Books
Akšamija, Azra, ed. Architecture of Coexistence: Building Pluralism. Berlin: ArchiTangle, 2020.
Akšamija, Azra. Museum Solidarity Lobby. Ljubljana: Museum of Modern Art, 2018.
Papers in Refereed Journals
Akšamija, Azra. “To Build, or Not to Build … A Monument: Why I Withdrew My Winning Proposal to Cambridge Suffrage.” Edited by Attiya Ahmad and Catherine Sameh. The Scholar & Feminist Online, Transnational Feminisms: Contexts, Topics, Forms, no. 17.1 (2021). http://sfonline.barnard.edu/transnational-feminisms-contexts-topics-forms/to-build-or-not-to-build-a-monument-why-i-withdrew-my-winning-proposal-to-cambridge-suffrage/.
Akšamija, Azra. “Memory Matrix.” Future Anterior 14, no.1 (Fall 2018): 143-157.
Akšamija, Azra. “Cultivating Convergence: The Islamic Cemetery Altach,” International Journal for Islamic Architecture 3, no. 1 (March 2014): 131–45.
Akšamija, Azra. “Postsozialitische Moscheen.” Bauwelt (2009): 26-31.
Akšamija, Azra. “Nomadic Mosque: Wearable Prayer Space for Contemporary Islamic Practice in the West.” Thresholds 32 (2005): 17-21.
Texts by Azra Akšamija in Journals and Books
Akšamija, Azra. “Silk Road Works.” In Entangled Histories of Art and Migration. Theories, Sites and Research Methods, edited by Cathrine Bublatzky, Burcu Dogramaci, Kerstin Pinther, and Mona Schieren. Munich: German Research Society, 2022 (forthcoming).
Akšamija, Azra. “Photo Essay: CULTURESHUTDOWN—Preserving the Commons.” In Cultural Change in East-Central European and Eurasian Spaces: Post-1989 Revisions and Re-Imaginings, edited by Susan C. Pearce and Eugenia Sojka, 245–61. Cham: Springer, 2021.
Akšamija, Azra, and Melina Philippou. “Cultural Resilience: Perspectives from Al Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan.” Cohabitats, edited by Hashim Sarkis and Ala Tannir, 26-47. Venice, IT: La Biennale di Venezia/Silvana Editoriale, 2021.
Akšamija, Azra. “Future Heritage?” Edited by Zdenka Badovinac. E-Flux Journal, The Collective Body, no. 119 (June 16, 2021). https://www.e-flux.com/journal/119/401128/future-heritage/.
Akšamija, Azra. “Yarn-Dez-Vous.” In Being Material, edited by Marie-Pier Boucher, Stefan Helmreich, Leila W. Kinney, Skylar Tibbits, Rebecca Uchill, and Evan Ziporyn, 62–65. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2019.
Akšamija, Azra. “Museum Solidarity Lobby.” In Constituent Museum, edited by Adela Železnik, 110–13. Amsterdam: Valiz, 2018.
Akšamija, Azra. “Solidarity Day / CultureShutDown,” in Cultural Change in the New Europe and Central Asia, eds. Susan C. Pearce and Eugenia Sojka, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing Switzerland AG, 2018, forthcoming.
Akšamija, Azra. “Nomadic Mosque,” in Fashion Change, Connecting Cultures, 222-223. Milan: Connecting Cultures, 2017.
Akšamija, Azra. “Future Heritage,” in Experimental Preservation, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Erik Langdalen, and Thordis Arrhenius, 116-117. Zurich: Lars Muller, 2016.
Akšamija, Azra, “Superkilen – A Playground for Pluralism,” in Architecture and Plurality, ed. Mohsen Mostafavi. Zurich: Lars Muller Publishers, 2016.
Akšamija, Azra. “Identity Edits: Flagging Territories with Religious Architecture.” Archithese, no. 3 (2015): 58–63.
Akšamija, Azra.“Dare to Wear – a Mosque! Immigrant Protest as Cross-cultural Pedagogy.” In Immigrant Protest: Politics, Aesthetics, and Everyday Dissent, edited by Katarzyna Marciniak and Imogen Tyler [forthcoming book chapter, published by SUNY, 2013]
Akšamija, Azra.“Claiming a No’Man’s Land: Arizona in Bosnia.” In Urban Catalyst: The Power of Temporary Use, by Philipp Oswalt, Klaus Overmeyer, and Philipp Misselwitz, 62–68. Berlin: DOM Publishers, 2013.
Akšamija, Azra.“Mosques Balkanized: Challenges of Building and Rebuilding in Post-Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina,” in SEE!: Urban Transformation in Southeastern Europe, ed. Kai Vöckler (Vienna: Lit Verlag, 2012), 189–193.
