The visual is inspired by the traditional folk dance also known as the 'Dhamaal' conducted on Sufi Shrines and Darghas throughout Punjab in addition to Sindh, observed specifically at Shah Jamal, Lahore; and how it is constantly manipulated by the existing social media and technology - manipulating the essence of it's spirituality and showcasing it to the world.  

Pen in ink & White Charcoal on Wood | 10 x 12 cm | 2016

I am one of the selected artists from Pakistan for Imago Mundi Project. Imago Mundi is the collection of works commissioned and collected by Luciano Benetton on his travels around the world, involving, on a voluntary and non-profit basis, established and emerging artists from many different countries. Each of them has created a work whose only restriction is its 10x12 cm format, contributing to the creation of a remarkable artistic geography.

The collection, under the auspices of the Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche (established upon the wishes of the Benetton family to support and raise awareness of the wealth of landscape, cultural and artistic heritage), has no commercial ambitions, but aims to unite the diversities of our world in the name of common artistic experience. The goal is to catalogue works, inspirations and ideas, in order to pass down to future generations the widest possible mapping of the situation of human cultures at the start of the third millennium.