Although I do not wear the hijab
I took the train and I ended up in your head. Although I do not wear the hijab someone, some unspoken silent gaze dresses me totally in black and wraps me up in a silent isolated scary hijab on every single train fare, many many times. Repeatedly beating me up, raping me from the outside and […]
Hepimiz utaniyoruz (WE ARE ALL FEELING ASHAMED)
Den allersidste dans = The very last dance
Den allersidste dans = The very last dance. Before moving to London I didnt pay much attention to my nostalgia for the Danish culture, my belonging there/to it/ feeling of being a bit outsiderish to the culture I grew up in. The culture of my schooling, the language I still 6 years away from Denmark […]
The Wall Project. The Russet. Hackney Downs, London.
THE BLACK SHEEP SPEAKS (BACK) IN BROWN (Explaining my work for the Wall-Project at The Russett Cafe in Hackney Downs:) Brown is the new black! This work is on my very early emotions on so-to-say my “second migration” to London. The words have been written with brown vinyl, as an indicator of my identity of […]