অঙ্গার [AWNGAR] @ C/O Berlin
Focusing on the historical region of Bengal, which today includes India and Bangladesh, Bangladeshi photographer Sarker Protick transfers an examination of the colonial history of the British Empire to a photographic study of the present. He is interested in the expansion of the railroad and the development of coal mining in the nineteenth century. While traveling through the region, he created a body of photographs that addresses the global, geopolitical, and historical dimensions of imperialism and its impact on the climate crisis, using a visual language that is precise and atmospheric. C/O Berlin presents his first exhibition in Germany.
Read more: https://www.co-berlin.org/en/program/exhibitions/sarker-protick
Sep 14. 2024 – Jan 22. 2025
Read more: https://www.co-berlin.org/en/program/exhibitions/sarker-protick
OLD STORIES NEW MAGIC
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
NSW, Australia
June 22 2024 — October 6 2024
Michelle Gearin
Linde Ivimey
Naomi Kantjurinyi
Adam Lee
Sarker Protick
Julia Robinson
Heather B.Swann
Old Stories New Magic brings together artists who draw from the deep and ancient well of the real and the mythic. For Naomi Kantjurinyi, an artist and Ngankari (traditional healer) in her community of Amata in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, her depictions of ‘mamu’ represent the spirit forces that are both ancient, real and present in Anangu life today. The work of Naomi Kantjurinyi will be shown alongside other artists who work in the realm of old stories.
From the surreal conjuring of Michelle Gearin, Heather B.Swann and Sarker Protick to the folkloric but thoroughly contemporary work of Linde Ivimey, Adam Lee and Julia Robinson. This is an exhibition that embraces old stories and explores our longing and fascination with other worlds and beings, the dreamy sub-conscious and the long-lasting presence of the ancient.
Constructed Worlds:
breaking down a photo series
22 July – 3 August 2024Sarker Protick
Summer Academy, photos by Helena Kalleitner.
World building is a pivotal process in literature for constructing immersive worlds within the confines of a story. It involves creating intricate landscapes, cultures, histories, and arrangements unique to the narrative universe. It not only provides a backdrop, but also adds depth, texture, and authenticity. The author invites readers into these alternate realities through detailed descriptions, consistent imagery, and richly developed characters.
The course will use ‘world-building’ as a basis for expansion to assess and gain a deeper understanding of how a photo series can develop further. What do our immediate natural environment and infrastructures represent about the current time or the future past? How do we utilize weather patterns, light, and atmosphere to introduce various cycles? How do form, color, or their absence influence different mind states? By examining the spatial histories of a place, utilizing personal accounts to shape directives, and selecting from various modes of image-making, distinctive qualities can be attained within a body of work.
Participants are encouraged to bring at least one ongoing series they are currently pursuing or wish to commit to long-term. Through collective discourse and exercises, one-on-one interactions, and artist-led lectures encompassing personal practice and other relevant works in photography, film, and books, the module aims to encourage students not to limit themselves to being image producers but also to become auteurs of their work.
︎ https://www.summeracademy.at/en/kurse/constructed-worlds-breaking-down-a-photo-series/
AT THE EDGE OF LAND
‘At the Edge of Land‘ is a group exhibition that delves into the intricate and often concealed relationships between landscapes and trade. It encompasses unexpectedly interconnected geographies, resources and commodities, going back and forth between land and sea to tell stories of erosion and extraction. It challenges ideas of emptiness and development, shedding light on the regions and people on the margins of trade routes.
installation view at Hayy Jameel, Jeddah. Courtesy of Art Jameel. Photography by Mohamed Alaskandrani
At the Edge of Land
Hayy Arts. Free and open to all
Sunday – Thursday: 10 am – 8 pm
Friday: 2 pm – 10 pm
Saturday: 12 pm – 8 pm
Tuesdays: Always closed
ArtistS:
Jananne Al-Ani, Tarek Al Ghoussein, Iosu Aramburu, Au Sow Yee, Chihoi, Bady Dalloul, Aref El Rayess, Daniele Genadry, Ho Rui An, Hiwa K, Ranjit Kandalgaonkar, Lala Rukh, Hira Nabi, Sarker Protick, Sim Chi Yin, Joar Songcuya, You Khin and Zarina.
At the Edge of Land
16 NOVEMBER 2023 - 13 APRIL 2024
Hayy Arts. Free and open to all
Sunday – Thursday: 10 am – 8 pm
Friday: 2 pm – 10 pm
Saturday: 12 pm – 8 pm
Tuesdays: Always closed
ArtistS:
Jananne Al-Ani, Tarek Al Ghoussein, Iosu Aramburu, Au Sow Yee, Chihoi, Bady Dalloul, Aref El Rayess, Daniele Genadry, Ho Rui An, Hiwa K, Ranjit Kandalgaonkar, Lala Rukh, Hira Nabi, Sarker Protick, Sim Chi Yin, Joar Songcuya, You Khin and Zarina.
Curated by Art Jameel curator Lucas Morin, ‘At the Edge of Land’ brings together works from the Art Jameel Collection, in addition to loans and new commissions by international artists, many of whom are showing their work in Saudi Arabia for the first time. The selection of artists and artworks traces the trade route on which Jeddah is located – the busy maritime path connecting East Asia and Europe via the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.
The exhibited artists share stories of crossing lands, canals and rivers; documenting disappearing landscapes and giving a voice to their communities, challenging the inevitability of loss. They depict houses clinging to eroded coastlines, sand extracted to create distant artificial islands, and seamen stranded in the desert. They look at ports and containers and listen to the sound of immense ships waiting to be dismantled. They reveal the ways in which economies are interconnected and draw parallels between the movement of goods and the movement of people.
The exhibited artists share stories of crossing lands, canals and rivers; documenting disappearing landscapes and giving a voice to their communities, challenging the inevitability of loss. They depict houses clinging to eroded coastlines, sand extracted to create distant artificial islands, and seamen stranded in the desert. They look at ports and containers and listen to the sound of immense ships waiting to be dismantled. They reveal the ways in which economies are interconnected and draw parallels between the movement of goods and the movement of people.
COLOMBOSCOPE
way of the forest
18 - 28 January 2024 / Colombo
curated by Sarker Protick, Sheelasha Rajbhandari and Hit Man Gurung. with artistic director, Natasha Ginwala.
Over 40 Sri Lankan and international artists | conversations • mushroomings • excursions • performances • workshops • concerts • open air cinema • listening experiences