HAVE W-11 TRAM, CAN TRAVEL
Melbourne travelers have been asking ‘where is the W-11 Tram?’ It is taking rest. Last Melbourne summer twenty pairs of strangers met to have an 'overheard' conversation whilst traveling a lap of the city; twenty different groups of artists led an 'overboard' improvised performance journey for a lap of the city; 20,000 souvenir artwork tickets were gifted; and over 40,000 passengers ‘otherwise’ encountered one another in a uniquely disarming and free public setting whilst onboard hosts from Karachi and Melbourne broke the ice of public inhibitions, cajoling strangers to share a bit of themselves. And yes, the most unlikely assemblages of people can spontaneously combust into dancing together on the W-11 Tram.
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W11 TRAM PROJECT RETURNED TO KARACHI ... FILM SCREENING + EXHIBITION
On a recent September Sunday evening the story of the W-11 TRAM collaborative art project returned to Karachi. An open-air public screening on a half-closed major road at North Karachi's Allah Walli showed a documentary film by Wajid Ali and a video artwork by Mick Douglas, all while the W-11 mini-buses continued to ply the road alongside into the night. A co-inciding exhibition was held at VM Gallery, Rangoonwala Community Centre in Karachi, and was extended for two months due to demand.
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