Ahmed Muzamil, Author at INVERSE JOURNAL

Ahmed Muzamil

Ahmed Muzamil Aftab Rah is student of fine arts specializing in photography and art installation at Kashmir University. His prime focus has been to capture daily life in Kashmir from the prism of geopolitics. He has investigated the on-going Kashmir conflict through a historical perspective, focusing on the traumatic experiences that have been transferred from generation to generation. The impact of such trauma is manifest in daily life in Kashmir and his art installations and photography engage with such manifestations.

Massacres and Home: An Art Installation at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale — by Ahmed Muzamil

February 6, 2019 | Art

Ahmed Muzamil presents an introduction to his work exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2018). The young artist prepared an installation to commemorate the anniversary of the Gawkadal Massacre where more than 50 people were shot by Indian soldiers during a peaceful protest. The installation involves a series of photographs in light boxes, recorded testimonies from survivors and witnesses played back in a loop and a 100kg bag of ash placed in a specific manner to create a space where death, mourning and remembrance are contemplated in what can be considered a “funerary chamber,” considering the manner in which the installation has been set up. An artist statement for the work along with a video of the installation, some visuals and sound recordings are provided here courtesy of the artist.