Knit Your Home - Unravel Your Memories
2011 - Present
House No. 210
Street No. 10 Cavalry Grounds Extension, Lahore Cantt, Pakistan.
Facts
Built in 1984. Spent her teenage and adloscence. Modern architecture constructed in black and white contrasting colours on facade. Last house of the artist before her migration to Europe.
Mnemonics of the site
Guava tree with a self figure in it.
A popular car of the 1980s (Suzuki FX).
Firex gas heater.
A wooden stool.
Kachnar (Bauhinia tree).
Motiya bush(Jasmin).
Electricity poles with birds sitting on its electric cables.
A ceiling fan.
A domestic lizard.
A raised wooden bed.
Sony loudspeakers.
The artist has knitted this house to explore her scenic childhood memories, as a refuge for day-dreaming and reconnecting with loved ones. Hence, one can rearrange the composition of these knitted objects and create a story out of it.
These knitted belongings look different than reality, while presenting a distorted image rather than a real one of memories. It consists of living and non-living ones.
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House No. 210
Street No. 10 Cavalry Grounds Extension, Lahore Cantt, Pakistan.
Facts
Built in 1984. Spent her teenage and adloscence. Modern architecture constructed in black and white contrasting colours on facade. Last house of the artist before her migration to Europe.
Mnemonics of the site
Guava tree with a self figure in it.
A popular car of the 1980s (Suzuki FX).
Firex gas heater.
A wooden stool.
Kachnar (Bauhinia tree).
Motiya bush(Jasmin).
Electricity poles with birds sitting on its electric cables.
A ceiling fan.
A domestic lizard.
A raised wooden bed.
Sony loudspeakers.
The artist has knitted this house to explore her scenic childhood memories, as a refuge for day-dreaming and reconnecting with loved ones. Hence, one can rearrange the composition of these knitted objects and create a story out of it.
These knitted belongings look different than reality, while presenting a distorted image rather than a real one of memories. It consists of living and non-living ones.
Read More