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Tazeen Qayyum, Amal (act)-II: Tauba (Repentance), 2018. Tazeen Qayyum, Amal (act)-II: Tauba (Repentance), 2018. Single channel HD video, 60 min. 24hrs durational drawing performance culminating in a drawing ‘Tauba’. Screenshot courtesy of the artist.

Video still shows a birds-eye view of several figures on a white floor. There are five lines that divide the image into six columns, each containing four figures. Each figure is the same person, captured in various moments as they draw a circle on the floor. The process of durational drawing documents Tauba, which in Urdu means to seek forgiveness.