13 Satelites of Lahore

Workshop, Lahore, Pakistan, April 01-10, 2007

13 Satellites is an on-going art project that addresses the contemporary art-scene in Pakistan, currently accessed through limited platforms through experimental works, that examine the communication through and circulation of art between centers and peripheries, in a city like Lahore.
The first 13 Satellites project took place in august 2006, with 7 students from BNU and 8 from NCA in Lahore. 13 Satellites of Lahore, II, invited participation of art students, from Lahore and Karachi, and public artists Matthias Einhoff and Harry Sachs from the collective KUNSTrePUBLIK, as co-facilitators, from Germany. Facilitators from Pakistan include, Huma Mulji, Naazish Ataullah, David Alesworth, Razia Irum Sadik.
The project was exhibited as documentation at the Annemarie Schimmel Haus.
Supported by Annemarie Schimmel Haus (German Cultural Center, Lahore), IFA, Berlin, Germany, and The Heinrich Böll Foundation, Lahore.
With help from Vasl Artists Collective, Karachi, National College of Arts, Lahore, and Beaconhouse National University, Lahore.