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Join us virtually for Love Across Time: An intergenerational dialogue between Qasim Riza Shaheen and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Informed by their work and interactions, they will be exploring notions of queerness and gender identity in art crossing generations, popular activism, post-colonial structures, imaginaries of whiteness, and anti racism within their own practices and the larger art world. This conversation will be moderated by Anne Ishii.
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Love Across Time: An intergenerational dialogue between Qasim Riza Shaheen and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Qasim Riza Shaheen is a visual artist and writer based in Manchester. His work uses audience participation, film, installation, photography, and performance to explore the space between people and how memory is shared and facilitated. He has been recognized as an international resident artist and Associate Professor at National College of Arts in Lahore and Islamabad, as well having exhibited in numerous Biennials and festivals across countries. Shaheen is currently an Associate Artist at HOME, a Manchester based hub for international art, theatre, and film. (https://www.qasimrizashaheen.co.uk/)
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is a visual artist, performer, and curator based in San Francisco. He utilizes a multi-media practice to explore the complex histories of colonialism that are exacerbated by current international politics. Bhutto’s practice uses these methods to explore the intersections of queerness and Islam. He frequently speaks on the intersections of faith, radical thought, and futurity at universities and has shown his work globally. Bhutto received his MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2016. (https://www.zulfikaralibhuttoart.org/)
Anne Ishii is the Executive Director of Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia. Her writings have appeared in multiple publications including Slate, the Village Voice, and Publishers Weekly. Her translation and editorial projects include the Eisner-award winning manga My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame, Batmanga!: the Secret History of Batman in Japan, and Massive: Gay Japanese Manga and the Men Who Make It. She is co-founder of the publishing, fashion, and creative agency Massive Goods, which represents queer and feminist artists from Japan.