Team and friends

Project team

Faisal Hussain

Faisal Hussain

(He/him)
Director at True Form Projects

Faisal Hussain has been the Director and Founder of True Form Projects since 2012. His interest in heritage stems from his own history and that of previous generations of his family and friends in Birmingham since 1964 onwards. He is part of the ‘Solidarity in Action’ working group, ‘Museum Detox’ and has spoken about radical and alternative archiving at Oxford Brookes University and The University of Birmingham. 

He is also a practicing artist with permanent works in collections at Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery and Manchester Art Gallery with additional works in public spaces in the UK.

Ashwin Patel

Ashwin Patel

(He/him)
Project Manager - East in West Vinyl Archive

Ashwin is a researcher and project manager with experience on photography and arts-based projects across the West Midlands engaging with heritage and anti-racism, alongside various roles at universities.

He also works on the project ‘Intersectional Gendered Violence’ at King’s College London, exploring the use of arts-based and embodied methods to understand and challenge different forms and continuums of gendered violence. His research interests are around gendered violence and exploring men’s experiences and perceptions through intersectionality across diaspora.

Friends of the Project

David Rowan

Photographer, Artist & Archivist

Clare Hewitt

Photographer, Artist & Archivist

Oliver Cowan

Website & Graphic Designer

Adam Wynn

Production & Technical Support, Artist & Curator

Zoya Ahmed

Producer, Vocalist, and Visual Artist, AKA DJ Rizmi

partners & funders

The ‘East in West’ Archive has been made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the support of local and national partners, inclusive of all communities in and from South Asia.
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NLHF acknowledgement stamp
Manchester Museum logo
Dialled In logo
OSA logo
Print and Matter logo
IKON logo
OVADA logo
UoB logo
Moseley Road Baths logo
New Art Exchange