21st Century Renaissance Exhibitions at the Ismaili Centre Toronto: Ali Kazimi’s Oceans Within/Surface Tension – Enightenment in a Digital Age

EXHIBITION – TRANSFORMATIONS: September – December 2016 – Ismaili Centre, Toronto – Exhibition Hall – Curated by Zulfikar Hirji.

Transformations presents the work of four Canadian artists of Muslim background, Ali Kazimi, Faisal Anwar, Jamelie Hassan, and Fareena Chanda.

The artists use a range of contemporary artistic tools including 3D stereoscopic video, social media, neon, optical lenses and industrial design to explore the inner life and its external expressions. Their works also make reference to Islam’s diverse esoteric visual and literary cultures.

First Exhibition

Oceans Within/Surface Tension
Ali Kazimi
September 10-September 28
Ismaili Centre, Toronto – Exhibition Hall

Kazimi’s meditative diptych explores the multiple hidden trajectories of water and the limitations of human visual perception. The work employs extreme slow motion and stereoscopic 3D imagery to reveal the spectacular and seductive trajectories of water drops as they make their way to a liquid surface and burst into the air.

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