
Art of Movement – April 2019

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Welcome readers to our exciting April 2019 issue, “Art of Movement”, which focuses …

Letter from the Editor
Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf in his book Origins differentiates human beings from trees. According …

“The Sense of an Ending”: The Art of the Moving Image
Why is the moving image so suited to the expression of life? Life is movement, …

From Stills to Motion, from Canvas to Body: The Art of Moving Images
Moving images are everywhere; we are bombarded with a plethora of images, digital advertisements, …

Weightless Infatuations
The series started out as a means of understanding the material which has so …

In conversation with Basir Mahmood
PA: The film you just finished looks like a breaking point in your practice. Its …

Rani: a tale of resilience
‘Rani’ is a unique story about a transgender Pakistani woman who sets out to take …

The Feminine in the Universe
After several group shows and a solo show at Nairang Gallery in Lahore, another …

The Imaginarium
The unsuspecting entrance of Rohtas 2 was transformed into a looking glass through which …

Book Review | Media Culture
Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics Between the Modern and the Postmodern By Douglas Kellner …

To the coffee cave
An exhibition was held at the Satrang Art gallery on March 2019, titled “To the …

Fictional Homelands
A show of Aqeel Solangi’s work took place at Chawkandi Gallery on 28th February 2019. …

Rembrandt and the Mauritshuis
2019 marks the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn’s death. The Mauritshuis (the …

Contemporary Anxieties | The body & its politics
Vasl Artist Association in collaboration with IVS Gallery held a show on March, 14th, …

Exploring the lens of time-based media
An exhibition titled “Depicture” opened on 21st February 2019, at AAN Gandhara Art …

A Moderator of the Spiritual
Predominantly a body of work about spirituality and exploration of divinity through the lens …

SVAD- BNU; a trove of alternate ideas
In an era of reckoning with the expanding definitions of art, the annual Graduate …

Intimate conversations: Looking, engaging, translating
The etymology of the word “intimate” is interesting. Its variants are versatile and …

Moazzam Ali, a master of watercolour
The ArtCiti gallery in Karachi recently displayed the works of Pakistani Water-colour Master …

The Quantum City
Entering into the boundary of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) Head office building, the venue …