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In Rewati Shahani’s work, body as a rebuke to politics of othering

🏛 Rewati Shahanis Work, Body as a Rebuke

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What actually happened

The title of Rewati Shahani’s exhibition, ‘I am your neighbour, I am your lover, I am’, sounds almost tender until you know where it came from. “I am your neighbour,” Shahani says, “is a response to the anti-immigration rhetoric, specifically challenging the ‘not my neighbour’ slogan deployed by the far-right in the UK.” Her answer is: “I am here, we are here.”

Key points

  • The title of Rewati Shahani’s exhibition, ‘I am your neighbour, I am your lover, I am’, sounds almost tender until you know where it came from.
  • “I am your neighbour,” Shahani says, “is a response to the anti-immigration rhetoric, specifically challenging the ‘not my neighbour’ slogan deployed by the far-right in the UK.
  • ” Her answer is: “I am here, we are here.

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