Islamabad:
The Pakistani National Council of the Arts (PNCA) hosts to see, (Set): To reshape the moving image in Pakistan, a groundbreaking exhibition that brings together artists from Pakistan and Britain to explore the transformative potential of the moving image as a medium of resistance, disturbance and reintroduction.
To see, (seen) engage in themes of memory, identity and temporaryness, place the moving image as a fluid, uneducated force in contemporary visual culture. It contributes to the evolving discourse of new media and experimental art in Pakistan’s unique cultural context.
The exhibition contains works by the prominent Pakistani artists Abdul Hadi, Farida Batool, Kaiser Irfan, Mahnoor Ali Shah, M4HK, Rabeha Adnan and Ujala Khan with the British -based artist duo John Wood and Paul Harrison, with further elections from the British Council’s art collection.
A dynamic public program will run throughout the exhibition, including artist lectures, panel discussions, workshops, lectures and presentations focused on film, media, identity and perception.
Curated by Islamabad -based curator and designer Sarah Rajper, The Exhibition Reframes Film, Video and New Media as powerful tools to question how we see, sense and experience the world. The exhibition is the culmination of Rajper’s participation in the prestigious Art Exchange: Moving Image Curatorial Fellowship – an annual international program, supported by the British Council and organized by Lux (UK) and Art South Asia Project.
The scholarship included opportunities for mentorship, critical exchange and research visits at large British institutions such as Tate Modern, Somerset House, Barbican Center and British Film Institute.
The exhibition opens with a public reception on July 30, 2025 from 7 p.m. 16:00 to 20:00, with artist panel discussion from 7 p.m. 18.00 to 19.00, and will remain in view until August 8, 2025.
Organized in partnership with Lahore Digital Arts Festival and PNCA, this cross -cultural showcase gives the audience a chance to engage in borderline at the intersection of art, technology and social comment.
