Shah Numair Ahmed Abbasi's profile

2021 | Vast Art Writer in Residence

To have an insightful and productive discourse with someone, one must nurture the ability to grasp the other person’s perspective. It requires us to negotiate our positions; and readily shift to comprehend or simulate another viewpoint.
This humorous performance interview is a symbolic recreation of the many reflexive discussions I held with the resident artists.  During those conversations where I embodied their identity and vice versa, we exchanged perceptions, contested ideas, and enlightened ourselves and the other. Such processes inevitably enabled us to reorient ourselves and be in other’s shoes – either mindfully or unknowingly – to view abstract polemics from each other’s stance.
The dramatized discussion is also an extrapolation of my current art practice. It expands on my particular interest in probing whether (and how much of) human behavior, interaction, and intimacy is a conditioned performance or contrarily demonstrates our true nature.
Anusha Ramchand Novlani interviews Shah Numair Ahmed Abbasi
2021
Single channel video
10 minutes 53 seconds
Sunita Maharajan interviews Shah Numair Ahmed Abbasi
2021
Single channel video
10 minutes 01 seconds
Sayera Anwar interviews Shah Numair Ahmed Abbasi
2021
Single channel video
10 minutes 04 seconds
Ali Shariq Jamali interviews Shah Numair Ahmed Abbasi
2021
Single channel video
10 minutes 41 seconds
2021 | Vast Art Writer in Residence
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2021 | Vast Art Writer in Residence

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