The exhibition includes display of paintings, sculptures, fabric designs, ceramics pottery, building models, advertisement concepts and much more
Jamshoro, Sindh
The 10-Day 19th Degree Show (Annual Thesis Display/Exhibition) kicked off here Monday at the premises of Shaheed Allah Bukhsh Soomro (SABS) University of Art, Design and Heritages Jamshoro.
The Degree Show was inaugurated by Provincial Minister for Irrigation, Jam Khan Shoro. He was accompanied by Vice-Chancellor SABS Prof. Dr. Arabella Bhutto.
The exhibition included display of paintings, sculptures, fabric designs, and ceramics pottery, building models, advertisement concepts and much more. Total 101 students displayed their art work and thesis projects: 37 from Architecture, 27 from Fine Art, 21 from Textile Design and 19 from Communication Design.
Vice-chancellor Prof. Dr. Arabella Bhutto said that SABS University aims to promote peace, prosperity and positivity in the society and the art work of students reflects sustainable developments goals (SDGs) related to peace and tolerance in the society.
She said that the beauty of this university is its close association with creativity through art, design and architecture whereas, creativity and innovation goes hand in hand.
Dr. Bhutto further said that importance of art along with science in our society for both creativity and innovation is fact and science without art is bleak, art without science is terrifying.
During the degree show, Fine Arts students displayed paintings and sculptures on the topics such as: sign language for deaf and dumb, relief patterns using natural leaves, cultural identity and attachment, material transformation, layers of perception, balance between order and chaos, future of art in tech driven world, fragmented and subjective nature of truth, pride of Sindhi ralli, transformation through repeated strokes, visualizing speech struggles in communication, and others.
Communication Design students presented their ideas on the topics such as: Brahui tongue tale, dot of vastness, symbolism through ornamental ethnicity, decision making, ideological repression, aware sphere, fear’s last flame, an ode to the winds, maladaptive daydreaming, infinite draft, etc.
Textile Design students displayed the fabric designs on topics of the embedding memories into designs, blend and belong, nothing lasts forever, introspective life, fusion of traditional Sindhi embroidery into western abstract style, lacking the full picture, beyond the reality, echoes of nature, from raw material into finished textiles etc.
Architecture and Planning Department students gave unique ideas on how to harmonize tradition and innovation to create a progressive yet culturally rooted village design, revival of Omani architectural style in Gwadar, contemporary art gallery in Karachi, reimagining public libraries as vibrant community gathering spaces, biophilic theme house, integration of passive cooling strategies for energy efficient buildings in urban areas, the garden of heaven, architectural innovation in sports arenas for socio economic development: youth football academy at Gwadar, climate resilient school at Turbat, universal accessibilities optimizing accessibilities for enhance living, exploring the sensory triscape approach design and others.
The exhibition will last till December 10, 2024. (PR)
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