We are pleased to partner with
Sandbox Collective on their latest collaborative art project
Rest Your Thoughts Here: The Gender Chronicles, a repository of reflections on gender and sexuality.
This collection will exist both as a tangible entity, as well as in the digital space. The former will be sent to you as a box, equipped with an array of supplies: paint, sketch pens, stickers and most importantly – a journal to chronicle thoughts, stories and experiences. These boxes will travel across Bangalore, picking up stories along the way. The entire collection of final artworks will be exhibited at
Gender Bender festival 2021. The latter will exist as a digital counterpart to this project, with the help of an interactive platform, a
MIRO board. This will allow for digital contributions which will remain open, post the launch event. While the physical journal is for Bangalore-based participants only, the Miro board can be accessed by participants from across the world.
Saturday, April 17 2021, will witness the launch of Rest Your Thoughts Here (RYTH), through an interactive online event. Taking a firm step away from the fatiguing online streaming practices, this collaborative event will allow people to contribute to a larger narrative on gender and sexuality. This virtual event leaves room for stories, videos, voice notes and more, ultimately providing a safe space for people to reflect, share their experiences and respond to others with a choice of contributing anonymously.
The launch of The Gender Chronicles will feature music by
DJ Fadescha, and a string of quirky anecdotes from a range of people collected by performer and storyteller
Sheena Khalid. The evening will feature stories by: Actor and writer
Kalki Koechlin, Singer and actor
Yamini Das, Transgender artist and activist
Kalki Subramaniam, Repertory members from Aagaaz Theatre
Jasmine and
Nagina, Graphic Designer
Kawal Oberoi, Actor
Rytasha Rathore and Designer
Mrigga.
About the Curator:
Deepikah R B is an interdisciplinary artist based in Bangalore, India. Trained in Communication design from Delhi, she uses painting and installation art to express issues related to gender, self-worth, and perception. Her project “Trial Room” tackles body dysmorphia and social conditioning, and was exhibited at Gender Bender 2018 and then at The Irregulars Art Fair in 2019. She was one of the three selected residents for Fissure, curated by Shaleen Wadhwana at Virtual Nursery 2020 by Pollinator which culminated in an online exhibition in January 2021.
About Sandbox Collective: Founded in 2013
Sandbox Collective continues to serve as a free flowing hub for artists, curators, students, arts administrators, designers, interns and artists-in-residence. Our special focus is gender, gender equality and sexuality. We curate , produce and tour performances and festivals as well as facilitate collaborations between artists, audiences and cultural spaces, both nationally and internationally, with the aim of creating meaningful dialogue and culturally vibrant communities
Where:
miro.com
To Participate: Register on
Insider
Entry: 18+
The Project was conceived by
Sandbox Collected, curated by Bangalore-based interdisciplinary artist
Deepikah Bharadwaj and supported by
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore.
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