Akšamija, Azra.“Contested Identities: Identity Politics and Contemporary Mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina.” In Mosques in Europe. Why a Solution has Become a Problem, edited by Stefano Allievi, 318-353. London: Alliance Publishing Trust, 2010.
Akšamija, Azra.“Flocking Mosque.” Forward 110. (Spring 2010): 14-19.
Akšamija, Azra.”Mosques Balkanized: Challenges of Building and Rebuilding in Post-Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina.” Hintergrund 44. (2009):18-25.
Akšamija, Azra.“Generative Design Principles for the Contemporary Mosque.” In The Mosque. Political, Architectural and Social Transformations, edited by Ergün Erkoçu and Cihan Bugdaci, 129 -139. Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2009.
Akšamija, Azra.“Echo of Islam in the West: Reactions to the Wearable Mosque.” ArteEast Online (March 2009). http://www.arteeast.org
Akšamija, Azra.“A-national Heroes.” In Lexicon of Provisional Futures. Centrala – Foundation for Future Cities. (August 14, 2007) http://www.provisionalfutures.net
Akšamija, Azra.“(Re)Constructing History: Post-Socialist Mosque Architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina.” In Divided God And Intercultural Dialog, edited by Tomislav Žigmanov, 106 – 133. Ljubljana: Dijaški Dom Ivana Cankara (DIC) and KUD Pozitiv, 2008.
Akšamija, Azra, and Deniz Turker. “Islamic Architecture.” In Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States. Vol.1. Edited by Jocelyne Cesari. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007.
Akšamija, Azra.“The Generic Mosque. Design Principles for Mosque Design.” Elisava TdD. Critical Design 24, (2007): 51 – 61.
Akšamija, Azra.“Nomadic Mosque.” Volume 14, (2007): 124-126.
Akšamija, Azra.”Mosques.” OMaGiu Magazine 4 (2006): 82-87. Akšamija, Azra.”Nomadic Mosque” Lovely Daze (2006): 10-11.
Akšamija, Azra.”Nomadic Mosque: Wearable Prayer Space for Contemporary Islamic Practice in the West.” Thresholds 32 (2005): 17-21.
Akšamija, Azra.”Dirndlmoschee” Bob 02: Eskapaden. Graz and Vienna: Club Bellevue, (2005): 73.
Akšamija, Azra.”Urban Navigation.” In Urban Ecology: Detroit and Beyond, edited by Kyong Park, 40-43. Hong Kong: Map Book Publishers, 2005.
Akšamija, Azra. “Eurovision Song Contest: Between Symbolism of European Unity and a Vision of the Wild, Wild East.” Europe Lost and Found, May 2005. www.europelostandfound.net/files/elf/Eurovision.pdf.
Akšamija, Azra.“Arizona Road. The Discovery of the Urban Phenomenon: Arizona Road in Bosnia,” Arterlier. Contemporary Art Magazine 8 (2003): 139-145.
Akšamija, Azra.“The Fallen Angel. The building of “Oslobođenje” in the context of post-war reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Arterlier. Contemporary Art Magazine 8 (2003): 146-154.
Projects and Texts by Azra Akšamija in Exhibition Catalogues
Sarkis, Hashim, ed. Biennale Architettura 2021: How Will We Live Together?. Venice: La Biennale di Venezia/Silvana Editoriale, 2021.
Milevska, Suzana, ed. “Memory Matrix.” In Contentious Objects/Ashamed Subjects. Exhibition Catalogue, Galleria del Progetto, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, 18 January – 6 February 2019. Milan: Politecnico di Milano, 2019.
Steiner, Barbara, ed. “Azra Akšamija.” In Kunst Handwerk – Art Craft. Between Tradition, Discourse and Technologies, 10–19. Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition “Kunst Handwerk” at the Kunsthaus Graz. Vienna: VfmK Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2019.
“T-Serai. Exhibition Catalogue.” Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, October 2019.
Bucher Trantow, Katrin, Johannes Rauchenberger, and Barbara Steiner, eds. Glaube Liebe Hoffnung. Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the Kunsthaus Graz exhibition with the same title. Auflage 2000. Graz: Universalmuseum Joanneum GmbH, 2018.
“CULTURUNNERS.” The Armory Show March 5-8, 2015, Piers 92 & 94 New York City, edited by Noah Horowiz. New York: The Armory Show, 2015.
Lomme, Freek. “Azra Akšamija.” WHO TOLD YOU SO?! The Collective Story vs. the Individual Narrative, edited by Freek Lomme, 96–101. Santa Monica, CA: RAM Publications, 2013.
