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A Ubiquitous Wetnessinfo
A soundscape bringing together the voices of women activists protesting environmental violence along the Indus delta with the voices of women singing devotional eco-poetic laments and lullabies.
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Mehran, Mitrinfo
Stories from my travels across the flood-stricken regions of Sindh in 2022, interwoven with field recordings.
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![Manzar / Nazir]( "Manzar / Nazir")
infoAudio Guide - an accompaniment to listening sessions / lecture performances. These audio guides share translations, fieldnotes and annotations for listeners to refer to as we listen to field recordings.
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![A Ubiquitous Witness - Listening Session]( "A Ubiquitous Witness - Listening Session")
infoA Listening Session / Lecture performance interweaving storytelling with fieldrecordings from the Indus river region after the cataclysmic 2022 floods.
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![Studies in Aqueous Time]( "Studies in Aqueous Time")
infoA series of drawings of aquatic fossils exhibited in conjunction with an audio installation of sounds from the coastal and riverine regions of Pakistan.
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![Fieldwork Images]( "Fieldwork Images")
infoImages from fieldwork exploring oral and sonic traditions across the coastal and riverine regions of Pakistan
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![Fieldwork Images 2]( "Fieldwork Images 2")
infoImages from fieldwork in the aftermath of the catastrophic 2022 floods in Pakistan
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![Karachi LaJamia]( "Karachi LaJamia")
infoImages from Karachi LaJamia's experimental site-specific courses studying the environmental in the coastal region of Pakistan.
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![A Garden Among the Flames!]( "A Garden Among the Flames!")
infowww.gardenamongflames.de Net.art project commissioned by Digital Solitude as part of Akademie Schloss Solitude's web residency program.
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![Doom and the Desert]( "Doom and the Desert")
infoArt publication exploring literary and visual culture around the desert landscape in South Asia.
Websites
My personal website.
www.zahramalkani.comThe website for an art initiative I co-founded.
www.karachilajamia.comSocial media
Member of Artists’ Initiative/Collective/Incubator
Karachi LaJamia (www.karachilajamia.com)
Curriculum vitae
Education
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2022 - 2023Fellowship Maastricht, Jan van Eyck Academie
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2012 - 2013MA in Visual Cultures Goldsmiths University London
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2005 - 2009Bachelors in Fine Arts Bard College
exhibitions
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2024
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202428 North and Parallel Weathers Khoj Studios New Delhi, India khojstudios.org/event/28-north-and-parallel-weathers/#:~:text=28%C2%B0%20North%20and%20Parallel%20Weathers%20is%20a%20collection%20of,forecasters%2C%20geologists%2C%20and%20limnologists. Group
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2023Stepping Softly on the Earth Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Gateshead, United Kingdom www.studiointernational.com/index.php/stepping-softly-on-the-earth-review-baltic-gateshead Group
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2023
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2023
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2022Harbour Failures Living Arts Museum Reykjavik , Iceland Group
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2022How will you ascertain time? SAVVY Contemporary Berlin, Germany savvy-contemporary.com/en/events/2022/how-will-you-ascertain-time/ Group
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2022The Promise of Grass Mardin Bienali Mardin, Turkey Group
International exchanges/Residencies
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2022Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart, Germany Fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude from January to September 2022 www.akademie-solitude.de/en/
reviews
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2023Miss Modular with Zahra Malkani Radio United States www.nts.live/shows/miss-modular/episodes/miss-modular-16th-june-2023 Radio interview
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2023Interview with Foundation Art Divvy Website Karachi, Pakistan www.instagram.com/artdivvy/reel/CupW6ClsZp_/ Interview with Foundation Art Divvy
Awards and grants
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2024Jameel Art Prize, Shortlist Jameel Art Foundation London, United Kingdom Nominated for the Jameel Art Prize, a collaboration between the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Jameel Art Foundation, Jeddah
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2022Production Grant Sharjah Art Foundation Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Recipient of the Sharjah Art Foundation's Production Grant
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2021Research Grant PACT Zollverein Essen, Germany Recipient of PACT Zollverein's Research Grant
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2018Exhibition Grant The Graham Foundation Chicago, United States Recipient of an exhibition grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts
Secondary art-related activities
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2017 - 2024Assistant Professor of Practice, Communication and Design, Habib University
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2014 - 2017Lecturer, Liberal Arts, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture