Exhibitions & events are open to the public from Oct 31 to Nov 13
Weekdays: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Weekends: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
For queries, please contact kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
31st OCTOBER
10:00am
5:00pm
Performance
Erin Gee, Julia E. Dyck, and Vivian Li (Audio Placebo Plaza)
‘Audio Placebo Plaza’ is a participatory work that invites everyone to take appointments to discuss how an audio placebo could help improve their lives. A variety of audio techniques and music are developed to provide care. For registration details, please contact: KB22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NED University (City Campus)
10:00am
11:00am
Artist Talk
Marc Lee & Giselle Beiguelman
An interactive audiovisual show.
IVS Gallery, Indus Valley School of Art
02:30pm
05:00pm
Keynote Talk
Sadia Abbas
A talk on the seminal convergence of miniature painting and technology in the art of Shahzia Sikander.
Lecture Theatre A, IBA (City Campus)
Keynote Talk
Giselle Beiguelman
A talk on ‘Colonial Appropriation on Indigenous Flora’.
Limited Capacity: To prebook contact KB22publicprogramming@gmail.com
Lecture Theatre A, IBA (City Campus)
1st November
10:00am
5:00pm
Performance
Erin Gee, Julia E. Dyck, and Vivian Li (Audio Placebo Plaza)
For registration details, please contact: KB22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NED University (City Campus)
12:00pm
01:00pm
Performance
Fakir Zulfiqar & Invisible Flock
A show blending sound, technology and art.
NED University (City Campus)
02:30pm
05:00pm
Keynote Talk
Aasim Akhtar
A talk on the practice of Zahoor ul Akhlaq through the prism of cosmopolitanism.
Limited capacity. To prebook email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
Zia Mohyeddin Auditorium, NAPA
Keynote Talk
Deepali Dewan
A talk on the experimental practice of Canadian artist ‘Mansaram’.
Limited capacity. To prebook email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
Zia Mohyeddin Auditorium, NAPA
2nd November
10:00am
5:00pm
Performance
Erin Gee, Julia E. Dyck, and Vivian Li (Audio Placebo Plaza)
For registration details, please contact: KB22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NED University (City Campus)
10:00am
11:30am
Artist Talk
Audio Placebo Plaza
The artists talk about their practice.
Seminar Room, NED University (City Campus)
Artist Talk
Invisible Flock
The artists talk about their practice.
Seminar Room, NED University (City Campus)
02:00pm
03:00pm
Artist Talks
Justine Emard
The artists talk about her practice.
Sambara Gallery
3rd November
10:00am
5:00pm
Performance
Erin Gee, Julia E. Dyck, and Vivian Li (Audio Placebo Plaza)
For registration details, please contact: KB22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NED University (City Campus)
10:00am
11:30am
Artist Talk
Soliman Lopez & Abdullah M.I. Syed
Panel on Decentralized Economies and Emerging Digital Technologies.
Seminar Room, NED (City Campus)
4th November
10:00am
05:00pm
Seminar
GEMAH Art and Wellness Workshop
2 day workshop. Registration needed. For registration details, please email KB22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NJV School
5th November
10:00am
5:00pm
Seminar
Ruptured Histories: Critical Exchanges on Issues of Decolonisation – Day One
10:00am
01:00pm
Session One
Keynote Talk
Maliha Noorani
On mapping the constellation of Pakistani art and micro-histories, this paper seeks to identify and dismantle the points of popularly perceived “fractures” within Pakistan’s art historical arc.
Lecture Theatre A, IBA (City Campus)
Keynote Talk
Salman Asif
Art Practice as a site of Cultural Resistance, brings into discussion how Lucknow born Meher Afroz maps cultural discontinuities and the current anxieties with her poetic vocabulary.
Lecture Theatre A, IBA (City Campus)
01:00pm
02:00pm
Lunch Break
02:00pm
05:00pm
Session Two
Keynote Talk
Natsumi Araki
Revisiting History: How do Asian artists portray the age of Japanese imperialism? Araki introduces works by artists who tackle controversial issues surrounding the history of Asia and examine how they offer us a deeper understanding of others.
Lecture Theatre A, IBA (City Campus)
Keynote Talk
Yaminay Chaudhri
She will present her art practice that explores economic and social stratification.
Lecture Theatre A, IBA (City Campus)
Keynote Talk
Shahana Rajani & Zahra Malkani (Karachi LaJamia)
This presentation will highlight the interventions by LaJamia, founded by the speakers, an anti-institution based in Karachi seeking to politicise art education and collectively explore new pedagogies and art practices.
Lecture Theatre A, IBA (City Campus)
End Of Day One – Ruptured Histories: Critical Exchanges on Issues of Decolonisation
10:00am
11:00am
Guided Family Tours – Slot One
Children under 6 years old are not allowed in the exhibition space.
*For registration details, please email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NJV School, NED University, VM Gallery, Sambara Gallery
12:00pm
01:00pm
Guided Family Tours – Slot Two
Children under 6 years old are not allowed in the exhibition space.
*For registration details, please email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NJV School, NED University, VM Gallery, Sambara Gallery
10:00am
05:00pm
Seminar
GEMAH Art and Wellness Workshop
2 day workshop. Registration needed
NJV School
05:00pm
06:00pm
Performance
Yasir Darya
With real-time data, live streaming, and performance, the user is educated and geographically connected to the polluted air in different spaces in the city.
