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Vasl Artists’ Association in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Pakistan, hosted the Pakistan-German Salon | Music, Fashion and Art on as part of the Vasl Rooftop Talk Series.
German fashion and social designer Miro Craemer in collaboration with Pakistani designer, Waqar Khan, introduced his new collection ‘Sky over Karachi’ which was complimented by Pablo Lauf’s music. The garments were tailored with leather outsourced from Munich, while different forms of silk and cotton used were made locally in Pakistan.
Curators, Sara-Duana Meyer (Cairo, Egypt) and Dr. Bernhart Schwenk (Munich, Germany) focused their discussion around, ‘25 Years of Contemporary Art in Germany’ with Simon Otto (Munich, Germany). Schwenk specified about his work at the Pinakothek der Moderne while Meyer explained the ‘Urbanities’ project which brought the German artists together, through the context of cities and their ever-evolving forms.
German performance artists, Simon Otto designed a short performance consisting of a dance piece for the Vasl Rooftop event as they were attending Karachi Biennale for a specific project, (OVERxCOM) “Moves”.
Karin Kasbock was Vasl’s resident artist at the time, and was part of Berlin based artist duo, ‘Bankleer’. She presented her work and previous bodies of performances on the Vasl rooftop and was one of the performance artists for the Karachi Biennale 2017. She performed her piece, ‘The Thing’ which was held at the NJV School for a week’s duration.
The evening ended with a productive feedback session regarding the “Cord of Desires” which was a project facilitated by the Vasl Artists’ Association for Miro Craemer, the resident artist in 2016, in response to the Baldia Factory Fire of 2012 which happened in Karachi. Craemer and his fellow collaborators, Manizhe Ali, Hira Khan (Project Coordinator at Vasl Artists’ Association) and Mahwish Ali spoke about their contributions to the project and its extensions which resulted in a seminar and exhibition at the Textile Industry Museum of Augsburg, Germany in 2017.
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