LAHORE DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL
Mission Statement
Lahore Digital Arts Festival (LDF) aims to celebrate the emerging digital culture of Pakistan by bringing together a community of artists and audiences to explore the intersection of art, technology, and everything in-between. Click on the image to read more.
LDF IV: Concludes
Breathing Algorithms took place from 6–9 November 2025 in Lahore. LDF, in collaboration with Novembre Numérique, the Institut Français, the French Embassy in Pakistan, and the Alliance Française de Lahore, curated exhibitions, a residency exchange, and public programs, and the initiative sought to raise critical questions.
Breathing Algorithms
As artificial intelligence reshapes how societies produce, preserve, and interpret culture, it also raises urgent questions about equity, justice, and sustainability. Simultaneously, the climate crisis threatens both tangible and intangible heritage—pollution, displacement, and ecological degradation erode not only physical spaces but also communal memory and traditional knowledge.
Featured Artists
Herman Rahman
A mixed-media artist, currently on a studio residency at HART HAUS Hong Kong (Image from the project: HAN 한).
Ayesha Mubarak Ali
Her practice explores hybrid models, mixed media, digital fabrications, 3d Renderings, and wearables.
Nabeel Anwar
Nabeel is a Visual/Interface Designer and Illustrator from Pakistan specializing in AR/VR User Interface.
Selected Coverage
Featured Works
Signature Boi
Part of the digital painting series "Signature Boi" By Muhammad Nafay.
18 Years of Bombings in 30 seconds
A visualization of bombing incidents in Pakistan with fatalities from 2000 to 2017 (Plotree).
Grocery Run
Part of Maha Abdul Alaam's concept painting series inspired from BOTW-2.
Rangeen Pakistan
Rangeen Pakistan uses artificial intelligence to add color into old, black and white photos of Pakistan.
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