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As part of the Vasl Rooftop Series and in support of Karachi Biennale 17, Vasl Artists’ Association hosted a talk titled ‘The Hospital and the Cinema’. The talk included Vancouver based artist, Althea Thauberger who spoke about her previous works in Prague, Czech Republic with Karachi based curator and art critic Zarmeene Shah at Vasl Artists’ Association on September 6, 2017.
In the first half of the talk, Althea and Zarmeene discussed theatre, film and the role it has played in Althea’s work. The second half of the talk brought together Althea and her Pakistani collaborators for a film which they were directing as part of Karachi Biennale. The film explored the history behind a popular cinema on M.A. Jinnah Road in Karachi called Capri Cinema. The directors and collaborators for this film were; Syed Ammad Tahir, Momin Zafar, Vajdaan Shah and Zehra Nawab.
