Back to Concrete at Art Week at Alserkal Avenue
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A collaboration between the Samdani Art Foundation and Alserkal, 'Fabric(ated) Fractures' (9-23 March at Concrete) presents the works of 15 Bangladeshi, South Asia, and Southeast Asian artists who explore “sensitive spaces”, challenging ideas of nation, state, and territory
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Events
Opening Reception
Sat, Mar 9, 2019 from 7:00 – 9:00pm UTC
Performance
Sat, Mar 9, 2019 from 7:00 – 7:30pm UTC
'Harano Sur (Lost Tune)' by Reetu Sattar
'Harano Sur (Lost Tune)' focuses on the harmonium, a musical instrument that is tightly integrated into the traditional culture of Bangladesh, but is in danger of disappearing. Numerous musicians play three notes of the seven notes of the harmonium, creating a sustained droning sounds through which the artist explores the violence and social upheaval that have recently affected Bangladesh.
Performance
Sat, Mar 9, 2019 from 7:15 – 7:45pm UTC
'Residue' by Ayesha Jatoi
Piles of white garments lie conspicuously in the exhibition space. The piles begin to slowly disappear as the artist Ayesha Jatoi takes each piece of clothing and folds and stacks it across the room. This performance is a metaphorically burdened act in uncertain times of putting away the remnants of love, of longing, of trying to make sense of the senseless: of what, or who, has been lost.
Performance
Sat, Mar 9, 2019 from 7:30 – 8:00pm UTC
Joydeb Roaja
Watch Joydeb Roaja’s powerful drawings come to life as the artist uses his body as a form of resistance, highlighting the plight of indigenous people in Bangladesh.
Performance
Mon, Mar 18, 2019 from 7:00 – 7:30pm UTC
'Harano Sur (Lost Tune)' by Reetu Sattar
'Harano Sur (Lost Tune)' focuses on the harmonium, a musical instrument that is tightly integrated into the traditional culture of Bangladesh, but is in danger of disappearing. Numerous musicians play three notes of the seven notes of the harmonium, creating a sustained droning sounds through which the artist explores the violence and social upheaval that have recently affected Bangladesh.
