'Creating Dangerously seeks to explore the various modes through which creativity and cultural production are enacted. Exploring the lines between the personal and the professional; the political and the social, this volume emerged from a series of collective conversations over the duration of Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber. This collection of essays, poems and thoughts is an extension of Kholeif's SB14 platforms, Making New Time and Create Dangerously. Not simply a document of outcomes, but rather a quiet realisation of reminiscences and prospects, Creating Dangerously gathers key moments from the biennial that explore the resonant conversations that emerged since its opening and closing. Taking a cue from writers Albert Camus and Edwidge Danticat, Creating Dangerously reveals the power of a collective consciousness: what does it mean for artists and practitioners to gather as a collective force?' — from the back cover