Osman Yousefzada in Conversation

Osman Yousefzada is an artist who works across different disciplines including moving image, sculpture, garment making and performance. He created Infinity Pattern 1, the bold pink and black pattern which wrapped Birmingham's Selfridges building for the past year, and in July he launches a new series of installations at the V&A marking 75 years of Pakistani independence.

Yousefzada grew up in Balsall Heath in the 80s and 90s and he reflects on these experiences in his first book The Go-Between, published by Canongate earlier this year. It was a strict upbringing and filmgoing was off limits, but cinema has played an important part in his artistic development. During this discussion he'll be sharing clips from some formative movies - including classic Bollywood, Merchant-Ivory and Eddie Murphy - and there will also be a chance to see short works by Yousefzada himself.

Presented in association with Ikon Gallery's Migrant Festival (14-17 July).
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