NJV School
6th November
10:00am
5:00pm
Seminar
Ruptured Histories: Critical Exchanges on Issues of Decolonisation – Day Two
10:00am
01:00pm
Session One
Keynote Talk
Waheeda Baloch
Reframing the canon through the lens of historicity to reclaim the narrative from colonial ideology and history.
JS Auditorium, IBA (City Campus)
Keynote Talk
Dr. SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda
Modernism, Decolonization and Reinvention: The Life and Work of George Keyt (1901 – 1993).
This talk will discuss how breaking with the colonial past, modernism offered Keyt a new way of thinking and painting. It explores how these experiences grounded him within the context of South Asia.
JS Auditorium, IBA (City Campus)
Keynote Talk
Dr. Samina Iqbal
Sense and Sensibility of Lahore Art Circle:
This talk will discuss the conditions that led to the founding of the Lahore Art Circle in Pakistan, and analyze its members’ engagement with the syntax of Western abstract art movements of the 20th century.
JS Auditorium, IBA (City Campus)
01:00pm
02:00pm
Lunch Break
02:00pm
05:00pm
Session Two
Keynote Talk
Kader Attia (Virtual)
The artist and curator who was born in Algeria and lives in France, will speak on his practice that underlines imbalances in power and his experience as the curator of the recent Berlin Biennale.
JS Auditorium, IBA (City Campus)
Panel Discussion
Concluding Panel Discussion with Speakers
Panel Discussion with all speakers
JS Auditorium, IBA (City Campus)
End Of Day Two – Ruptured Histories: Critical Exchanges on Issues of Decolonisation
10:00am
11:00am
Guided Family Tours – Slot One
Children under 6 years old are not allowed in the exhibition space.
*For registration details, please email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NJV School, NED University, VM Gallery, Sambara Gallery
12:00pm
01:00pm
Guided Family Tours – Slot Two
Children under 6 years old are not allowed in the exhibition space.
*For registration details, please email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NJV School, NED University, VM Gallery, Sambara Gallery
7th November
05:00pm
06:00pm
Performance
Yasir Darya
With real-time data, live streaming, and performance, the user is educated and geographically connected to the polluted air in different spaces in the city.
NJV School
8th November
03:00pm
04:00pm
Performance
Karachi Community Radio (KCR)
A show exploring technology and classical tradition in musical performance.
NJV School
05:00pm
06:00pm
Keynote Talk
Deepali Dewan
A presentation of the archive of veteran photojournalist Mazher Master who extensively documented Karachi during the 1960’s and 1970’s.
Limited capacity. To prebook email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
Library, NJV School
9th November
05:30pm
06:00pm
Performance
Cosmic Tribe
A show of technology and visual expression.
Sambara Gallery
10th November
04:00pm
05:00pm
Performance
Karachi Community Radio (KCR)
A show exploring technology and classical tradition in musical performance.
NJV School
05:00pm
06:00pm
Performance
Yasir Darya
NJV School
07:00pm
08:30pm
Artist Talk
Digital Narratives – Artist Talk with Alecia Neo, Madyha Leghari, Yasir Darya
Webinar – Virtual
11th November
05:00pm
06:00pm
Performance
Yasir Darya
With real-time data, live streaming, and performance, the user is educated and geographically connected to the polluted air in different spaces in the city.
NJV School
07:00pm
08:30pm
Artist Talk
Art Practices In The Human Machine Era – Artist Talk with KCR Studio, Cosmic Tribe, Andreas Lutz
Webinar – Virtual
12th November
10:00am
11:00am
Guided Family Tours – Slot One
Children under 6 years old are not allowed in the exhibition space.
*For registration details, please email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NJV School, NED University, VM Gallery, Sambara Gallery
12:00pm
01:00pm
Guided Family Tours – Slot Two
Children under 6 years old are not allowed in the exhibition space.
*For registration details, please email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NJV School, NED University, VM Gallery, Sambara Gallery
01:00pm
02:00pm
Performance
Cosmic Tribe
A show of technology and visual expression.
Sambara Gallery
04:00pm
06:00pm
Seminar
Panel on Ali Imam
Conversations on the influential critical thinker and his role as an educator, mentor, artist, and gallerist.
Panelists:
- Mrs. Shahnaz Imam
- Kishwar Naheed
- Tabinda Chinoy
- Meher Afroz
- Noorjehan Bilgrami
- Moeen Faruqi
- Aftab Tapal
Library, NJV School
13th November
10:00am
11:00am
Guided Family Tours – Slot One
Children under 6 years old are not allowed in the exhibition space.
*For registration details, please email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NJV School, NED University, VM Gallery, Sambara Gallery
12:00pm
01:00pm
Guided Family Tours – Slot Two
Children under 6 years old are not allowed in the exhibition space.
*For registration details, please email kb22publicprogramming@gmail.com
NJV School, NED University, VM Gallery, Sambara Gallery
05:30pm
06:00pm
Performance
Cosmic Tribe
A show of technology and visual expression.
Sambara Gallery
07:00pm
08:00pm
Performance
KB22 Stories with the Crows
The Crows, a renowned Karachi-based storytelling platform, presents inspiring narratives from the Biennale.
Sambara Gallery