Subjective Atlas of Pakistan

What and who do we talk about when we speak of ‘Pakistan’ and the ‘Pakistani’? This question was posed to more than eighty artists, designers, and other creative souls across Pakistan. They responded with maps, inventories, photographs and drawings that explored the multifaceted microcosm of their real and imagined lives. These investigations will take you through the labyrinths of cityscapes, hidden lairs beneath layers of domes, nationalist rants, fictional propaganda, and corporate deceptions. This book revels in the unexpected and the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious, the obscure and bizarre. Through these compelling contemporary cartographies, the Subjective Atlas of Pakistan offers a humanised vision of ongoing conflicts pacified through visual poetics of personal stories, fears, hopes and dreams. CONCEPT: Annelys de Vet CURATOR: Taqi Shaheen EDITING AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION: Taqi Shaheen, Annelys de Vet GRAPHIC DESIGN: Taqi Shaheen, Annelys de Vet, Noortje van Eekelen in collaboration with all the contributors INTRODUCTION: Kamila Shamsie CONTRIBUTORS: Adeela Suleman, Ahsan Jamal, Ahmad Ali Manganhar, Aman Asif, Ambreen Shahwani, Aleem Dad Khan, Alyna Farooqui, Anousha Tehseen, Arif Mahmood, Areesha Channah, Arsalan Hanif, Areej Fatima, Ayaz Jokhio, Chandan Baloch, Durriya Kazi, Danial Shah, Furqan Haider Bhatti, Faran Haider, Feica, Farrukh Afaq, Farooq Soomro, Haroon Khan Wazir, Hafsa Macdi, Hazique Zaheer, Ibrahim Yahya, Ikram Mengal, Imran Channa, Khadija Raza, Khadim Ali, Madiha Sikander, Maham Bosan, Mahwish Chishti, Malcolm Hutcheson, Mir Sultan, Monazza Fatima Naqvi, Muhammad Hassan Miraj, Muddaser Farooq, Murtaza Ali, Naila Mahmood, Naiza Khan, Nameera Ahmed, Nasim Ahmad, Nimra Saleem, Omar Wasim, Qasim Naeem, Rabeya Jalil, Rasheed Araeen, Rashid Rana, Rida Rohail, Rawaz Hammas, Raza Taj, Risham Syed, RM Naeem, Romano Karim Yusuf, Roohi Ahmed, Ruhi Nasir, Saadia Abdul Rasheed, Sabin Agha, Saira Zia, Sana Ahmed Khan, Sana Arjumand, Sana Khan Mamdot, Sana Zarrar, Samar Raza, Sarah Javed, Sara Khan, Sarah Hashmi, Shafaq Afzal, Shehryar Ali, Shumyle Haider, Sohail Zuberi, Tahir Kayani, Tapu Javeri, Uroos Nazim, Usman Saeed, Wajid Ali Dharkiwala, Zaheer Chaudhry, Zainab Marvi, Zainab Nasir, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto PROOFREADING: Mahim Maher INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER: Department of Visual Studies, University of Karachi SUPPORTED BY: Creative Industries Fund(NL) and Hivos (NL) Subjective Editions, 2018 Language: English 208 colour pages, 16.5 x 22 cm ISBN 978-908-291-991-2