Here, there, and the question of belonging in a time of revolution
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Hussein, N. 2015. Here, there, and the question of belonging in a time of revolution. Contested Exchanged: Space, Place and the Performance of Democracy. Artaud Performance Centre. Brunel University, London. 28 Mar 2015
Title | Here, there, and the question of belonging in a time of revolution |
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Authors | Hussein, N. |
Abstract | This talk is a meditation on my background and practice as an Egyptian woman artist and scholar negotiating an identity between multiple cultural, social and political geographies, which puts forward questions on ‘self’, belonging and responsibility. A reassessment of those questions was triggered by the start of a revolution in Egypt, which I first lived distantly through the mediated image. The initiation of this revolution evoked a redefinition of my relationship to two cities, London and Cairo, in ways that affected my sense of place at the time. This became the subject of my latest devised performance, My City, My Revolution, which is a collaborative multimedia performance that weaves autobiographical, historical and political narratives. In that piece, parallel stories unfold and juxtapose, speaking of ‘home’, the city, longing and belonging, and the melancholic tension of a dual existence, where urban, psychological and cultural geographies are doubled and juxtaposed, where a city becomes the site of displacement and alternative revolutions. |
Research Group | Theatre Arts group |
Conference | Contested Exchanged: Space, Place and the Performance of Democracy |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 05 May 2015 |
Completed | 28 Mar 2015 |
Output status | Published |
Language | English |
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