‘This performance or “happening” took place close to the border between India and Pakistan to demonstrate the bureaucracy surrounding the construction of political identities. The partition of India was the last political decision implemented by the British government at the collapse of the empire. The partition, which was drawn up in 1947, has been documented as the trigger for the largest refugee crisis in history. During my recent visit, many locals were fascinated at my British Citizen status and often asked to see what my passport looked like. By pretending to sell passports ("Passport Lahloh" translates as "Come and get your passports"), I was emphasising the corruption of the immigration system as well as the desperation many people ironically feel in aspiring to gain the identity of the nation that inflicted atrocities on them only a generation ago.’

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‘This performance or “happening” took place close to the border between India and Pakistan to demonstrate the bureaucracy surrounding the construction of political identities. The partition of India was the last political decision implemented by the British government at the collapse of the empire. The partition, which was drawn up in 1947, has been documented as the trigger for the largest refugee crisis in history. During my recent visit, many locals were fascinated at my British Citizen status and often asked to see what my passport looked like. By pretending to sell passports ("Passport Lahloh" translates as "Come and get your passports"), I was emphasising the corruption of the immigration system as well as the desperation many people ironically feel in aspiring to gain the identity of the nation that inflicted atrocities on them only a generation ago.’