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Noorani Metal Sound

27 Mar 2026 — 21 Jun 2026
Noorani Metal Sound, the first major UK solo exhibition by Pakistani interdisciplinary artist and researcher Zahra Malkani. Featuring new sound work, sculpture, installation, and moving image, the exhibition draws on mysticism, ecological resistance movements and feminist aural practices to explore the intersections of the sonic and the sacred across Pakistan’s heavily exploited coastal and delta regions. Emerging from over five years of ongoing research, Noorani Metal Sound brings together Malkani’s field recordings and archival work tracing oral and sonic traditions of lament, devotion and resistance.
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Metal on Metal

26 Mar 2026 — 21 Jun 2026
Developed in conjunction with Zahra Malkani’s forthcoming exhibition, Noorani Metal Sound, Auto Italia is pleased to present Metal on Metal, an extended public programme curated by researcher, writer, and sound practitioner Syma Tariq. 
Event    |    forthcoming

Nijjor Manush: a movement playlist

11 Apr 2026   |   15:00 — 17:00
Join us on 11 April at 3pm for a play-and-tell session with Hajera Begum, Dr. Fatima Rajina, and other members of Nijjor Manush, a local Bengali/Bangladeshi-led independent campaigning and solidarity organisation.
Event    |    forthcoming

Metal Mark Time by Elaine Mitchener

18 Apr 2026   |   15:00 — 17:00
Elaine Mitchener presents Metal Mark Time, a newly commissioned vocal performance based on the artist’s personal connections to Tower Hamlets, and inspired by the tuning of cast metal bells from The Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
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