Home is a Foreign Place

Home is a Foreign Place is a community-engaged collaborative project presented in partnership with Unison Arts. It encompasses a public presentation of a new video work titled "Home is a Foreign Place," an accompanying performance artwork, and a community dialogue centered around the themes of home, belonging, migration, and identity. The video and performance art specifically delve into the complex and interconnected life experiences of queer migration, displacement, and the search for a sense of belonging in America.

Program:

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Arrival & Opening Reception

Light refreshments and mingling, with a visual exhibition as a visual outcome of this project.

6:30 PM – 7:15 PM: Video Presentation: *Home is a Foreign Place*

Screening of a new video work that explores the complexities of queer migration, displacement, and belonging.

7:15 PM – 7:45 PM: Performance Art Piece

A live performance complementing the video, incorporating movement, drag, storytelling, and soundscapes.

7:45 PM – 8:30 PM: Community Dialogue & Q&A

Facilitated discussion, encouraging reflection on personal and communal experiences of migration.

8:30 PM – 9:00 PM: Community Networking

Tara Asgar is a Brooklyn-based Bangladeshi Transgender (she/her) artist, educator, and activist. Tara’s hybrid practice utilizes archive, history, and personal narrative to create political and community-engaged collaborations around LGBTQIA+ liberation, Immigrant stories, and community organizing. Through public performances, texts, and videos, Tara explores themes of gender, desire, displacement, trauma, and migration.