From the original Festival website:

There is something I need to tell you. I am sharing a selection of short video works of confessions, love letters & performances – man to man.  (I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you I have you I have you I have you I have you I love you I love you I love you I love you  I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you).

Also, I thought this quote in some way may be useful to introduce my participation on the panel.

“Manchester-based artist Qasim Riza Shaheen presents a photo and video installation resulting from his empathetic engagement with Lahore’s khusra communities. To avoid a voyeuristic documentary prurience, Shaheen often ended up by giving over his camera to his subjects, the work becoming something of a collaborative celebration of social difference and sartorial inversion, and revealing the fascinating mix of transvestitism and almost religious attention to proper ceremony.” – Guardian Unlimited, 2007

Khusra: Stains & Stencils is a body of work that was born out of a two year process of working with the Khusra (transgendered) community of the red light district of Lahore, Pakistan from 2005-2007. Building relationships with a group of sex workers, the artist lived and experienced their unique transgenderism.

Based in Manchester, Qasim’s work has been programmed widely including at The National Review of Live Art, Glasgow; Liverpool Biennial; Port City & Breathing Space at Arnolfini in Bristol; Castlefield Gallery in Manchester;  Alhamra National Gallery and Rohtas Gallery in Lahore, Pakistan where he has recently taught and completed an artist residency with the National College of Arts. His most recent Artist in Residency was at CityArts in Dublin, Ireland. He continues being Associate Artist at the Greenroom in Manchester since 2004 and is the founder/artistic director of Anokha Laadla, a live art company based in the UK.

Supported by Arts Council England

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