In Invisible Cities Marco Polo and Kublai Khan talk of cities that are like no other yet all are similar… with each trip, we never return the same person… we revisit our memories… compare between what was and what is, gain new insights… between hearsay and our first hand experiences, we let go of some prejudices and fossilise new observations. Continue reading from Lisboa with love… March 2011
Author: Ali Zaidi
Diaspora exchanges… Parramatta, Sydney
ART AND THE DIASPORA
Light projections by Electric Canvas on Town Hall Parramatta, commissioned by Parramasala
Free Artist Talks
Produced & presented by Parramasala Australian Festival of South Asian Arts
in association with and held at SWITCH Digital Arts Centre, ICE Continue reading Diaspora exchanges… Parramatta, Sydney
My mum the fanatic (potentially in the making)
As an artist who is forever challenging and teasing perceptions of identity, cultural positioning and representation, and enabling other voices to creatively do the same… I feel immobilised by the demands put on the geographical DNA of people of certain ‘origins’.
Recently my Mum wanted to spend some time in India for a sort of family reunion. She planned to be with her siblings, some who live there and two others currently visiting Mumbai. They are all getting on in age.
Mum extreme right with four of her younger brothers and sisters in 1945
Continue reading My mum the fanatic (potentially in the making)
Changi’s generosity
Checking the departure gates on changing LED screens makes me anxious and excites me as well as makes me wonder about displacement and the generosities that can result from it. Displacements and migrations of all sorts, some fleeting some life changing, that unfold in the arenas of international airports. Globalised in their psychology, these spaces demand homogeneity. Yet each city leaves its subtle imprint and behind each city’s imprint is a national engine at play creating an arena that permeates a unique sense of welcome. Airports are the first port of entry as well as the last port of exit, they are the temples of ‘hello & good bye’. Continue reading Changi’s generosity
counting minutes in sydney
60×60 Secs is invited in sydney for paramasala – australian festival of south asian arts.
i am ever so excited to take these ticking 3,600 seconds with me… the sixty one-minute long films that have been shown worldwide and now will be installed for the audiences in sydney from 4 – 8 of november 2010.
also taking part int he paramasala talks and discussions, i will be sharing my creative artistic journey along with composer and DJ nitin sawhney on sunday 7 november 11am – 12 noon @ SWITCH digital arts centre, ICE, 8 victoria road, parramatta
if you are able to attend… please make your reservations now – even though it is all free.
see you in oz!!
