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Karachi Literature Festival | 7th, 8th & 9th February | Beach Luxury Hotel
8:35 pm
The second day of the Fifth Karachi Literature Festival comes to an end. – Photo by Aliraza Khatri
8:30 pm Interview with Uzma Aslam Khan
7:34 pm Thinner than Skin: In Conversation with Uzma Aslam Khan
Responding to how she decided to become a writer during the book launch of Thinner than Skin, Uzma Aslam Khan said she never consciously thought of becoming one. She said the label “writer” sounded rather arrogant, but added that writing balanced her.
“My teachers were very encouraging. When I went to grad school and my peers were submitting their writing samples, I didn’t have anything. Later, I wrote my manuscript and it was finally accepted by a publisher in Delhi, but it took a very long time,” Khan said.
In response to a question, she said “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf shook her most profoundly as a writer, adding that it is more powerful than a bomb.
Meanwhile, answering a question by moderator Razeshta Sethna as to how her immense mobility during childhood impacted her writing, Khan said the reason she wrote extensively about nomads in her books was because she identified herself as a nomad. “I had this urge to keep moving and it made way into my books
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Amin Gulgee
Amin Gulgee (b. 1965, Karachi) is an artist and independent curator living and working in Karachi. He received a BA in Art History and Economics from Yale University in 1987 and won the Conger B. Goodyear Fine Arts Award for his senior thesis on Moghul gardens. He works primarily in sculpture, installation and performance.
His solo exhibitions include ‘The Spider Speaketh in Tongues’ South Asia Institute, Chicago, USA (2022); ‘7’ Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale and ‘7.7’ Mattatoio, Rome, Italy (2018); ‘Walking on the Moon’ Wei-Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2015); ‘Looking for the Magic Center’ ArtSpace Dubai, UAE (2009); and ‘Amin Gulgee’ Museu da Agua, Lisbon, Portugal (2003).
His international group shows include ‘Manzar: Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today’ National Museum of Qatar, Doha, Qatar (2024); ‘ENTRELACS/INTERLACED’ Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France (2022); ‘OPEN20’ Venice, Italy (2017); ‘Rites of Passage’ Ostrale’010, Dresden, Germany (2010); ‘Beyond Borders’ National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India (2005); Beijing Biennial (2003); and ‘Pakistan: Another Vision’ Brunei Gallery, London, UK (2000).
Amin has worked extensively with performance, both as a practitioner and a curator. Over the past two d