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Goethe Pop Up Festival
 Floating Dream comes Home.

Open air workshop exhibition at Singra
Open air workshop exhibition at Singra | © Arifur Rahman

Ashfika Rahman - one of our nine Goethe Pop Up Curators - conducted photography workshops with children and a subsequent exhibition in Singra, Natore during the winter of 2021.

By Ashfika Rahman

Chalan Beel is close to my grandmother’s home. I am well aware of that place and the people. Floating Dream comes Home. is a story of a village surrounded by water, disconnected and isolated from other parts of the world. I am focusing on a local initiative that came with a light of immense hope in the middle of many obstacles. Every year, one-third of Bangladesh experiences the floods of the monsoon season. This can prevent children living in flood-prone areas from accessing education.

If children cannot go to school due to the lack of transportation, then the schools should go to them. 
 

If children cannot go to school due to the lack of transportation, then the schools should go to them.

  • Cyanotype printing process (alternative photography printing process) conducted by a workshop participant © Ashfika Rahman
    Cyanotype printing process (alternative photography printing process) conducted by a workshop participant
  • First day of the photography workshop: the participants are learning about motives and compositions © Ashfika Rahman
    First day of the photography workshop: the participants are learning about motives and compositions
  • A workshop participant is practicing with her new camera © Ashfika Rahman
    A workshop participant is practicing with her new camera
  • The workshop team built a photo boat for their participants to travel and experiment with different photo objects along the river. The screen in the background will be part of the following exhibition. © Ashfika Rahman
    The workshop team built a photo boat for their participants to travel and experiment with different photo objects along the river. The screen in the background will be part of the following exhibition.
Floating Dream comes Home. is a photography school initiative for children. We conducted different photography and printing workshops with interested children from the local community. They got cameras for taking photographs of their own surroundings, followed by a collaborative travel exhibition and a projection on a boat camera. An initiative to build a local photo community in the periphery.

 
  • The exhibition took place near the village on a busy path © Ashfika Rahman
    The exhibition took place near the village on a busy path
  • The children photographed i.a. their families, homes, and animals, documented the workshop, and had their friends pose © Ashfika Rahman
    The children photographed i.a. their families, homes, and animals, documented the workshop, and had their friends pose
  • The workshop participants selected their exhibits and were part of the exhibition design process © Ashfika Rahman
    The workshop participants selected their exhibits and were part of the exhibition design process
  • Multiple locally produced sarees were put together to create the exhibition wall © Ashfika Rahman
    Multiple locally produced sarees were put together to create the exhibition wall
  • The local community visited the exhibition, which became a major highlight © Ashfika Rahman
    The local community visited the exhibition, which became a major highlight
  • A workshop participants sharing their experience with a visitor © Ashfika Rahman
    A workshop participants sharing their experience with a visitor
Short project documentary and interview with Goethe Pop Up curator Ashfika Rahman © Goopy Bagha Productions Limited I Goethe-Institut Bangladesh

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