Kabristan-Land of graves

Abstract

Kabristan, meaning ‘graveyard’ in Urdu, is an attempt to represent the paralyzed potential of the longstanding conflict of Kashmir, highlighting a mixture of anthropological ingredients which look temporarily dormant like tombs but about to explode into a new massive stage of violence. The project was developed in Srinagar, the valley's main city and the core of Kashmir's cultural and political history, and it blends different aspects of the relation between people and the pressure of the past, primarily perceived as a deadly and pressurizing atmosphere that intertwines with inner and outer landscapes, past and future, grief and anger, introspection and violence, political utopia and bitter realities of the conflict.