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The Speech Writer by New Delhi and Karachi-based Pakistani artist, Bani Abidi, is a fictional account of a day in the life of a retired political speechwriter, in ten sequential flipbooks. Snugly encased in a rectangular yellow box, each of the palm-sized books, devoid of text, speaks to the fallibility of language.
The recently held Art Camp (12/25-30) was curated by artists Satadru Savon Bhanduri and Shawon Akand, who invited 30 artists from five South Asian countries (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka) to participate. The five-day long residency was held in the village of Rahimpur in Kushtia (a south-western district of Bangladesh).
India’s first-ever biennale opened to the public on December 12 across multiple venues scattered throughout the coastal city of Kochi in Kerala. Once a vital stop on the spice route, where a confluence of cultures, religions and nationalities converged, the idea was that present-day Kochi would once again become a trading place for ideas by hosting this international biennale. Read more . . .
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