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Llif / بہاؤ / FlowAcross water and time

09 January - 25 February 2023

Mission Gallery is pleased to host Flow | Llif through January and February 2023. Flow | Llif began as a digital collaboration between artists in Pakistan and in Wales. Its continuation will see some of the artists travelling to work alongside each other. 

As part of this, Mission will present an exhibition of new works and findings from the collaborative research of the artists. We will also host a residency at the gallery that will culminate in a public performance in January and will present artists’ events and activities including readings and workshops.

The work being shared in January and February stems from the digital collaborations of the ten artists, their joint research and development of aspects of their creative practices. It is an opportunity to share this new work with our audiences and to invite interaction with our local communities.

The ten artists work together in creative partnerships. Each partnership has been exploring very different areas of practice, including choreography and performance, sound works, textile traditions, 3D filming, poetry and painting.

The participating artists are:

Ayessha Quraishi and Mererid Hopwood

Maheen Zia and Ingrid Murphy

Rameesha Azeem and Eddie Ladd

Shanzay Subzwari and Lauren Heckler

Zohra Amarta Shah and Llio James

 

Flow is an over-arching project that encompasses five distinct research initiatives. Five Pakistan based artists, who practise independently of each other, came together specifically to explore cultural connections with five creative practitioners based in Wales. Undertaken digitally, these research initiatives have each developed dynamically differently.

Flow continues to be a vehicle for the ongoing research and development of these five artistic collaborations. It is now also supporting the co-creation and co-production of aspects of what has been explored between the Pakistan and Wales based practitioners. 

Mission Gallery is delighted to be facilitating and supporting this exploratory, cross-cultural collaboration.

The project is funded by British Council and is part of the British Council’s Pakistan/UK: New Perspectives programme which marks the 75th anniversary of Pakistan. 

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