Marvi and the Churail, 2024

This film installation was commissioned as part of Jerwood Survey III which is a major biennial touring exhibition that presents new commissions by 10 early-career artists from across the UK. Jerwood Survey spans a wide breadth of disciplines and takes a non-institutional approach by inviting leading artists to nominate the most outstanding early-career artists making work today. I was nominated by interdisciplinary artist, Alberta Whittle. 

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In Marvi and the Churail I explore two particular female archetypes in South Asian folktales: the moral heroine Umar Marvi from the Seven Queens of Sindh and the ghost-witch Churail told in horror stories. Framed ornately by a bejewelled structure around dual screens, my two-channel dialogic film articulates the multiplicity of women to unite their anti-patriarchal narratives.

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Jerwood Survey III is led by Southwark Park Galleries, touring nationally in collaboration with Collective, g39 and Site Gallery.

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Tour Dates

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​- Southwark Park Galleries - 6 April - 23 June 2024

- g39, Cardiff 13 July – 7 September 2024
- Site Gallery, Sheffield 27 September 2024 – 26 January 2025
- Collective, Edinburgh 28 February – 4 May 2025

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