Design Collection
Aaj Bazar Mein
A mixed media performance projected in 360 at InterAccess studio with Saad Aslam Ali. Saad and I nostalgically traverse our home city of Karachi, on Google Earth, finding corners of our city hazy in our memories. As we explore, a webcam pointed... More
projection mixed media
Design Collection
Dupatta As Calendar
The calendar was a covenant between the land and those who worked it, a way of knowing when to sow and when to reap. In neoliberal society, the calendar is a ledger of debt, ceaseless growth we are forced to subscribe to. This calendar, printed... More
Alternative printing
Design Collection
The Translation Leaves Much To Be Desired
Initially conceived as a “trace the letters” book, the project evolved into a meditation on the labor of language learning. Repetition, memorization, and the physical act of writing, is lost in favor of gamified learning, this project asks: Is... More
language
Work by
Omama Mahmood
Storyteller
“A body of projects that are united by the theme of collective making. The second semester of my thesis was an intense grappling with the community I was going to lose by no longer being a student....” [More]