Nasim Patel

nasim.husain.patel@gmail.com
@nasimulacrum

Nasim Patel is an award-winning artist working with diasporic identities, technologies, and the Anthropocene through choreography, performance, rap, digital work, game development, and writing

His work unpacks myths of modernity and speculates on potential futures

Nasim lives and works in Sydney on unceded lands of the Eora Nation

Nasim performing in BODY DATA LOOP, by Nasim Patel, Roslyn Orlando, Lee Ming-Chieh (李明潔), and Tian Zi-Ping (田子平)
Photo by Hank Tsai, provided by the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

Nasim has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) at the Victorian College of the Arts, a Bachelor of Arts (Islamic Studies, Screen & Cultural Studies) at the University of Melbourne, and completed an Honours thesis at UNSW addressing the role of the Cameleers in collective perceptions of the interior of Australia. He has worked with choreographers such as Jo Lloyd, Matt Cornell, Louie Wisby, and Chris Chua, with whom he helped develop the interactive video game performance BeatStorm. Nasim’s creative written work utilises futurism and science fiction to unpack myths of modernity and culture, and has been published by Hardie Grant, Critical Path, and ACCA