By Urvi Vora
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Duration: Approximately 60 minutes
Language: English and Hindi
Many posters from the post-colonial period show an image of a muscular Indian man with a thick, black moustache that curls up on both ends, and can be twisted on demand. He is shown speaking about the ‘Five Year Plan’ for India’s development next to a relatively lanky British soldier. There is this old saying
Moochh nahi, toh kuchh nahi which directly translates to
If you don’t have a moustache, you don't have anything. But in the border regions of Punjab, it is understood differently:
If you don't have a moustache, you don't have a penis.
This is how you move them is a performative essay looking at the role of moustaches and penises at the Wagah Border Ceremony and the role of ideology in a democracy.
Visual and Sound Design by Sijya Gupta
Website Design by Hiren Kangad & Shaunaq Madan
Performed by Ankit Pandey and Lauren Robinson
Filmed by Annette Jacob
Mixed and Mastered by Jay Panelia
Written and Directed by Urvi Vora
This is How You Move Them by
Urvi Vora was an awardee of the
Refunction 2020-2021 grant. It is being showcased as part of
M3: Man, Male, Masculine, a project aiming to discuss current visions of masculinity across the gender spectrum.
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