Here… there… and the question of belonging

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Hussein, N. 2015. Here… there… and the question of belonging. Arab Women Artists Now (AWAN) Festival.. Rich Mix, London. 07 Mar 2015
TitleHere… there… and the question of belonging
AuthorsHussein, 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 GroupTheatre Arts group
ConferenceArab Women Artists Now (AWAN) Festival.
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Deposited05 May 2015
Completed07 Mar 2015
Output statusPublished
LanguageEnglish
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