The “The Radioactive Decade, the 70s Show” was a multidisciplinary meditation on the cultural output of that pivotal decade in Pakistan’s history. The curators argued that the political events of the early 1970s opened up a discourse in the cultural and social space that allowed for unprecedented experimentation in fields as diverse as art, dance, music, television, fashion and advertising.
 The 1970s was a weirdly dynamic decade. After the debacle of civil war, a sense of optimism paradoxically emerged. As political forces opened up, so did society as a whole. There was a genuine belief at the time that democracy could fix
things. This expressed itself not only in the political sphere but in the cultural life of the nation as well. The show examines the 1970s as a springboard for the avant-garde and a time of great innovation in cultural expression, both high and low.