Category: MA Visual Arts: Fine Art Digital Blog

The blog documenting my journey as I complete a Masters of Visual Arts from University of the Arts London, 2017-2019

Refusing to be Still

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Refusing to be Still

All my exploration of art exhibits around Jeddah town ended up with me at ‘21,39’ Jeddah’s biggest exhibition. Their 2018 theme was ‘Refusing to be Still’ which is simply brilliant and fueled my creativity so much! I’m hoping I can join in for their next exhibit. The exhibition was curated by the assistant curator at Tate Modern, which is pretty awesome 😮 Also, they held workshops through March and April which, unfortunately, were in Arabic. So here are some snippets of the exhibit. There was a really interesting installation to do with hydraulics but the video isn’t getting uploaded here …

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The Untold Edition — Blogger’s Meetup

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One of the ways in which I could simultaneously advance: My understanding of how social media operates My project proposal objective of encourage bloggers and influencers to speak out on things that matter was to host a blogger’s meet-up before my Untold Edition events. So I got in touch with a really cool cafe in Karachi called Esquires Coffee. We invited 20 bloggers to come, network, live Instagram about our project and then write a bit about it later as well. We got some really cool bloggers on board such as: https://www.instagram.com/bookgirlingmoments/ https://www.instagram.com/ramshaasid/ https://www.instagram.com/outandaboutkhi/ https://www.instagram.com/urban_redefined/ https://www.instagram.com/thependulumwoman/ https://www.instagram.com/vcastonline/ www.instagram.com/thatkarachigirl https://www.facebook.com/vcastonline/?ref=br_rs https://www.facebook.com/TheNarrativeKhi/ …

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Public art with Kaf Cafe

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The final outcome I’ve envisioned in my project proposal is a public art installation. To lay the groundwork for creating this installation the next steps I need to take are collaborating with places in Jeddah to create public art to gain exposure and learn more about the process. One such collaboration was with Kaf cafe. I went there originally as part of my weekly AlfKalimah write-in but ended up chatting with the owners. They invited me to exhibit art there, which I will do soon. They also invited me to participate in a fun project they were doing with approximately …

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Visual Journal Overview

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Visual Journal Overview

My visual journal has a different purpose from most art journaling. I understand that most people like to capture fleeting ideas in their art journals, but that is only part of what I was trying to achieve. For me the visual journal was a great way to beat the fear of making art. If there is no aim, no right or wrong, then the process of creating art becomes freeing and therapeutic. I used simple mediums to create at will in my journal, especially when I felt a struggle in the midst of a project or experiment. It was a …

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