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is an antidisciplinary artist-designer-curator. His making practice is driven by a keen interest in material and cultural context. Currently, he is exploring notions of weightlessness, impermanence, and the primordial.

PATINAPATINA Magazine is a print publication and cultural arts organization founded by Dan and Maham Momin in 2023. Curious about the confusion of mixed cultural identities, the magazine works with diasporic artists whose work reinterprets tradition through contemporary lenses/contexts.

Dan's work has been recognized by organizations such as USM Modular Furniture, DesignMiami, and the Royal Ontario Museum. He is a graduate of OCAD University’s Industrial program [2023]. PATINAPATINA Issue 01 can be found in shops around the world.















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TRADITIONS OF REVOLUTION
[2022]
12m31s runtime
mini-documentary

I do not own the rights to any footage or music within.
Examining the biases of a controversial film documenting the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, this 12 minute minidoc explores the role of objectivity in the context of the revolutionary documentary.The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995) straddles the line between two parties in said conflict, a "neutral" view which presents harmful and reductive rhetoric.