Performance Art Week 2016 begins today
DL desk
The Visual Arts Programme of Bengal Foundation has arranged Performance Art Week 2016 featuring 20 performance artists of diverse background. The event will be inaugurated today at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts at 4pm and will continue till December 30.
The participating artistes are: Palash Bhattacharjee, Joydeb Roaja, Jewel A Rob, Hasna Hena Porosh, Sanad Kumar Biswas, Sharkar Nasrin Toontoon, Nazia Andaleeb Preema, Arpita Singha Lopa, Efat Razowana Reya, Sumana Akter, Reetu Sattar, Niloofar Chaman, Waley Jaff, Meherun Akter, Atish Saha, Emran Sohel, Afsana Sharmin, Farah Naz Moon, Sanjay Chakraborty and Ashim Haider Sagor. The artistes have been selected from a number of applications submitted in response to an Open Call. The programme is organised with an aim to look into the multiple complexities of this ephemeral medium through discussions, performances and exhibitions. What role does it play in cultural and political activism as opposed to white-cube spaces? How do artists materialize this non-material art? How does this medium contribute to the evolution of new languages? These are some of the questions that the art week seeks to answer. Performance Art Week 2016 will also attempt to have a comprehensive look on the role of performance art in contemporary Bangladesh.
The programme will take place at three different venues--Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct and Gyantapash Abdur Razzaq Bidyapeeth.
Featuring the documentations of Performance Art Week 2016, the Visual Arts Programme will also hold an exhibition titled Ephemeral: Perennial exploring the mediums and possibilities of documenting performance art, which is distinctively exquisite for its complex nature. The exhibition will be inaugurated by Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam and art critic Professor Md Abul Monsur at Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct on January 6.
