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LB03 Artists

Haegue Yang

‎Spring Sailors – Six Synecologies Aloft responds to both experiences in the city by installing six sets of paper sculptures inspired by Lahori kite designs in the Aiwan or grand hall at the Shalimar Gardens. The kites’ geometry and arrangement harmonize with the Gardens’ precise symmetries, while their sails flutter to the breeze of the air current wafting through the hall’s open architecture, which overlooks hundreds of fountains and the grounds, which originally hosted an ... More

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Sin Wai Kin

Screening at Alhamra Hall 3, 10 AM-6 PM; The Fortress presents, then slowly takes apart, supposedly archetypal “Man,” the universal Enlightenment subject that justified Western colonialism, and continues to justify the exploitation of natural resources.  As first encountered at Alfalah Theatre, the subject, as embodied by the character Wai King, rehearses and performatively constructs his position of superiority and othering. Transported to Lahore Fort, the subject meets his own ghost and the remnants of his own past narratives, layered one atop the other. There, he witnesses the shifting paradigms of history and realizes the entanglement and inseparability of being with ... More

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Elyas Alavi 

In The Sound of Silence (#2), Alavi engages with the histories of Australia’s cameleers, laborers whose lives were intertwined with those of the animals they were brought on to handle, and who immigrated from South and West Asia to help colonize the continent’s arid outback. Though they played a vital role in transporting supplies and building infrastructure, and their music has resonated across the deserts for generations, these laborers continue to face discrimination. Through The Sound of Silence, Alavi honors the cameleers' music and stories, as captured in oral histories with their descendants, and preserve their forgotten legacy. The project ... More

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Zheng Bo

For Phoenix, Zheng Bo collaborated with seven Pakistani farmers living and working on a date palm farm outside Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to make a dance. The work celebrates the beauty of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and the skill of these stewards, highlighting intimate relations cultivated over millennia, vital to the economy and culture of the region.

LB03 Sites

YMCA

The YMCA Lahore, established in 1879, emerged during a time of significant social and political change in the region. Under British colonial rule, it, along with other Christian missionary organisations, played a pivotal role in introducing Western education and social reforms. In its early years, the YMCA’s presence was closely tied to British colonial interests, aiming to provide educational and recreational facilities for the growing European community, and to a lesser extent, for native inhabitants. Its primary focus was on providing English education, vocational training, and literacy classes, which were viewed as tools to "modernize" the local population. Alongside education, ... More