Akšamija, Azra. “Museum Solidarity Lobby (MSL).” In MAP 2013. The Workbook, Exhibition catalog published in conjunction with the festival and exhibition MAP 2013: Projects that Restore and Preserve the Environment, Promote Social Justice and Advance Human Knowledge and Well-Being, edited by Janeil Engelstad, produced by MAP, 36-37. MAP – Make Art with Purpose, Dallas, TX, 2013.
Freek Lomme, ed., “Azra Aksamija,” in WHO TOLD YOU SO?! The Collective Story vs. the Individual Narrative (Santa Monica, CA: RAM Publications, 2013), 96–101.
Laudage-Kleeberg, Regina, and Hannes Sulzenbacher, eds. “Dirndlmoschee.” In Treten Sie ein! Treten Sie Aus!: Warum Menschen Ihre Religion wechseln, 332–333. Berlin: Parthas Verlag, 2012.
Hunter-Larsen, Jessica. “Azra Akšamija.” In Cross-Currents. Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Art of the Islamic World, Exhibition catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition with the same title, edited by Jessica Hunter-Larsen, produced by the I.D.E.A. Colorado College InterDisciplinary Experimental Arts, 10-11. I.D.E.A. Colorado College, 2012.
Akšamija, Azra. “Nomadic Mosque, Dirndlmoschee, Frontier Vest.” In Kubus oder Kuppel. Moscheen: Perspektiven einer Bauaufgabe, Exhibition catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition with the same title, edited by Christian Welzbacher, produced by ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, 16-17.Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tübingen, München, 2012.
Akšamija, Azra. “Monument in Waiting.” In Penelope’s Labour – Weaving Words and Images, Exhibition catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition with the same title taking place in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini Venice within the 54th Venice Biennale, edited by Adam Lowe and Jerry Brotton, published by Factum Arte, 2011.
Akšamija, Azra. “Flocking Mosque.” In Miniartextil: Energheia, XXI Mostra internazionale d’arte contemporanea, Exhibition catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition with the same title taking place in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini Venice within the 54th Venice Biennale, edited by Arte&Arte, 70. Vanillaedizioni, Albissola Marina (SV), 2011.
Akšamija, Azra, and Dietmar Offenhuber. “Tempelmarke.” In Die Türken in Wien. Die Geschichte einer Jüdischen Gemeinde, edited by Felicitas Heinman-Jelinek, Gabriele Kohlbauer-Fritz and Gerhard Milchram, 194-195. Vienna: The Jewish Museum, 2010. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, shown at the Jewish Museum Vienna.
Akšamija, Azra. “Dirndlmoschee.” In Heimatkunde. 30 Künstler blicken auf Deutschland, Exhibition catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition with the same title, edited and published by the Jewish Museum Berlin, 14-18. Hirmer Verlag, München, 2011.
Coppard, Abbie.“Azra Akšamija.” In GSK Contemporary – Aware: Art Fashion Identity (exhibition catalog), edited by Abbie Coppard, Gabi Scardi, and Lucy Orta. Published in conjunction with the exhibition with the same name, shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Bologna: Damiani editore, 2010.
Akšamija, Azra, and Khadija Z. Carroll. “Living Monument.” In Memoshpere. Rethinking Monuments (exhibition catalog), edited by Mihnea Mircan and Meta Haven. Frankfurt: Revolver, 2007. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the Romanian Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennial.
Akšamija, Azra.“Die Welt als Moschee.” In Kunstmoschee (exhibition catalog). 6 – 29. Vienna: Secession Vienna, 2007. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, shown at the Secession Vienna.
Koralova, Ilina. “Introducing Sites 1.“ In Kulturelle Territorien. Cultural Territories (exhibition catalog), edited by Barbara Steiner, Ilina Koralova and Julia Schäfer, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig in cooperation with Kulturstiftung des Bundes, 137-140. Cologne: Walther König, 2005.
Akšamija, Azra.“The Bosnian Chronicle.“ In Kulturelle Territorien. Cultural Territories, edited by Barbara Steiner, Ilina Koralova and Julia Schäfer, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig in cooperation with Kulturstiftung des Bundes, 364 – 391. Cologne: Walther König, 2005.
Akšamija, Azra. “Arizona Road.” In Designs für die wirkliche Welt. Designs for the Real World, edited by Sabine Breitwieser. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Designs für die wirkliche Welt. Designs for the Real World” at the Generali Foundation Vienna, 36-79. Cologne: Walther König, 2002.
Reviews of / Publications about Azra Akšamija‘s Work by Other Authors
Emmrich, Pia. “Kulturelle Verflechtungen: Textilien Als Träger Kultureller Identität.” In Textil Als Künstlerisches Material, edited by Marc Gundel and Lisa Felicitas Mattheis, 120–37. Köln: Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Kunsthalle Emden, Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2023.
Frojo, Elvira. “Venice, City of the Future.” All About Italy, no. 85 (2021): 22–30.
