ইতিহাস আলাপ ( Coursing through History )

Two channel video installation
Exhibition: 17th Asian Art Biennale,
National Art Gallery, Shilpakala Academy,
Dhaka, Bangladesh. December 2016.

Coursing through History could be seen as a reaction against the naturalized legacy of the colonial past which, needless to say, spilled over into the scattered and fragmentary readings of the Liberation war of Bangladesh. This audio-visual work comprises a double channel video with one screen showing the wounding of books with a ball point while the other captures an acceleration of the speed of reading both in image and sound; in essence, an analogy for destabilizing the grand historical narratives by vandalizing the textual composition of the pages of history.
Text edited by Sharmillie Rahman

Video still, ইতিহাস আলাপ ( Coursing through History ) 2016



Video sample

Marked

Ephemeral Perennial

Mixed-media installation

Materials: Photographs, electric blower, hammer, video, micro phone devices 

6 January to 20 February, Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct, Dhaka, 2017 

Curated by Mahbubur Rahman and Tanzim Wahab 

Performance: 27 December 2016

Photo

Image: Ephemeral Perennial Exhibition

 Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct, Dhaka, 2017 

Image: Performance 'Marked' at Bengal Galley of Fine Arts, 27 December 2016. Image courtesy: Bengal Foundation 

Photo courtesy: Bengal Arts Programme, Bengal Foundation












Technology is advancing rapidly, asserting their existence. They have the ability to make memories and develop sensory powers. The results of their actions matter little to them. Even non-action doesn’t bother them. Their functions are not attached nor detached to human emotions or concerns
Marked is a study of one such hypothetical situation where I’m trying to make visible, information that is invisible.

This is part of a series of sound-oriented works, where I work with making the audible visible.



Marked from Palash Bhattacharjee on Vimeo.
Video courtesy: Bengal Foundation 

Marked from Palash Bhattacharjee on Vimeo.