Salaam Toronto: Proposal (1988)
Salaam Toronto, community organization, cultural work
This image depicts the proposal that the Khush collective put forth for the creation of the Salaam Toronto festival, it outlines goals and purpose.
04-12-1988
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Toronto 1988
Questions of Community: Desh Pardesh Provides Forum for South Asian Artists (1991)
Community, Representation, South Asian Identity
This image depicts a news article that dicusses the vision of Desh Pardesh as explained by the organizer, Punam Khosla, and it highlights the importance of LGBT representation in the festival.
1991
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1991
Oral History Interview with Shelly Bahl (2015)
South Asian Visual Arts Centre, Art Galleries, Visual Arts, Collectives, SAVAC, Desh Pardesh, oral history
Shelly Bahl was one of the founders of the South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC). In this interview she discusses her role in several small collectives prior to her full involvement in SAVAC, and how these collectives worked hand in hand with the Desh Pardesh group. She discusses her vision for what SAVAC should be, and how they manifested this in their grant applications. One thing that she was consistently pushing was artistic professionalism.
South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC)
2015-06-17
Anna Malla
LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
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English
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1990s Toronto
Oral History Interview with Sharon Fernandez (2014)
Feminism, Racism, Identity, Politics, Desh Pardesh, South Asian, Khush, Salaam Toronto, oral history
Sharon Fernandez begins by discussing her various works within the people of colour community prior to the Dash Pardesh festival, with a specific goal to push women of colour’s involvement in the writing and in the community. She then discusses the relation of Khush to Salaam Toronto (eventually to be named Desh Pardesh). Fernandez also touches on politics within Toronto and how they were represented within the festival over the years. She concludes by conceptualizing how change happens and how it may manifest in the modern day.
South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC)
2014-11-27
Anna Malla
LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
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English
Sound, Text
1980s Toronto, 1990s Toronto