Sharmeen Obaid's upcoming exhibition will make Partition a human experience instead of a history lesson
The human experience of a mass migration remains mostly unknown to generations of people born after Pakistan came into being. We've only heard stories or maybe read a personal account or two circulating on social media.
Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's latest interactive exhibition is set to just change that.
The two-time Academy Award-winner is set to premiere her first immersive experiential exhibition, HOME1947, at the Manchester International Festival (MIF) 2017. Chinoy will also be the first Pakistani film-maker to debut her project at MIF this 2017.
As the refugee crisis continues to affect millions across the world, HOME1947 shows the audience, partition not through the words of historians and politicians, but through the eyes of those who lived through it.
This exhibition collects stories from people who left their homes and crossed borders during the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent. It is based on exploring what the concept of home meant to them.