Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations 2023 Presentation — how many songs from a single note by Rah Naqvi

Synopsis

In this presentation using poetry, text, and song, Rah guides the audience through their multidisciplinary practice. In the process, Rah invites the audience to experience and engage with a body of work situated in the belief that art mediates change through accessibility.

About Rah Naqvi

Intrinsic to Rah’s practice is their queer identity. The materiality and techniques in their work are at play to create familiarity with the viewer, who is made to believe something joyous awaits. Their most recent works feature tender and nurturing moments of queer intimacy and collective care. Furthermore, Rah questions the very nature of resistance for a queer person whose existence is a continuous act of defiance against normativity. This language of queer defiance extends to their practice of singing, alluding to the polyphonic nature of love and revolution while cautioning against the monotony of a choice-less future.

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