How has it been in Dhaka in the last couple of years for artists?
It’s been sad. It’s a brutal city, it’s a fast city. Highly dense, highly populated, highly polluted. It’s difficult to breathe sometimes, but there’s also an electrifying culture of intellectuals, writers, and activist-artists who are responding to their time in incredible, brave ways. We are going through a sensitive political time, with a heightened sense of censorship due to the Digital Security Act (DSA) 2018, so it matters how you navigate that space. For me, living in the city is crucial because it gives me a different form of oxygen—to always
