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Ms Sana Bilgrami's Outputs (33)

On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland (2024)
Book Chapter
Bilgrami, S. (2024). On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland. In J. Morrison, & S. Pedersen (Eds.), Silenced Voices and the Media (83-100). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65403-9_6

Despite growing awareness about a lack of diversity across the Scottish screen industries, there is little representation of ethnically diverse characters in Scottish films. South Asian communities appear in the periphery of Scottish cinema where fil... Read More about On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland.

South Asian Women in Scottish Cinema (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bilgrami, S. (2024, June). South Asian Women in Scottish Cinema. Paper presented at Scottish Film and TV: Where Are We Now?, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

South Asian communities appear on the periphery of Scottish cinema where films have predominantly explored narratives about white masculinity. In a cinema where female voices often struggle to be heard, South Asian women are virtually invisible excep... Read More about South Asian Women in Scottish Cinema.

Living Archives for the Future (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beilby, L., & Bilgrami, S. (2023, June). Living Archives for the Future. Paper presented at Shaking the Archives: Reconsidering the Role of Archives in Contemporary Society, Edinburgh, UK

(Short Projected Screening and Paper)

The Living Archives is a collaborative research project in which we explore connections between archives, identity and materiality. In participatory workshops with marginalised communities/individuals, we chal... Read More about Living Archives for the Future.

We Speak: On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bilgrami, S., & Thambar, N. (2022, September). We Speak: On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland. Paper presented at MeCCSA 'Silenced Voices' September 2022, Aberdeen

We Speak (Documentary Film, 6 minutes, 2022) is an audio-visual conversation between filmmaker Sana Bilgrami, and composer and musician Niroshini Thambar, about the experience of claiming space in a post-colonial world. The film reflects on the possi... Read More about We Speak: On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland.

Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Summerhall, Scotland) (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bilgrami, S. Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Summerhall, Scotland). [Curation of art works]. Exhibited at Meadows and Corner Galleries, Summerhall, Edinburgh, Scotland. 29 July 2022 - 25 September 2022

In 2021, I brought together Summerhall, Edinburgh, and Koel Gallery, Karachi, to host an international digital artist residency. We won a 25k 'Connect and Collaborate' grant from British Council and Creative Scotland. I designed and curated the resid... Read More about Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Summerhall, Scotland).

Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Koel Gallery, Pakistan) (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bilgrami, S. Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Koel Gallery, Pakistan). [Curation of art works]. Exhibited at Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. 18 January 2022 - 2 February 2022

In 2021, I brought together Summerhall, Edinburgh, and Koel Gallery, Karachi, to host an international digital artist residency. We won a 25k 'Connect and Collaborate' grant from British Council and Creative Scotland. I designed and curated the resid... Read More about Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Koel Gallery, Pakistan).

'I Am': Exploring Multiplicity of Voice and Identity in First Person Self-Reflexive Documentary Film Practice (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bilgrami, S. (2021, March). 'I Am': Exploring Multiplicity of Voice and Identity in First Person Self-Reflexive Documentary Film Practice. Paper presented at International Media Education Summit, Leeds, UK

The autoethnographic film endeavour raises questions familiar to most documentary filmmakers about the infinite possibilities of (self-)representation. It also allows a certain freedom in inscribing nuances and interiority to one’s own story. I Am ai... Read More about 'I Am': Exploring Multiplicity of Voice and Identity in First Person Self-Reflexive Documentary Film Practice.

'Landscape of Memory' International Online Art Exhibition (2020)
Exhibition / Performance
Bilgrami, S., & Peracha, M. 'Landscape of Memory' International Online Art Exhibition. [Curation of artworks]. Exhibited at Koel Gallery [Online - https://koelgallery.com/exhibitions/landscape-of-memory/]. 17 November 2020 - 29 December 2020

Sana Bilgrami and Maliha Peracha brought together artists from Scotland and Pakistan to discover in their work refractions of a shared and evocative vision of the elemental power, rhythm and continuity of natural forces. This exhibition reveals how b... Read More about 'Landscape of Memory' International Online Art Exhibition.

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Emily Learmont (2015)
Digital Artefact
Bilgrami, S. (2015). Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Emily Learmont. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j43kHxT_RA]

This film observes painter and illustrator, Emily Learmont, painstakingly embellish an oil painting as she explains her contrasting approaches to painting and illustrating, and reflects on the scale and diversity of her captivating work.

Link to v... Read More about Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Emily Learmont.

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Ade Adesina (2015)
Digital Artefact
Bilgrami, S. (2015). Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Ade Adesina. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS0iLwZBDZE]

An intimate portrait of Aberdeen-based ecological printmaker and artist, Ade Adesina, who exhibited his exciting work and won an award at London’s Royal Academy of Art in the summer of 2015.

Link to video on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch... Read More about Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Ade Adesina.

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Alan McGowan (2015)
Digital Artefact
Bilgrami, S. (2015). Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Alan McGowan. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNIeh90_Ajs&feature=youtu.be]

An insight into the thoughts and work of figurative artist Alan McGowan, whose paintings are powerful, thought-provoking and occasionally disturbing studies of the human body.

Link to video on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNIeh90_Ajs&... Read More about Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Alan McGowan.