Shazieh Gorji Pakistan
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Where are you from? You don't look like you are from here.
This film searches for a response to a question immigrants frequently encounter: "Where are you from?" Notions of a multilayered existence, movement, remembrance, endurance, nostalgia, and reassurances coupled with justifications as to one's sense of self, are explored. This performance based piece attempts to not only provide answers to recurring threads of identity, migration and globalisation, but also offers a platform to further revisit and intimately explore personal stories.
- Direction:
- Shazieh Gorji
- Camera & Edit:
- Shazieh Gorji & Shalalae Jamil
- Performer:
- Shazieh Gorji
Shazieh Gorji
Shazieh Gorji
Shazieh Gorji graduated form Bennington College in Vermont, USA. She acquired a Visual Arts degree with a focus in ceramics and education. As a ceramic artist in the beginning stages of her career, she has been exhibiting her work in group shows, and maintains a private studio where she also teaches Raku workshops.
She is the founder of Karachi's first Adventure Club at The Lyceum School, and has worked as an artist coordinator for a public art project in collaboration with CITYarts New York's Pieces for Peace mosaic. An intrepid explorer, she creates platforms for youth empowerment through pro-active and hands on experiential learning.