Curatorial Intensive South Asia 2019 (CISA)
Khoj International Artists’ Association in partnership with
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi is pleased to announce the opening of
'the earth is still going around the sun' - 13 curated exhibitions.
These exhibitions are the culmination of the third edition
Curatorial Intensive South Asia 2019 (CISA), a flagship program by Khoj which brings together curators from Iran, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka for a two week curatorial fellowship in New Delhi. CISA aims to develop a diversity of perspectives on the medium of the exhibition in South Asia and Iran and to provide both a structured and an experimental inquiry into the possibilities of curatorial practice today.
Following the first phase, fellows have been offered the opportunity to independently develop small curatorial projects over a period of four months during which they were mentored by the programme leaders
Dr. Leonhard Emmerling, Director Programmes South Asia, Goethe-Institut, New Delhi and curator
Latika Gupta.
'the earth is still going around the sun'
A single earth and yet in it spin multiple worlds. Worlds that bang and collide, clash and clang, worlds that cohabitate, and worlds that lay dormant. In these thirteen exhibitions by curators across South Asia and Iran, you will encounter worlds made of memories, identities, pasts, erasures, and even humour. Effervescent worlds that emanate from technological caverns. Bristly worlds with the scent of the earth. Worlds carved out of personal memories and public histories, worlds tarnished by violence. In these worlds are attempts at finding home and creating home: the body is home, the earth is home, and sometimes, home is defined by its own absence, shrouded by loss and catastrophe. In the midst of all of this, people make the tragic and dignified attempt to live, to survive, to encounter defeat, to be remembered, and to laugh.
Curatorial Intensive South Asia programme: Supported by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller New Delhi
‘the earth is still going around the sun' exhibition: In collaboration with India International Centre
CISA 2019 Curatorial Fellows:
Alisha Sett (India) | Ashima Tshering (India) | Ayushma Regmi (Nepal) | Diwas Raja (Nepal) | Maryam Bagheri (Iran) | Mila Samdub (India) |Poulomi Paul (India) | Pranamita Borgohain (India) | Rumi Samadhan (India) | Sadia Marium (Bangladesh) | Sarker Protick (Bangladesh) | Kirubalini Stephan (Srilanka) | Zohreh Deldadeh (Iran)
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