Ishara Online
Web-series of artist presentations that explores the redefinition of artist studios in the 21st century.
Interviews and dialogues between artists, writers, curators, art historians and thinkers from across disciplines.
A platform dedicated to streaming audio, video, animated and simulated content developed by artists and creative practitioners.
A collection of newly commissioned and existing texts that include artist writing, curatorial formulations and academic essays.
An essay by Sarah Burney reflecting on Zarina’s use of the Urdu language in her practice as an assertion of her identity.
Curatorial essay for ‘Urdu Worlds’ by Hammad Nasar
A series of short films that looks behind the scenes of ‘No Trespassing’ to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition.
Ishara Art Foundation looks behind the scenes of No Trespassing to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition – and what the streets mean to each of the artists who brought it to life. In this episode, Sara Alahbabi discusses For A Better Modern Something, created for the..
Ishara Art Foundation looks behind the scenes of No Trespassing to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition – and what the streets mean to each of the artists who brought it to life. In this episode, Salma Dib speaks about the power of writing on walls as..
Ishara Art Foundation looks behind the scenes of No Trespassing to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition – and what the streets mean to each of the artists who brought it to life. In this episode, Rami Farook discusses Gifts, his work in the exhibition,..
Ishara Art Foundation looks behind the scenes of No Trespassing to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition – and what the streets mean to each of the artists who brought it to life. In this episode, Khaled Esguerra reflects on the community efforts that culminated..
Ishara Art Foundation looks behind the scenes of No Trespassing to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition – and what the streets mean to each of the artists who brought it to life. In this episode, H11235 (Kiran Maharjan) speaks to us via Zoom from..
Behind the scenes of ‘No Trespassing’: Fatspatrol (Fathima Mohiuddin) shares her experience of creating ‘The World Out There’, her site-specific work at Ishara.
Behind the scenes of ‘No Trespassing’: Curator Priyanka Mehra speaks about how the curatorial concept evolved, breaking institutional norms and how each work brings a piece of the street into Ishara’s space.
Essay by Suheyla Takesh written in response to Ayesha Sultana’s exhibition ‘Fragility and Resilience’
Emily Avery Yoshiko Crow, Tree Deity (2023). Image Courtesy of the artist. In 2020, I was due to create an exhibition around my work about Indian cities, called Rememory (after Toni Morrison), for Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke in Mumbai. All of that long and still summer of Covid, I sat..
Karachi based artist Omer Wasim will explore his practice through the lens of migration, displacement and city ecologies.
Sri Lankan artist Jasmine Nilani Joseph explores landscapes through memories of war, migration and displacement.
UAE based artist Vikram Divecha unravels the cityscape as his studio, through lens of collective memories and tunnels systems.
Kashmir based visual artist Zainab shares nuances of her photographic practice as an artist and journalist and the sites she navigates.
Introductory video of the 2023 edition of Alt+Shift+Studio by Himanshu Kadam.
A music playlist composed by Mariah Lookman reminiscing about the time spent with her mentor and friend, Lala Rukh.
Essay by Amal Khalaf written in response to Jitish Kallat’s exhibition ‘Order of Magnitude’
Take a virtual tour of Jitish Kallat’s solo exhibition ‘Order of Magnitude’
A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its first stage of transition, led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists Farah Mulla, Jaisingh Nageswaran, Sathish Kumar and Zainab about their practices and their relationship with clusters, densities and layers in art-making
A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its second stage of transition, led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists Katrin Koenning, Rahee Punyashloka and Yu Yu Myint Than about their practices and their relationship with collapsing of narratives and media.
A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its third stage of transition ,led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists Bunu Dhungana, Katrin Koenning, Kushal Ray and Sean Lee about their practices and how they navigate relationships that are familial and collaborative in art-making.
A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its fourth stage of transition led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists Farah Mulla, Nida Mehboob, Protick Sarker and Reetu Sattar about their practices and working with heightened senses, amplifications and escalating conditions.
A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its fifth stage of transition led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists Aishwarya Arumbakkam, Munem Wasif and Prantik Basu about their practices and what it means to create environments of contemplation through artworks.
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