A thread, a weave, a braid, a river
Single-channel video. 21:34 minutes
(2023)
A thread, a weave, a braid, a river is a public teaching tool in four acts about the rivers of Karachi, Pakistan. It traces the rich and dense networks of waterways centered around the Malir river, which are being destroyed by sand mining and the ongoing construction of the Malir Expressway. It remembers the wet and soaking ecologies of the city, over which infrastructure has conjured the solid grounds of urban planning. Invoking the intimacies of sand and water, desert and delta, it explores ways of relating to the land, environment and each other.
Comissioned by KHOJ India for the World Weather Network Platform. Watch the english version here and the Urdu version here.
