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FIREFLY TUNNELS

Sites of Passage began as a research proposal for Tavia La Follette's PhD in Leadership & Change at 
Antioch University under the name Firefly Tunnels. The work revolved around Firefly Insight, which is the 
process of exercising the phenomena of aesthetic meaning through experienced metaphor, rather than 
modern day rhetoric.  The Firefly Tunnel Project was an exchange between 36 artists in the U.S. and Egypt.

The work's final exposé was mounted at the Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art (Pittsburgh, Pa),
one of the only installation and performance art museums of its kind.  Opening on September 11, 2011, as 
part of the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, the show ran for more than 6 months continuously.  The Firefly Tunnels 
exhibition included a live virtual gallery exchange, physical installations, a performance series schedule, 
as well as curatorial tours and community programming / outreach.  

The project has since matured into what is now known as Sites of Passage.

Clicking on the images below will take you to the artists' profiles from the foundation that was Firefly Tunnels.  
To see more, visit our VISION page, or read about Tavia's full dissertation HERE. 

EGYPT

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Wafaa Samir - EGYPT
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Mostafa Sleem - EGYPT
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Amado Alfandi - EGYPT
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Noha Redwan - EGYPT
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Nouran Sherif - EGYPT
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Manar Saleh - EGYPT
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Hend Samir - EGYPT
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Sarah Elsawy - EGYPT
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Ossama Awad - EGYPT
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Mariam Omar - EGYPT
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Ramy Hashem Khalil - EGYPT
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Asmaa Ezzat - EGYPT
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Sarah Rifaat - EGYPT
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Amira Hanafi - EGYPT
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Doaa Shaarawy - EGYPT
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Walied Kamel - EGYPT
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Marwa Benhalim - EGYTP

UNITED STATES

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Tavia la Follette - USA
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Larry Bogad - USA
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Dawn Weleski - USA
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C. Alexander - USA
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Andrew Ellis Johnson - USA
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Emily Laychak - USA
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Mark Bellaire - USA
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Mark Staley - USA
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Jeffrey Carpenter - USA
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Jill Larson - USA
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Tami Dixon - USA
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Anya Martin - USA
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Staycee Pearl - USA
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Stephanie Mayer - USA
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Michelle Gregio - USA
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Aaron Hollan - USA
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Holly Thuma - USA
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Susanne Slavick - USA

© 2013 Sites of Passage 
© 2010 Firefly Tunnels Project 
tavia @ artup.org
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