Voice Recorder

The participants of this collaborative exhibition include Jordanian artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan,French-Norwegian artist Caroline Bergvall,Danish artist Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen and Indian artists such as Amar Kanwar,Anjali Monteiro,KP Jayasankar,Pallavi Paul and Mithu Sen.

Poetic Protest

While filmmaker Amar Kanwar’s earlier work A Night of Prophecy (2002) looks at political turmoil articulated through songs and poetry,selected excerpts from Anjali Monteiro and KP Jayasankar’s work Saacha (The Loom,2001) looks at Dalit poet Narayan Surve’s poetry as an alternative voice of political representation. Pallavi Paul presents her poetry through Nayi Kheti (2013) and Shabdkosh (2013),where she holds metaphysical conversations with the ghosts of poets from different points of history.

Surround Sound

Danish artist Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen’s films Arise and KEST look at the lives of four young men living in the local communities around Tate Modern and Khoj,and find a common culture of hip hop,dance,rap and poetry. “There is a desire to hear the voices that surround us and attune to a generation who,continents apart,are negotiating their position and finding ways to be heard,” says Rangari.

Dalit Dialogues

Anand Patwardhan’s films will be screened as a part of the retrospective at Tate Modern. A special segment will screen Jai Bheem Comrade,one of his recent films,which focuses on the voices of Dalit poets and activists through street songs,music and poetry.