My name is Hamza Mohammed Beg, I’m a Muslim and an artist by accident. The work I produce is always grounded by my training as a poet and informed by an academic background in history, archive, visual narrative and non-Western modes. My practice is defined by large works of fiction that are borne out between mediums held together by workshops and discussions. Expect poetry, video, and sound work often tied together by performance. The themes of my work, whether curatorial or independently creative are faith, labour, and the constructions of identity. My practice has been supported by the likes of the Goethe-Institut, London Southbank, Vital Capacities, APAL (Asian Performing Artist Lab), OnSite Festival, Slade Art School and others. I am blessed to be a member of the Berlin-based curatorial collective Akimbo through which we organise a regular night of experimental poetics and hold an annual short film festival.