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WHITE ROCK

Farida Yesmin (fka Kajoli Ilojak)
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WHITE ROCK

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4’43’’
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A performance for camera that reflects on the artist’s feelings of rejection and social ostracism, in both her country of origin and the one she has been trying to settle to find safety and stability. In the UK, Farida has found that her search for equality would inevitably clash with the reality of racism and a climate of hostility towards migrants like her. From the coasts of Folkestone, just opposite the sharp white cliffs that face the turbulent waters of the English Channel, Farida is sitting on the ‘white’ rocks of an empty beach - her lone, naked, brown body staring towards an empty beach. There, she can finally scream - showing the aggression and vulnerability of a wounded animal.

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Filmed and edited by Alex Davies.

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Farida Yesmin (fka Kajoli Ilojak)

Farida Yesmin (fka Kajoli Ilojak) was born and grew up in Bangladesh. She studied Fine Arts at Dhaka University (Bangladesh, 1998) and at Visva-Bharati University (West Bengal, India, 2003), from which she holds a Masters’ degree.

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Farida Yesmin (fka Kajoli Ilojak)

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