‘Where Were You Last Summer’ is a new show at Arts Centre Washington that examines hidden voices of dissent from a South Asian perspective.

This show features the work of two women: Sehr Jalil (that’s her work, pictured) and Padma Rao, two visual artists who have collaborated and explored the underlying currents of a post-colonial identity through personal stories and archival enquiry. In the context of the recent unrest in the summer of 2024, the artists investigate the tension and space between colonialism and women’s activism, unpacking the notion of conflict, violence and resilience; and how they are interpreted in the current climate. Sehr Jalil is a multidisciplinary visual artist and researcher from Pakistan (currently at Goldsmiths) while Padma Rao is a visual artist practising contemporary drawing and painting (she currently lives and works in Sunderland).

Where Were You Last Summer, 18 July-30 August, Arts Centre Washington, sunderlandculture.org.uk