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“A defining moment that is neither beginning nor end, partition continues to influence how the peoples and states of postcolonial South Asia envisage their past, present and future.”
-Ayesha Jalal, Pakistani Historian
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Silent Waters deploys twice-life-sized feet to memorialize the fatigued, brutalized, and defiled bodies of the refugees and migrants of partitions of 1947 and 1971.
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The Partition of India displaced 20 million people in 1947 and 30 million people in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. This anti-memorial seeks to memorialize the millions of people displaced during this period.
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What The Body Remembers is comprised of lower halves of the female body. The sculptures are caught in moments of play, such as swing, hopscotch, or jump rope. Ranging from 5' to 6' tall, each piece is rendered in a deliberately anti-classical manner.
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Want to learn more about my past art exhibits? Check them out here: https://t.co/YlGwmKEqyb
Pictured: "This Handful of Dust: Bones, Guns and Stones"
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Leadership is inspiring people to do something that they most likely would not do otherwise. Inspiring people to step out of their comfort zone, familiar day-to-day, and make a concrete change in behavior, attitude, or thought is leadership.
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Through my Partition Anti-Memorial Project, I seek to answer the question, "how do you memorialize a memory when it is unbearable?"
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My latest blog offers a short overview and FAQ for the Partition of India in 1947 to remember and understand it on the 75th Anniversary of the anniversary of Partition. Visit my website for more information!
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To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1947 Partition Of India, several of my pieces are being exhibited at the South Asia Institute in Chicago from August 06 - December 10, 2022.
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To read more about my thoughts on counter-memory discourses and anti-memorials as a form of visual art practice, visit the link in my bio!
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These sites of memory or lieux de memoirein Pierre Nora’s words are rich with collective memories of the Partitions of 1947 and 1971. #CounterMemoryProject #ArtByPritika #MemorySculptures #PritikaChowdhry #journorequest
Join me tomorrow for the opening of my “Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories” exhibition at the South Asia Institute in Chicago!
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To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1947 Partition Of India, several of my pieces are being exhibited at the South Asia Institute in Chicago from August 06 - December 10, 2022.
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My exhibition, “Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories", will be opening at the South Asia Institute in Chicago on Friday, August 6th. Get your tickets today at https://t.co/sbCJN9ztI7.
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The scorching of the wood in this anti-memorial refers to cremation rites and death. See more at https://t.co/eX1QLoaR5g.
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The Partition Anti-Memorial Project consists of several anti-memorials I've created over the years.
See them all online at https://t.co/EpxhuBmaEw.
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“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” – Maya Angelou
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“An Archive of 1919: The Year of the Crack-Up" catalogs the violence of British imperialism alongside global acts of resistance. See it online at https://t.co/7IHD8bIhBi.
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See my Partition Anti-Memorial Project, dedicated to the men and women who were victims of terrible atrocities during the Partition of India in 1947 at https://t.co/PgkI9WkYTu.
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See my exhibit, Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories, at the South Asia Institute from August to December of this year!
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