Body & Being
This series of illustrated zines and prints reflect on the body and self, from within and without.
1. SOLITUDE & COMMUNITY Upasana A A series of visuals that illustrate the relationship between queerness and physical space, how we experience these spaces in solitude and as community.
2. LE EXTRAÑO Diana Chu Alternative comic about the phenomenon of forgetting what you look like after watching a movie.
3. QUEER SELF PERCEPTION Nandini Moitra A series of reflective images on queer self perception
4. MEASURED EMOTIONS Nausheen Javed After moving countries, she realized it’s not just a new language to be learnt, but also the way of speaking, walking, listening, reacting… a range of new emotions. Sometimes requiring one to make additions, subtract and modify into the existing. The zine came up in the initial days of confusion, adjustment and hit and trials while figuring out “how to be”.
Upasana Agarwal co-organises a queer space in Kolkata, India. They illustrate a weekly blog on disability and sexuality and curate performances and art shows in the city.
Nandini Moitra is a non-binary artist and illustrator based out of Kolkata, India. They co-organize a queer space in the city. They are the staff artist for Kajalmag. Nausheen Javed Is an Animation Filmmaker and Illustrator. Her first film was nominated in several film festivals in Europe and Asia. She works under the childhood name ‘Gojagaaji’, which meant rough scribbles, emphasises on the childlike qualities of expression and the ‘word-picture’ association. She feels it’s important to never leave behind the ability to express like a child. Thus she writes for adults. Be it film, her zines or illustrations are all derived from her works of poetry and writings of the diary. Diana H. Chu is an illustrator, designer, and zinester in Milwaukee. She explores the duality of chaos/order by experimenting with color and poetry on the printed page. Diana’s cut + paste aesthetic leverages analog media and a highly intuitive process. Her illustrations have been recognized by the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration