The point of departure for Basir Mahmood’s (* 1985 in Lahore, Pakistan, lives in Amsterdam and Lahore) single-channel video work Good ended happily (2018, 13:05 min.) is his interest in the working processes of the film industry. The artist left the production to a film crew from “Lollywood” in Lahore—once a thriving centre of the film industry, which today only has a marginal presence in Pakistan’s cultural landscape. The only directions he gave to the crew were that the events should revolve around the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. In the film, Mahmood makes the instructions from the director, cameraman, and assistant audible, so that the production process develops a reality of its own.

Curated by Kathrin Becker.

Discursive Programme
20 October 2021, 7 pm
Basir Mahmood in conversation with Hajra Haider Karrar (Curator, Berlin / Karachi) as part of the exhibition Basir Mahmood. Good ended happily.
In English

The film brings up pertinent questions about interpretation and the creation of new realities.
Duncan Ballantyne-Way, Exberliner, 9 / 2021

A small show worth seeing next to the large exhibitions by Tatjana Doll and Alexandra Bircken.
[Eine sehenswerte Kleinschau neben den großen Ausstellungen von Tatjana Doll und Alexandra Bircken.]
Tip Berlin, 16.9.2021

Further Material:
Room Guide Basir Mahmood. Good ended happily

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