Staničić, Aleksandar. “Teaching Culturally Sensitive Design.” In War Diaries: Design After the Destruction of Art and Architecture, edited by Aleksandar Staničić and Elisa Dainese, pp. 154-178. Methods & Matter. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Rinne, Paulina. “Maïmouna Guerresi: Der Weibliche Körper als Haus des Göttlichen und Azra Akšamija: Die Welt als Moschee.” Feministische Studien, Feminismus, Säkularismus und Religion, 39, no. 1 (May 2021): 133–36.
Gärtner, Claudia. “Ganz Schön Politisch: Ästhetisch Orientierter Religionsunterricht.” In Kritisch-Emanzipatorische Religionspädagogik: Diskurse Zwischen Theologie, Pädagogik und Politischer Bildung, edited by Claudia Gärtner and Jan-Hendrik Herbst, 499–518. Cham: Springer, 2020.
Steiner, Barbara. “Tangled Relationships.” In Kunst ⇆ Handwerk, edited by Barbara Steiner and Alexandra Trost, 66–83. Graz: VfmK Verlag für Moderne Kunst; Kunsthasu Graz, 2019.
Zielińska, Joanna. “Archeology of Desire: Urban Palimpsest—Unveiling Invisible Sites of Sarajevo.” In Civic Spaces and Desire, edited by Charles Drozynski and Diana Beljaars, 82–94. London: Routledge, 2019.
Otero-Pailos, Jorge. “Experimental Preservation.” Places, September 2016. https://placesjournal.org/article/experimental-preservation/.
Deborah A. Deacon and Paula E. Calvin, War Imagery in Women’s Textiles: An International Study of Weaving, Knitting, Sewing, Quilting, Rug Making and Other Fabric Arts (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014).
Mihnea Mircan, “Visiting the Viewpoints of Others: On the Camouflaged Portraits of Nilbar Güres,” Afterall (online Edition) 36, no. Summer 2014, accessed July 15, 2014, http://www.afterall.org/journal/issue.36/visiting-the-viewpoints-of-others_on-the-camouflaged-portraits-of-nilbar-gures.
Anya Ventura, “Azra Akšamija: Creating Community amid Conflict – MIT News Office,” MIT’s News Office, accessed March 21, 2014, http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2014/azra-aksamija-creating-community-amid-conflict.html.
Carlos Betriu, “Azra Aksamija: ‘La Diversidad Puede Ser El Cimiento de Grandes Naciones,’” Revista Balcanes, accessed March 17, 2014, http://revistabalcanes.com/azra-aksamija-la-diversidad-puede-ser-el-cimiento-de-grandes-naciones/.
Sara Hendren, “Azra Aksamija’s Nomadic Mosque,” Abler, accessed March 17, 2014, http://ablersite.org/2013/11/01/azra-aksamijas-nomadic-mosque/.
Sarah Fritchey, “Fashion Forefront,” Art New England 35, no. 2 (April 2014): 30–32. Mohsen Mostafavi, ed., “Islamic Cemetery Altach, Austria,” in Architecture of Life: Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013 (Zurich: Lars Muller Publishers, 2013), 198–215, http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/architecture-of-life-mohsen-mostafavi/1115407852.
Susan C. Pearce, “Culture Shutdown? A Plea for Museums, Galleries, and Libraries in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Deliberately Considered, January 28, 2013, http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2013/01/culture-shutdown-a-plea-for-museums-galleries-and-libraries-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/.
Eric Silverman, A Cultural History of Jewish Dress (A&C Black, 2013). Ilfeld, Etan Jonathan. “Azra Aksamija.” In Beyond Contemporary Art, 18–19. London: Vivays, 2012.
Balboa-Pöysti, Ruxandra. “The Tale of ‘Monument in Waiting’ by Azra Aksamija.” Art Hotspots, November 1, 2011. http://arthotspots.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/the-tale-of-monument-in-waiting-by-azra-aksamija/. [art blog interview]
Eskandari, Maryam. “The Wearable Mosque.” Elan, July 5, 2011. http://elanthemag.com/the-wearable-mosque/. [online magazine review]
Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer, Space (re)solutions: Intervention and Research in Visual Culture (transcript Verlag, 2011).
Daniel Belasco and Arnold M. Eisen, Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life (Yale University Press, 2009).
Debatty, Regine. “Several Ways to Wear a Mosque.” We-Make-Money-Not-Art, October 22, 2007. http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2007/10/-do-you-see-the.php. [art blog interview]
Avcioglu, Nebahat. “Identity-as-Form: The Mosque in the Wes.” Cultural Analysis 6 (2007): 91–109.
Nicolin, Paolina. “Azra Aksamija: Nomadic Mosque Project, 2005.” Abitare 454 (October 2005): 198-201.