GRIDHeritage

To consolidate UK-India network that highlights & tackles discrimination when valuing heritage arts
Cover by Dukhushyam Chitrakar.

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The passing away of Dukhushyam Chitrakar this week, lends the ongoing 'all canaries bear watching' at #JNU - SAA the unfortunate distinction of being his last exhibition, https://t.co/16o3pmxAvd

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Artist Meenatchi Gopal: "When I became a mother, I compared my childhood with hers. I realised many parts of my childhood will never return. I started painting for my child, and to depict how broken life can be in the past through broken lines." #memory #womanhood
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London-based illustrator Janine Shroff explores themes of sexuality and equality: "I want to celebrate queer culture, taboo themes & stereotypes associated with womanhood. I like people discovering small details in my works. "
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#art #diaspora #queerart

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Kathak practitioner, trained in UK, @AminaKhayyam speaks about her heritage & how she found her way to #art & #dance . "Working with women groups from Bangladesh blew me away. For long, I avoided them & resisted it but a deepening trust led me to 'Lal Shaari'" @SOAS_SAI @SOAS

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Performer, choreographer and educationalist Bisakha Sarker MBE talks about dance as a relatable expression for communication. "As an Indian dancer, I tried to create work that spoke to different intersectionalities in a joint way."
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In conversation with Debojyoti Das from the @SOAS Dev Studies dept and Parul Mukherji from JNU on the importance of caste identity as a vector of discrimination. Join us live to hear the rest of the roundtable! https://t.co/1PL0vX2iUd

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Chandan Mahal from the @britishlibrary sheds light on two web spaces -- @Indianmemory and UK Punjab Heritage Society -- that focus on the digital collection and mapping of #IndianHeritage. @SOAS_SAI @SOAS_Research @USSU

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Renowned critical curator Premjish Achari using a scene from the blockbuster film '#BlackPanther' talks about the importance of decolonizing #art. @SOAS_SAI @SOAS

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Explore the work of George Chakravarthi, born in India and raised Catholic, his journey reflects deconstructing of learned and socially accepted definitions of the gendered body, #sexuality and #culturalidentity. @SOAS_SAI @SOAS @USSU #disapora #artexpression

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@sanjukta36 brings Raisa Kabir's work to attention, an interdisciplinary artist and weaver who uses woven text/textiles, sound, video & performance to translate concepts concerning politics of cloth, labour & embodied geographies #textile #sharedculture #diaspora @SOAS_SAI @SOAS

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@sanjukta36 takes us through the virtual exhibition (https://t.co/JZGok5nAdR) showing us the different creative works on display, and playing us some music celebrating Mohinder Kaur Bhamra's dulcet voice! A multi-sensory experience indeed, showing the lived realities of artists.

[Sohaya Visions - arts creators for mind and spirit @SohayaV]

Anand Chhabra shares incredible #photographs from the 1960s on #British #Asian #visual #archives ‘A #picture tells a thousand words’ ⁦@GridHeritage⁩ #today

[Amina Khayyam Dance Company @AminaKhayyam]

Excited to be part of SOAS's Grid project Heritage project panel today where our AD Amina Khayyam is part of the panel @GridHeritage #heritage @SOAS
https://t.co/v56vjYNfK8

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@anand4560 speaks about the importance of digitising and archiving of images to be used for exhibitions and discussions in India and the UK at the @GridHeritage Roundtable on heritage art with respect to #class, #intersectionality and #gender
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Counting down to the exciting roundtable on #heritagearts through the lens of #gender, #intersectionality and #sexuality in the British Asian #diaspora and launch of 'take us as we are' featuring notable South Asian diasporic artists! @SOAS_SAI @soassu @USSU

[Dr Sanjukta Ghosh @sanjukta36]

@SOAS_SAI @JNU_official_50 @ahrcpress @SussexAsia @GridHeritage launch of online exhibition and Roundtable. Registration
https://t.co/Jl1DdAfjhP

[Dr Sanjukta Ghosh @sanjukta36]

'take us as we are' @GridHeritage launch of the online exhibition and Roundtable discussion on #gender #heritage #Diaspora #intersectionality @bellhooks @SOAS_SAI
https://t.co/Jl1DdAfjhP

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The ‘Corona Pat’ portrays the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of multi-ethnic rural communities. It reflects a high level of sophistication in visual storytelling.

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The passing away of Dukhushyam Chitrakar this week, lends the ongoing 'all canaries bear watching' at #JNU - SAA the unfortunate distinction of being his last exhibition, https://t.co/16o3pmxAvd

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The first pat in this New Delhi exhibition- Machher Biye' (Fish Wedding) delightfully recalls childrens’ tales of different kinds of fish getting married and making merry.