Knowledge in a Post-truth World
Title: Knowledge in a Post-truth worldYear: 2025Medium: 3-channel video (Tryptich) KNOWLEDGE We live in times where knowledge is still constructed out of a mix of religious beliefs, scientific fact, and superstition. We have a big appetite for conspiracy theories about everything; obviously as a result of gaps in factual information, we end up grappling with […]
BRICK-MAN (2025)
Brick man (2025)First one from “The superhero series” “It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me” A profoundly evocative performance, “Brick-man” draws attention to the horrors of Global Industrial Capitalism as a system of exploitation and the subsequent dehumanisation resulting in alienation from the very outcome of his labour. The […]
Dispositions of Being
The exhibition titled “Dispositions of Being” stems from the notion of “Social Choreography” that deals with the uncovering of underlying social relations and patterns — the choreography of the social — through embodied practices, and always, engages these dynamics for new social choreographies to emerge simultaneously. It permeates the tightly knit fabric of socialization, for […]
All these faces are mine (2024)
CONCEPT NOTE:“All These Faces Are Mine” is inspired by the many stories we tell about ourselves; “stories that skirt in and out of the truth”, stories that become the truth.It asks the question:“What is this truth and how does telling the story make it so ?If we tell a story enough times,Does it become who […]
Bull’s eye
My initial undergrad practice comprised of re-contextualizing objects, raw materials and tradition extracted from the great detritus of the everyday thereby. fascination with scale and experimentation with diverse materials were formal devices that I employed in my sculptural practice. This is one of the first ever sculptures i produced as an undergrad student, an appropriation […]
Light Sculpture
Light Sculpture (2013) Mixed-media installation Dimensions : Variable Cones, LED lights
Monument of Devotion
Monument of Devotion(2013) Mixed-media installation Dimensions : Variable Charpoy Frame and Jute
Yatra
This installation titled “YATRA” is one of my earliest works as a 2nd year undergraduate student. Having developed an interest in Sculpture as a medium early on, I employed Molding casting as my primary process/tool to produce work. “YATRA” in the literal sense means “a procession or pilgrimage, especially one with a religious purpose. The […]
All that glitters is not Gold
“Site-Specific” refers to a work of art conceived/framed in response to a particular location, that has an interrelationship with the work. This PAF fighter jet is a monument and reminder to the public of Lahore of the 1965 Indo-Pak war. Militarization and the presence of state militaries influences much of the ‘everyday life’ in many […]
Ablution/Post-Ablution
Title : Ablution Medium : Video Duration : 14 minutes Year : 2015 A time based installation that I documented back then in 2015, the first ever video work I produced.. Four figures constructed out of newspapers and tape were then wrapped in Barbed wire and set ablaze.. As one form deconstructs, another hollow form […]