I’m on the “Us” Side and You Are on the Other, 2010

Basir Mahmood
I’m on the “Us” Side and You Are on the Other, 2010
Colour video projected onto white cloth, sound
13 minutes, 43 seconds
Installation view
Image courtesy of the Artist

Overview

This study of the secondhand-clothing market in Lahore reveals the transformation that occurs when a garment moves from one body to another, and from one culture to another, in a process of memory and change.


2013

This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 11

Artwork Images

I’m on the “Us” Side and You Are on the Other

Basir Mahmood
2010

Colour video projected onto white cloth, sound
13 minutes, 43 seconds
Installation view
Image courtesy of the Artist

I’m on the “Us” Side and You Are on the Other Image

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Lunda Bazaar (Secondhand Clothing Market)

Mahmood, Basir

Encompassing video, film and photography, visual artist Basir Mahmood's practice contemplates embedded social and historical terrains of the ordinary alongside his personal milieu.