Dhaka Art Summit: Recap of Highlights
By Anushka Rajendran
REETU SATTAR, Harano Sur (Lost Tune), 2016, documentation of performance at Dhaka Art Summit, 2018. Photo by Pablo Bartholomew. Courtesy Dhaka Art Summit.
As I walked towards the historic Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy bright and early on February 4, I was confronted by a chorus of musicians on harmoniums and the steady low hum emanating from their instruments. I was fortunate to have made it just in time for Reetu Sattar’s performance-based work, Harano Sur (Lost Tune) (2016), a highlight for many at the fourth Dhaka Art Summit (DAS) that recalled the sounds once integral to everyday traditions in Bangladesh, now lost to modernity.
