Histories of Disintegration
Presented during The Shape of a Practice, these two case studies interrogate the histories that can be told through landscape change. Artists Shahana Rajani and Zahra Malkani document the ongoing climate and military struggles occurring around Bahria Town in Pakistan, and artist and activist Imani Jaqueline Brown uses experimental forms of representation to reflect on last year’s Mississippi. An Anthropocene River project. The screenings are followed with discussion moderated by writer Adania Shibli.
With Imani Jacqueline Brown, Shahana Rajani & Zahra Malkani
Moderated by Adania Shibli
Histories can often be told through the changes in a landscape; about what has changed, what has come to form, and most of all, what is excluded altogether. Using experimental forms of representation in video, these two case studies engage different methods for artistically witnessing these concerns through changes in landscape.
As part of The Shape of a Practice, artists Shahana Rajani and Zahra Malkani document the ongoing climate and military struggles occurring around the mega development of Bahria Town in Pakistan, which have led to the displacement of Sindhi and Baloch indigenous communities.
Reflecting back on last year’s Mississippi. An Anthropocene River project, artist and activist Imani Jaqueline Brown overlays oral narration on top of video footage from her journey down the river alongside remote sensing satellite imagery to produce cultural sensing technologies that depict the disintegration and disappearance of the river she once knew. The screenings are followed with discussion moderated by writer Adania Shibli.
