From the archive. 1# Published earlier in Art Now Pakistan 2013. Pre-text: I am sharing this piece as an invitation to my community (all of you) and myself for many deeper conversations, adventures, and thinking together. In this ‘from the archive’ series, I will be sharing pieces that hold urgency and depth in the present. […]
Women in Revolt:radical acts, contemporary resonances conference “And So They Laughed…” ’ Sehr Jalil (Goldsmiths, University of London / National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan)Colonial, religious, or nationalist movements have instigated revolts in women, particularly in the aftermath and colossal absorption of slow violence and voluntary silences for aeons. The Women’s Action Forum (WAF) revolted […]
In 2013 I began a search to ‘Understand the Phenomena of Paradise through Contemporary Visual Art’ and my final MA Visual Arts dissertation withheld that title. Back then I’d excavated Edwin Koo’s paradise photography while rummaging thousands of paradisiacal visual art inquiries around the globe. I chose Koo’s work as one of the five case […]
Together or alone in the online world? Journal writing – thoughts From one window to the other – the air is the same. Sky is clear but we have been banned like the kites in Pakistan. Is the thread too harsh? Is the act too festive? Does it have a history that we don’t […]
Sehr JalilEncoreMarch 8, 2020 originally publihed here : https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/624740-an-orange-february-in-lahore On the love for colour in Orhan Pamuk’s literature and Anwar Saeed’s paintings February in Lahore has been orange this year. Why orange? Because the two people I’m going to talk about love ‘colour’ – Anwar Saeed’s retrospective exhibition of his works at the Zahoor ul […]
This month of December in Lahore has been more Decemberish than ever. Winter has made records, two degrees and four with friends and family sharing posts of how Lahore is topping the charts of ‘cold’ in cities around the world. The entire city is getting married (usual for every December) and as fairy lights ‘web […]
#shortread Yesterday was a good day. The past two years and losing dad has changed everything. This post is for two people who stood with me through everything . While I have my morning tea and prepare to reach for an invigilation at 9 : 30 am this post is a valuable thought and it […]
#shortread Recently on my way to Rawalpindi via Lahore the sky above the Salt Range Potwar/Potohar Plateau, captivated me. The plateau lives between the Indus and Jhelum rivers with the Salt Range on the south and Hazāra hills on the north. My relationship with those skies is maybe intuitive and emotional as I am from […]
note : I wrote this paper last year during a Boston Architectural College, International Heritage Conservation course, Course instructor : Eleni Glekas. The course is a part of a faculty exchange program between the National College of Arts, Lahore and Boston Architectural College. It was not mandatory for the faculty to write a paper but […]
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