| AdminHistory | Given the variety of media that the company uses as their creative outlets it is difficult to categorise the work as simply theatre, exhibitions etc. Therefore, they are better regarded as "projects" and in the list below they are identified by the methods of presentation. Projects are developed by the company with one or more artistic directors often in collaboration with leading practitioners in visual arts. Collaborators with Ali Zaidi and Keith Khan include Kamal El Alaoui, Christophe Berthonneau, Sonia Boyce, Darrell Butlin, Dominic Campbell, Poulomi Desai, Nina Edge, Femi Elufowoju Jnr , Diane Esguerra, Sonali Fernando, Salvatore Forino, James Gibbs/dbox, Petra Goebel, Shobna Gulati , Mazhar Hussain, Mira Kaushik, Christopher Kondek, Sophie Leyton, Jo Martin, Gavin O'Shea, Steve Ouditt, H. Patten , Ali Pretty, Vanessa Richards, DJ Scanner, Zineb Sedira, Indran Selvarajah, Shrikanth Sriram, Shabaka Thompson, Gauri Tripathi, Betty Vaughan Richards, Axel Vogelsang, Marianne Weems, Stephan Zerwas.
Commissioners and presenters of the projects include Arnolfini, Barbican, Brooklyn Academy of Music, DCMS, ICA, London International Festival of Theatre, New Art Gallery Walsall, Roma Europa Festival, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Court Theatre, Somerset House, South Bank, Tate Modern, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Warwick Arts Centre, Whitney Museum of American Art.
The logistics of organising and staging the work is undertaken by a producer, who does not always work in situ which is reflected in some significant gaps in these production files. Production files will provide an overview of all aspects of realising the project from CVs of artists to procurement of rehearsal venues, from finance to rehearsal schedules. The total process of production is the work of the whole company, often with an extensive number of external collaborators.
The following is a list of the projects:
1990
"On the Other Hand", television discussion programme, Channel 4, London, UK
"Revisionist Queens", sculptural installation, Houston, USA
"Rainbow Uprising", Carnival band, Notting Hill, UK 1990
"Aiya's Apple, Aisha's Eye", video film,1990-1991
1991
"Jashan-e-Bahar" showcase for a festival of work from Pakistan, toured nationally
"Flying Costumes, Floating Tombs", outdoor spectacle, Bristol, London, UK
"Some Kin A Wave", Carnival band, Notting Hill, UK
"Chavil Ki Chaddar", live art event, Liverpool, UK
1992
"Colours of Asia", mixed media event, London, UK
"Family", exterior installation and performances, London, UK
"Re-Dress", photographic installation, Reading, UK
"Before Columbus", Carnival floats, London, UK
"Chaytantra", animated short film
"Caribbean Music Village", exterior installations, London, UK
1993
"Quick", live art event, London, UK
"Moti Roti, Puttli Chunni", film project on stage, national and international
touring, 1993-94
"Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in concert", music event, Channel 4, London, UK
"Captives", multi-media installation, Walsall, UK
"Respect", live art season, London, UK
1994
"Quick 2", live art event, London, UK
"Seventh Heaven", Carnival band, Cumbria, UK
"Newham Mela", stage decorations, London, UK
"Streatham Mela", site and stage decorations, London, UK
"Fresh", multi-performance season, London, UK
"Diwali Lights", television programmes
"Sweet and Spicy", short film, ITV, UK
1995
"Ideals", Carnival design, Cumbria, UK
"Wigs of Wonderment", installation and performance, national and international
touring 1995-99
"MAA", theatre project, London, UK
"Rising", site-specific installation, London, UK
"Peoples of the Carrybeyon", Carnival design, London, UK
"The Seed The Root", site-specific installations, London, UK
1996
"Adrift", Carnival design, Cumbria, UK
"Festival of Arts and Ideas", exterior event, Connecticut, USA
"The Open Sea", outdoor spectacle, Cumbria, UK
"Fluid", site-specific photographic installations, Manchester, UK
"Ek Chadder Maili Si", design for a musical, Lahore, Pakistan
"Dominica Sissarou", Carnival costume, London UK 1996-97
1997
"Madhurasha", dance and video spectacle, London UK
"Snow Black & Seven Giants", Carnival design, Leeds, UK
"Anokha", multi-media installation, London, UK
"One Night", visual theatre, London UK
1998
"Dreamwork", participatory project, London UK
1999
"Chameleon", workshops, London UK 1999-2000
"Plain Magic", touring installation, nationally touring UK, 1999-2001
"Denim", exhibition, Walsall, UK
2000
"Fresh Masaala", installation, Warwick, UK
"Compassion", site-specific installation, London, UK
"Build", sculptural installation, London UK
"Reality Bytes", participatory project, Nottingham, UK
2001
"Fresh Asian", photography installation, San Francisco, USA; and Durban,
Capetown and Johannesburg, South Africa, 2001 to 2005
"Swaraj", photographic and projection installation, London, UK
"Yagna", design project, London, UK
2002
"Celebration Commonwealth" and "Rainbow of Wishes", major
public event, national and international presence
2003
"Geniescape", design environment, London, UK
"Under Your Skin", publication, UK distribution
"Waterscapes", live performances, London, UK
"Mix and Match", nightclub event, Rome, Italy
"Alladeen", touring theatre production, national and international touring, 2003-2005
2005
"cutout", work in progress |