Digital Sufi Shrine II

November 2018 - January 2019 | SOMArts, San Franicsco

Digital Sufi Shrine is an experience rooted in nostalgia and re-imagination. It is an ongoing body of work that merges fragments from my memories with physical and digital technologies and new narratives to create immersive spaces.

This installation reimagines the Sufi Shrine, a space for gathering, healing and memorializing, with alternative narratives that preserve memories and also imagine new possibilities. Elements have been recreated with projections, lighting and props to create an immersive environment for experiencing this reality.

The Digital Sufi Shrine features visuals sourced from the internet of sufi shrines around Pakistan. These exist in the ‘outdoor’ space which amplifies the feeling of transcendence experienced in dhamaal.

The ‘indoor’ space, traditionally reserved for the grave of a saint, celebrates and remembers Pakistani women we have lost in recent years.