CURATORIAL:
A satellite exhibition to Naiza Khan’s Disrupting the Alignment, the project was a group exhibition of moving image and sculptural works by Basir Mahmood (Lahore) Seher Naveed (Karachi) Fazal Rizvi (Karachi).
Seema Nusrat: Items of Re-use. Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, December 2013.
Solo presentation by sculptor Seema Nusrat at Canvas Gallery, Karachi. “Items of reuse employs found and readymade objects, it seems impossible in Karachi to hear the words gunny bags or gunny sacks without thinking of lost bodies. These textile sacks cannot be associated with their primary use in carrying rice or other dry goods alone. Instead they are continually connected to their re-use as wretched carriers of Karachi’s victims of political violence.”
Reviewed here.
A year-long project organized at Vasl Artists’ Association that sought to develop and distribute debates on research, curatorship and artist supported networks such as Vasl in Pakistan. The workshop was conceived in collaboration with Gasworks (UK) and Vasl (Pakistan). It was funded by a grant from Arts Network Asia and the Asia Europe Foundation. Support for this project was also provided by The Arts Council of England.
Jamie George’s residency, part of the Gasworks International Fellowships Program, opened the project and examined curatorial practices from a studio-based perspective. The residency closed with an exhibition at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, and was the subject of my essay on “Factual Fictions” published in Hubs and Fictions, (Sternberg Press, 2016).
The program closed with a residency by artists Ferwa Ibrahim, Rabbya Naseer and Zainub Mawaz and forum on November 17, 2012 at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. The forum included panel discussions and papers from participants Quddus Mirza, Niilofer Farukh, Ayesha Omer, Emaan Mahumd and Abdullah Qamar. Residency participants also contributed to panels and essays.
Featuring various artists including Angus Braithwaite, Richard Layzell, Ian Giles and Rebecca Bligh. Held over three weekends spanning the Whitstable Biennale. Part of the official program.
Neighbours: Artists’ Film and Video from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Suburban England, co-curator with Hamja Ahsan. The Mews Project Space, London, UK, February 2010.
Curated film screening; works by artists from South Asia and U.K.-based diaspora.
Gemma Sharpe 