Light Blue File

Light Blue File is an interdisciplinary artist collective established in 2012, composed of core members Alia Hassan and Pranav Desai. Rooted in a collaborative ethos, Light Blue File explores the intersections of memory, technology, and migration, often working across photography, digital media, text, and sound installation. Their work is notable for its poetic engagement with archives, personal histories, and the fragmentation of place, drawing deeply from both Eastern and Western visual traditions.

Light Blue File has exhibited widely, including recent solo exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art in New Delhi and the Drift Gallery in Berlin, and their projects have been featured in platforms like Frieze Magazine and the Walker Art Center’s online journal. The collective’s research-driven practice also manifests through workshops, lectures, and publications, further extending their investigations into communal knowledge-making and the ethics of remembering. Based between Cairo and New York, Light Blue File continues to push the boundaries of collective authorship and experiment with new forms of storytelling that foreground diasporic perspectives.