Asma Firdous, Author at INVERSE JOURNAL

Asma Firdous

Asma Firdous has recently finished her post-graduation in English from Central University of Kashmir and is looking forward to a doctorate in the near future. Her interests include helplessly giving into readings around Body Studies, Critical Theory and Postcolonialism. She makes blackouts to cope with her disappointing fear of writing. Some of these blackouts have been featured in publications like “Captured illusions” and “Unlost Journal.” For more of such work from her, check out @those_blackouts on Instagram.

Tricking a Text Into Speaking Your Language — Sixteen Blackout Poems by Asma Firdous

Kashmiri blackout artist Asma Firdous presents sixteen blackout poems and works of word art that she has produced over a specific time. The piece comes with an extensive introduction by Amjad Majid (titled “Blackout Poetry in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: An Editor’s Introduction”) to familiarize viewers and readers with this artform and a statement by the poet and artist herself followed by the sixteen blackout poems.