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Self Expression

Shahidha Bari, cultural historian at the University of the Arts, London, explores why self-expression is so fundamental to what it is to be human.

Cultural historian Shahidha Bari explores the importance of self-expression: from the clothes we wear to the art and music we make. Shahidha visits artist Tracey Emin in her home town of London and asks if is there a cost to revealing so much in your art. In Dundee, Shahidha visits the V&A exhibition on nightclub design and finds out how closures have prevented some of us from expressing our inner selves. R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe talks to Shahidha from Athens, Georgia about his latest photography book and asks how expressing himself through visual art differs from music.
Shahidha debates all this and more with journalist Zing Tsjeng, writer Amrou Al-Kadhi and former Skunk Anansie lead singer Skin.

23 minutes

Last on

Tue 10 Aug 2021 07:30GMT

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Role Contributor
Presenter Shahidha Bari
Series Producer Sandy Raffan
Executive Producer Tanya Hudson

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