INTERACTIVE
A Set by Discostan
Arshia Fatima Haq
· Prithi Khalique
Arshia Haq describes Discostan as a “diasporic discotheque which imagines past, present and future soundscapes from Beirut to Bangkok via Bombay.” The music is often inspired by the performative traditions of radical, avant-garde artists and musicians, a practice that defines Discostan's community engagement model.
Just dance, now.
At the end of our June 2021 online live event—a six-hour-long series of panels, showcases, readings, and performances—a “diasporic discotheque which imagines past, present and future soundscapes from Beirut to Bangkok via Bombay”. Founded by Arshia Fatima Haq, Discostan is heavily invested in community engagement and social practice. For In Grief, In Solidarity, Haq curated a DJ set for us to let loose.
SAAG Visual Designer Prithi Khalique produced the visuals, using recurring motifs from our event videos.
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ARSHIA FATIMA HAQ works in film, visual art, performance, and sound. She is the founder of Discostan, a collaborative decolonial project and record label that works with cultural production from South and West Asia and North Africa. Her work has been featured at MoMA in New York, the Station Museum of Contemporary Art, the Broad Museum, LACE, the Toronto International Film Festival, Centre Pompidou, and the Pacific Film Archive. She is currently based in Lοs Αngeles.
PRITHI KHALIQUE is a visual designer and animator based in Dhaka and Providence.
