Image Credits: Khandakar Ohida, ‘Dream Your Museum’ in ‘Jameel Prize: Moving Images’, V&A South Kensington, 2024. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Jameel Prize 2024 Moving Images
Victoria and Albert Museum
30th November 2024 – 16th March 2025
The well deserving winner is Khandakar Ohida for her gentle film and installation ‘Dream Your Museum’ documenting her uncle’s work gathering the ephemera of the marginalised minority experience in West Bengal, India. It is a critique of both the dominant culture of India and its museum curatorial biases.
Other female finalist storytellers include Syrian artist Jawa El Khash’s ‘The Upper Side of the Sky’ her 3D simulation investigating lost archeology and imagined ecosystem of Palmyra; Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid whose film ‘Chibayish deals with the impact of the oil industry on Iraqi wetlands; Iranian-Iraqi artist Marrim Akashi Sani whose intimate photo series documents her local Detroit community in ‘Muharram’; and Pakastani artist Zahra Malkani whose sonic/filmic work ‘Darya, Darpan’ (River, Mirror) celebrates the spiritual life of the river around Karachi surviving against the violence of industry.
The work often investigates the urgent themes of ecology and racism, of the diaspora, and the need to protect communities and cultures throughout the world. It provides a fascinating contemporary complement to the V and A’s vast collection of Islamic art.
Congratulations to Khandakar and all the finalists.
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