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Memories can be relived involuntarily through
"metaphorical knitting"

Knitting, with its textual quality, is all about remembering and forgetting.

Each knot exists both individually and collectively to hold the item together.

The knots are closely bonded with each other.

It's a meditative action, which is parallel to a narration of a story; weaving, one by one, and gradually building up layers of happening and moments.

It represents life contigencies and, hence, forming a narrative.

Inspired by the traditional Kashmiri Pheran, this installation confronts themes of cultural displacement, oppression, and the enduring spirit of the people.

The poem and the use of vibrant red infuse the artwork with a sense of celebration and mourning. It asks viewers to consider the intertwined relationship between place, identity, and the human cost of conflict.

Experience the depth of classical Persian poetry in Irani Nastaliq script, "where calligraphy" becomes a medium for spiritual reflection and contemplation.

This particular artwork is a continuation of the neighbourhood where the artist has lived previously.

Now she continues to knit the whole street and pursues the neighbours and people who are located over there.

While listening to their personal stories and experiences, she wants to re-transcript the urban memories.

Muzna's crocheted Shikara draws inspiration from the artist’s family heritage in Srinagar, where they once owned a traditional boat on Dal Lake. This artwork symbolizes a place of refuge and resilience amidst the journey of migration.
The installation is accompanied by a soundscape featuring the Kashmiri folk tune "Pahari" and "Raag Charukeshi" played on the Santoor. This evocative instrument, with its 105 strings and deep connection to Kashmiri musical traditions, adds a rich layer of meaning to the artwork.

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This upcoming project would assist the artist to develop this artwork with the refugees settled in one of her previously lived areas.

This project is based on the phenomenon of migration and home. In a dialogical approach, she wants to invite the refugees to share their stories and associations with this region for the following few propositions:

How can their stories become tangible through knitting/crochet?
How notions of migration and home can be translated into this medium?

This is a joint project between a painter and me.

Both of us will translate our experiences and fond memories in love of our mothers.

This is a tribute to pure love and friendship between a mother and a daughter, shared in form of paintings, sketches and knitting/crochet.