Isra Al Kassi

Isra Al Kassi (Iran / UK) is a London based curator, writer and co-founder of T A P E collective; a cross-art curatorial collective on a mission to demystify the industry and to represent could-be-cult classic moving image work through special curation, production and distribution.

With a background in events & marketing Isra is also an outreach and audience development consultant, and has a particular interest in mindful audience growth and creating accessible spaces for mixed-heritage storytellers and audiences. Her practice heavily explores spaces, and being inventive in the ways of how things can be displayed and presented.

Isra’s passion is cross-arts curation centering moving image work and playing with the boundaries of the archive, with the main intention to make it more accessible. Her curatorial background is primarily self-taught, and comes from a desire to create inclusive and alternative spaces and to present experiences and events in alternative spaces.

Since co-founding T A P E Collective, Isra continues to develop her practice by always wishing to try new things, and to experiment; pushing the boundaries of traditional ways of curating, and developing ways of curating collaboratively, with peers and a local and global community.

CPR 2024: WIBH brings up to 8 international curators to Finland, Norway, and Sweden in September-October 2024 to research the regional art scene with the ambition to get a better understanding of the complex history and current political situation in the Nordics.