Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

?A message to the sea? was developed during my stay in the old fishermen?s area near by the sea. Men on the land have always been dependent on the sea for fishing and trade. The intention behind the piece was to create a dialog between men and the sea, by sending a message back to the sea. The ship in the work is not a subject but an object, which holds a message.

Basir Mahmood (b 1985, Lahore) graduated in 2010 from Beaconhouse National University with a distinction. His interest in short films has won him various awards in the category of Best Director and Writer. ?Gheera Chaasma?, a short film, was nominated at the Zabist Film Festival in Karachi which was written, directed and produced by Mahmood. His one minute short film ?Dot in the line? was short listed in the Filminute Film Festival in 2011. Mahmood is the recipient of Akademie Schloss Solitude fellowship for the year 2011-2012 in Stuttgart, Germany and ARCUS Project, Japan. He will represent Pakistan at the Asia Pacific Triennial 2012 (APT 7) at Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia and showing his video at the launch of Broad Museum launch at Michigan State University in April 2012. Mahmood is a part of III Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, 2012. Besides being part of various private collections, Mahmood?s video works were recently acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery Collection in Brisbane, Australia.