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Dhaka Tribune: Dhaka art summit: Moving pictures

Posted On: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 | by project88pressadmin

Dhaka Art Summit

The 5th edition of South Asia’s biggest art biennale, Dhaka Art Summit (DAS), held at the capital’s Shilpakala Academy, will continue till February 15 Dhaka Tribune

‘The videos are a kind of critique of those limits and limitations of documenting social, historical, artistic, and ethical struggles that are ongoing in Palestine’

A series of films on the Palestinian Liberation struggle, “Gaza on My Mind,” directed by cultural practitioners based in Gaza,  was screened  on the third day of the Dhaka Art Summit.

Curated by the Otolith group, the films bring real-life episodes of Gaza to celluloid. “The videos are a kind of critique of those limits and limitations of documenting social, historical, artistic, and ethical struggles that are ongoing in Palestine,” said Kodwo Eshun. The Otolith group which was founded in 2002 by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun, who conduct research and work with moving images and audio, handling all aspects of the art, including performance, installation, and curation.

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