Seven Billion Beliefs 2021-2022

Anusha Novlani is the fourth recipient of the Vasl-KKAF Research Grant. She was the qualifying resident artist, chosen from the 13th Taaza Tareen residency program Creative Alternatives.

Anusha is a Karachi based artist who graduated in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts, Lahore in 2019. He has showcased his work in several group shows across various galleries in Pakistan.

The Research Grant of 2021-2022, comprised of 3 members, Sameera Raja, Seema Nusrat & Seher Naveed.

In this body of work, I depict the coexisting structures in Karachi, as they occur under the vastness of the same blue skies. Here, they come together under one roof, containing themselves architectural significance and symbolic value. This work underscores the iconography of the structures, as they come to signify various belief systems. The scale of these forms acts as a cosmological signifier in its monumentality, as it interacts with the space.