The Island

Projects

Train Project

2011, 5' 51"

Courtesy the artists

A public art project of Vasl Artist’s Collective in collaboration with Citizens Archive of Pakistan and Radio FM91. A sound piece for a children’s interactive museum, ‘Birth of Pakistan’ at Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi. The exhibition is about the journey from the Lahore resolution of 1940, following the sacrifices made to achieve a Muslim homeland in 1947, to the early days of the new born country, Pakistan. The sound piece was directed by Shahid Shafat and the following actors performed in the piece: Yasir, Imran, Mehdi, Munazza, Adeela Suleman and Asma Mundrawala.

The Khayal Khana and Vasl working group members for this project were: Saman Ali, Ammad Tahir, Haider Ali Jan, Samar Faisal Zia, Seema Nusrat, Adeela Suleman, and Nadia Niazi.