought to capture and present the real lives of those in the community.
The title of the series is the name give by the women to the boulevard on which they work. This long straight road, which separates the centre of Paris from its suburbs, resembles an airport runway.
Featuring more than 140 illustrations that trace the events from day into night, and an essay by Tarek El-Ariss, Associate Professor and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth University, this book is an honest and personal insight into the lives and relationships of a group on the periphery of society.
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About Kader Attia
Kader Attia (b. 1970) is a French-Algerian artist whose work examines colonialism, identity and the idea of repair. He won the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2016 and curated the 12th Berlin Biennale in 2022. The Landing Strip gathers his photographs from 1997–2000 of a community of Algerian transgender women in Paris — intimate, joyful portraits of friendship and survival on the city's margins.
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