POSTERVISM.
THE NATIONAL POSTER COMPETITION (PAKISTAN).
The phrase ‘pictures speak louder than words’, is the idea behind thisproject. Deriving inspiration from the international poster competition "Poster For Tomorrow" which has had a vast global presence and has been successful in generating productive dialogue in relevance to the themes of the posters, the Pakistan Chowk Community Centre in collaboration with the Renaissance Foundation for Social Innovation Pakistan, presents
THE NATIONAL POSTER COMPETITION (PAKISTAN).
The phrase ‘pictures speak louder than words’, is the idea behind thisproject. Deriving inspiration from the international poster competition "Poster For Tomorrow" which has had a vast global presence and has been successful in generating productive dialogue in relevance to the themes of the posters, the Pakistan Chowk Community Centre in collaboration with the Renaissance Foundation for Social Innovation Pakistan, presents
a national poster competition.
Chosen themes:
#GenderImpartiality | Participants are required to visualize a gender egalitarian society.
#PeripheralisingExtremism | Participants are encouraged to visualize a society that does not breed extremism.
#GenderImpartiality | Participants are required to visualize a gender egalitarian society.
#PeripheralisingExtremism | Participants are encouraged to visualize a society that does not breed extremism.
Stoning (17x22 inches)
Selected for Travelling Exhibition "25 Posters, 5 Cities".
“I killed my daughter as she had insulted all of our family by marrying a man without our consent, and I have no regret over it,” her father told police, adding that it had been an “honor killing.”
The anecdote is horrifying. But even more horrifying is the regularity with which honor killings and stonings occur in Pakistan. Despite creeping modernity, secular condemnation and the fact there’s no reference to stoning in the Koran, honor killings claim the lives of more than 1000 Pakistani women every year, according to a Pakistani rights group.
“I killed my daughter as she had insulted all of our family by marrying a man without our consent, and I have no regret over it,” her father told police, adding that it had been an “honor killing.”
The anecdote is horrifying. But even more horrifying is the regularity with which honor killings and stonings occur in Pakistan. Despite creeping modernity, secular condemnation and the fact there’s no reference to stoning in the Koran, honor killings claim the lives of more than 1000 Pakistani women every year, according to a Pakistani rights group.
