Islamabad:
The National Council of Arts of Pakistan (PNCA) is organizing, (seen): rethinking the moving image in Pakistan, an innovative exhibition that brings together artists from Pakistan and the United Kingdom to explore the transformative potential of the moving image as a means of resistance, interruption and reimagination.
See, (seen) is involved with memory, identity and temporality issues, placing the mobile image as a fluid and incontened force in contemporary visual culture. It contributes to the evolutionary discourse on the new media and experimental art within the unique cultural context of Pakistan.
The exhibition presents works by prominent Pakistani artists Abdul Hadi, Farida Batool, Kaiser Irfan, Mahnoor Ali Shah, M4HK, Rabeha Adnan and Ujala Khan, along with the duo of artists based in the United Kingdom John Wood and Paul Harrison, with additional selections of the art collection of the British Council.
A dynamic public program will be executed throughout the exhibition, including the talks of artists, discussion panels, workshops, conferences and presentations focused on films, media, identity and perception.
Commissioned by the curator and designer based in Islamabad, Sarah Rajper, the exhibition rethinks the movie, video and new media as powerful tools to question how we see, detect and experience the world. The exhibition is the culmination of Rajper’s participation in the prestigious art exchange: curatorial scholarships of moving images: an international one -year program, supported by the British Council and organized by Lux (United Kingdom) and Art South Asia Project.
The scholarship included opportunities for tutoring, critical exchange and research visits to the main institutions of the United Kingdom such as Tate Modern, Somerset House, Barbican Center and British Film Institute.
The exhibition begins with a public reception on July 30, 2025, from 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm, with the discussion of the panel of artists from 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, and will remain in sight until August 8, 2025.
Organized in association with the Digital Arts Festival and PCA, this intercultural showcase offers the public the opportunity to interact with the work that pushes the limits at the intersection of art, technology and social comments.
