THE STORY

The Intention 
Swimming with the whales is founded by Alaa Elbannan to contain her facination with art-books and to develope her own practice as a writer, an artist, and a curator of triggering artistic experiements. Her intention is to engage with other artists, to highlight –not just their work– but their processes, and to publish other artists' books in Cairo/Egypt. The idea of the project has been a concept in progress since 2016, it is based on a story that is based on a dream, merged with years of questioning and unlearning, merged with a click during a therapy session. She likes to think of these past 7 years as seasons and she believes that the story will remain incomplete.

Season One: Landing on the Moon then Leaving

Season Two: Bigger Sales and More Butterflies.

Season Two: Bigger Sales and More Butterflies.

Season Three: The Storm

Season Three: The Storm

Season Four: mmm... (stay tuned)

stay tuned