thinking

/ talks, learning, research, misc.

Moderator: Body as Medium: InterFACES / Skin–Screen
– Conversation with Elizabeth Churchill and Dana Dawud for the public programme of exhibition Layered Medium: We Are in Open Circuits – organized by SeMA, Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) and Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF), Abu Dhabi. 2025 – youtube link

Lecture: The Artist as Researcher
– part of the mentoring programme for the Masaha Residency Cycle 9 – Misk Art Institute, Riyadh. 2025

Lecture: A Friendly Walk through Art and Publishing
– part of the mentoring programme for the Misk Micro Residency for Artist Books – Misk Art Institute, Riyadh. 2024

Speaker: Art Murmur x Guftgu – Navigating Global Audiences
– part of ‘Publishing Shifts: South Asia’ series by Art South Asia Project and Offset Projects. Conversation with Saira Ansari, (Director of Research and Publications at Misk Art Institute), and Sarasija Subramanian (Artist and Editor of Reliable Copy), Anshika Varma (Founder of Offset Projects) and Mala Yamey (ASAP). 2024 – link / youtube link

Moderator: Notations on Time
– Conversation with Sheba Chhachhi, Mariah Lookman and Anoli Perera – organized by Ishara Art Foundation, hosted by Alserkal Arts Foundation. 2023 – youtube link

Speaker: round table discussion Bookmaking for and by artists
– in collaboration with Jameel Arts Centre for Safha Art Book Fair, Abu Dhabi, 2023

Lecture: Critical Inquiry as Necessity – A Non-Expert Opinion
– part of the ‘Research as Practice’ series by Kiran Nader Museum of Art India. 2022 – youtube link

Presentation: Negotiating Terms: Performance in Pakistan
– part of ‘Stepping Away: Performance as Practice in the Non-West’ symposium – a collaboration between Alserkal Ars Foundation and Warehouse421, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. 2021 – link

Essay Performance: Gardenfinds, Bagh-e-Sadia and Usman Saeed
– part of ‘Gardens, the Sky and Solitary Walks’ programme Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. 2021

Moderator: The JARA Collective: Beyond Poetry
– In conversation with Shamma Al Bastaki, Sarah Almehairi and Arthur de Oliveira – Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Dubai, UAE. 2021

Tutor / Mentor: Forsa School module Writing as Practice
– educational and professional programme designed for art practitioners and creative freelancers; in collaboration with Sharjah Art Foundation and Naqd. 2020-2021 – link and link

Film script: the return of the old ones, Artist: Ayman Zedani
– Commissioned for 21,39, Jeddah. 2020 – link and vimeo excerpt

Performance: reading in Fazil H. Mousavi’s performance
– part of Khadim Ali’s series ‘Flowers of Evil’ (2019), at March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah. 2019 – link and youtube link

Talk: Publications of Resistance
– In conversation with Rasheed Araeen on art journals Black Phoenix and Third Text. March Meeting 2018, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah. 2018 – youtube link

Advisor: River in an Ocean
– a collateral exhibition of LB01, curated by Abdullah Qureshi and Natasha Malik. Lahore. 2018

Jury member: Imran Mir Art Prize 2016-17 

Writer in Residence: Murree Museum Artist Residency (MMAR)
Murree – August 2016

Research Fellow: Zubeida Agha (1922–1997) archive
Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) inaugural research fellowship, in partnership with Asia Art Archive (AAA), Hong Kong. 2015 – 2017 – link