Material remembers what language leaves behind.
In conversation with multidisciplinary artist Maha Ahmed.
GALLERY 01ON VIEW
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTRE · LAHOREخیال کو جگہ چاہیےIdeas need
Ideas need
room.
Exhibitions, moving image, public conversations and new commissions connecting Pakistani artists with the city around them.
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ART ✦ FILM ✦ DESIGN ✦ LITERATURE ✦ SOUND ✦ PERFORMANCE ✦ PUBLIC PROGRAMMES ✦ART ✦ FILM ✦ DESIGN ✦ LITERATURE ✦ SOUND ✦ PERFORMANCE ✦ PUBLIC PROGRAMMES ✦
A living space for art,
culture and encounter.
Kinetic Room is an independent Lahore cultural platform built around exchange. From contemporary miniature and textile to film, sound, photography and public archives, we present ambitious Pakistani practices without reducing them to tradition alone.
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GALLERY 01 · UNTIL 18 OCT
First Draft: City Memory
An original fictional student-show concept inspired by Lahore’s experimental art-school energy.
PROJECT ROOM · 04 SEP–02 NOV
Soft Structures
A new textile and sound commission by Hira Nabi.
COURTYARD · ONGOING
City as Archive
Posters, photographs and voices collected across Lahore.
14SEPT
2026
2026
THIS WEEK / PUBLIC PROGRAMMEWho gets to
Who gets to
write the city?
A conversation between architects, artists and oral historians on memory, erasure and public space.
Reserve a seat03 / ARTISTS & IDEAS
From the room
FIELD NOTES · ISSUE 04
Making after the monsoon
New frequencies from Lahore’s independent sound scene.
A monthly audio dispatch curated by Kinetic Radio.
04 / MORE THAN A GALLERY
Culture in motion
Film & moving image
Pakistani shorts, documentaries, experimental cinema and filmmaker conversations.
Design & material
Graphic design, ceramics, textiles, printmaking and new approaches to local materials.
Words & publishing
Poetry, fiction, translation, independent magazines and artist-book fairs.
Sound & live arts
Independent music, sound art, contemporary theatre and interdisciplinary performance.
Young creatives
Weekend making labs, school visits and portfolio sessions for emerging practitioners.
City archive
Photography, oral histories, posters and everyday objects documenting a changing Lahore.
LEARNING / COMMUNITYLook closer.
Look closer.
Make together.
Free family Sundays, school gallery walks, teacher resources, print and clay workshops, portfolio clinics and bilingual exhibition guides make the programme useful beyond opening night.
Explore workshopsCOME THROUGHArt belongs
Art belongs
in your week.
House 21, MM Alam Road
Gulberg III, Lahore
Tuesday–Sunday
11:00–20:00
General admission is free.
Some programmes require registration.