Episode 64: Back to the Future - Asad, MA Architecture

06/02/22 • 11 min

In this episode we meet 2018 Architecture graduate Asad Kamran and chat about the essence of home, channelling pressure and saying something as an artist.
Each episode is a snapshot, a moment, a sneak inside the minds of our graduates. In season 3 we talk to graduates about going back. But is it back to the beginning or back to the future?
Asad is a multi-disciplinary artist. He has exhibited work in Pakistan and internationally. He is also the founder of Cinema 73, which is a trans-disciplinary community cinema in Karachi.
Whether it is returning home after graduation, returning to Edinburgh after adventures elsewhere, or just returning to a place that felt like the past but turned out to be the future, season 3 of Multi Story Edinburgh explores how going back is never life in reverse.
All opinions expressed are those of the individual and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Edinburgh.
Multi Story Edinburgh has been created and produced by the Alumni Relations team at the University of Edinburgh. If you are interested in telling your story, please get in touch and let's talk.
Music: Since When by Mise Darling from freemusicarchive.org
Waves: JuliusH / Pixabay
Artwork: Vector created by vectorjuice / Freepik

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Multi Story Edinburgh has been created and produced by the Alumni Relations team at the University of Edinburgh. If you are interested in telling your story, please get in touch and let's talk.
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All opinions expressed are those of the individual and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Edinburgh.
Multi Story Edinburgh has been created and produced by the Alumni Relations team at the University of Edinburgh. If you are interested in telling your story, please get in touch and let's talk.
Music: Since When by Mise Darling from freemusicarchive.org
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Multi Story Edinburgh - Episode 64: Back to the Future - Asad, MA Architecture

Transcript

[Theme music]

Sonia 0:10 This is a snapshot, a moment, a sneak inside the minds of our graduates. This is season three, back to the beginning, or back to the future.

Asad 0:24 I'm in Karachi, Pakistan, just by the Arabian Sea.

Sonia 0:30 Asad Kamram, Architecture graduate.

Asad 0:34 So I graduated in 2018. So I've been back ever since, but I've been moving around. I've been to Toronto for a bit, doing my masters from there, but I'm back here now. I guess you can on