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Sakib (Saks) Afridi

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Artist ⋅ Creative Director ⋅ Author ⋅ Car Enthusiast ⋅ Dad ⋅ Husband to @suziesaysso . Other account: @saks_afridi_2

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What if an otherworldly event changed the course of human history, and every trace of it vanished from our collective memory?

At the turn of the millennium, mysterious vessels appeared in cities across the world. They emerged without warning, carrying the promise of something unimaginable: a gateway through which collective prayers could be answered.

For a brief moment, the impossible became real. The boundaries between technology, faith, and human existence shifted.

And then, somehow, the memory of it all began to fade.

What remains are fragments. Recovered artifacts, photographs, recordings, and traces of an event that once connected humanity in ways we can no longer fully explain.

But what if those memories were never truly lost?

Saks Afridi: SpaceMosque invites you to piece together the evidence of a forgotten global event in a science-fiction narrative shaped by visual culture, collective memory, and the extraordinary possibilities of human imagination.

📆 Opening Saturday, October 24 at the Aga Khan Museum.
🛸 Learn more at agakhanmuseum.org/SpaceMosque

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#SpaceMosque #SaksAfridi #AgaKhanMuseum #TorontoArt #TorontoExhibitions #ContemporaryArt #SciFiArt #ScienceFiction #CollectiveMemory #AlternateReality #ImmersiveArt #ArtInToronto #TorontoMuseums #TorontoEvents #ThingsToDoInToronto #TorontoCulture #ArtAndTechnology #CulturalMemory #YouWereThere

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If you’ve seen the visuals behind a set at Coachella or Glastonbury, you may have already seen Jahanzeb Khawaja’s work.

Karachi-raised and New York-based, he’s a creative technologist and media artist who builds immersive stage visuals in TouchDesigner and Notch. His work has run at Coachella, Glastonbury, Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Central Park SummerStage and the Karachi Biennale.

In 2017 he founded Karachi Community Radio, an independent platform for music and culture. Through KCR he has worked with Public Records, Elsewhere, The Lot Radio, Spotify, Coke Studio and Boiler Room on more than 100 audio and visual works.

Catch him on Build Your Own World at 1 PM, alongside Saks Afridi and Usman Riaz.

Saturday, November 14 · Rollin Studios, Greenpoint · 12 to 8 PM

Presented by APPAC. Tickets in bio.

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Something otherworldly is coming to the Museum.

Opening Saturday, October 24, Saks Afridi: SpaceMosque brings to Toronto a world shaped by science fiction, Islamic visual culture, and collective memory, imagined by Pakistani American artist Saks Afridi.

At the heart of the exhibition is an extraordinary encounter. A mysterious vessel appears above Earth, setting in motion a story that blurs the boundaries between the familiar and the unknown, the earthly and the cosmic.

Through sculpture, installation, photography, and storytelling, Afridi builds a richly detailed alternate reality populated by traces of histories that feel distant yet strangely familiar, as though recalled from a memory just beyond reach.

📆 Saks Afridi: SpaceMosque will be on view at the Museum from October 24, 2026, through March 2027.
👉 Learn more at agakhanmuseum.org/SpaceMosque

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📸: Saks Afridi

Supporting Sponsors: Logiix and MTFX

Exhibition Supporters: Global Patrons of the Aga Khan Museum
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
Government Partners: Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Government of Ontario
#SaksAfridi #SpaceMosque #ContemporaryArt #SciFiArt #TorontoArt #TorontoExhibitions #IslamicArt #Museum

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Seen in Chinatown.

More sightings are being reported.
Toronto is starting to remember.

Coming back in 16 days.

#YouWereThere

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Seen at Sonic Boom.

More sightings are being reported.
Toronto is starting to remember.

Coming back in 17 days.

#YouWereThere

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Did my new hook work?

Day 10/90 trying to book out my business for all of 2027

The goal:
100 jobs booked for 2027.

I’ll be updating the counter every time a new job is officially booked.

So far: 0/100

Since we’re still waiting on the first one, today I wanted to show you one of my previous builds.

This Z got a full custom exhaust along with some new headers, and it’s a good example of the kind of work I want to fill the 2027 schedule with.

80 days left.

If you have a project you want to get on the schedule for 2027, send me a message.

#PrattPerformanceDesign #CustomFabrication #CustomExhaust #TIGWelding #240z

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🌟Artist Highlight from Transmitted Futures: bytes not boxes — Solarpunk, Cofuturisms and other everyday tomorrows: Saks Afridi

Born in 1975 in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saks Afridi is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City.

Afridi's work occupies a self-defined genre he calls “Sci-Fi Sufism”, a spiritual and speculative practice that explores the vast galaxies within the self. By fusing mysticism with narrative, his art visualizes the inner quest for meaning through a blend of Sufi poetry, South Asian folklore, Islamic mythology, science fiction, architecture, and calligraphy.

His practice also explores the condition of the “Insider Outsider”, a term he uses to describe the pursuit of belonging while being out of place. Through this lens, Afridi recontextualizes cultural and historical narratives in contemporary settings, reflecting on themes of displacement, dual identity, and transcultural joy.

Afridi's process is deeply collaborative. Drawing from his background in advertising, he frequently works with painters, architects, artisans, fashion designers, 3D modelers, and fabricators to bring his visions to life. His interest in analog technologies, including vintage cars - often informs his sculptural work, where mechanical parts become poetic devices.

ANGELS Hands, 2019 & 2026
3D printed sculpture

Innerstate, 2025
Web-based interactive

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Seen on Queen St W.

More sightings are being reported.
Toronto is starting to remember.

Coming back in 19 days.

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ARCHITECTURE ENLIGHTENED

#interiordesig #architecture #design #lighting #superfuturedesign

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Sometimes I get to revisit the same book years later for a paperback refresh or repackage. Here are two for @allidabooks and @harpercollins Storytide coming out in the new year.

#shedesignsbooks #cvrlvr #coverdesign #epicreads #newlewks

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Seen on King & Church.

Pay attention. You might see it too.

#YouWereThere

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share Listen to the terrifying sound of the planes flying over G@za right now. Share this widely, follow me, and share🍉🇵🇸

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