Multi-channel video, archival prints, and objects
Exhibition: Reimaging Sutana's Dream, 6 December 2025 – 7 March 2026
Liberation War Museum, Dhaka
These
visual narratives are inspired by the power and imagination of my grandmother
and the women of her time in the region where my family's roots are found. The
experiences I see of them in some of my memories reflect a kind of
guardianship. Although I did not see any clear manifestation of women's
autonomy or empowerment among them, they nevertheless created their own world
centred on work, knowledge, and everyday life within the family and social
circle. They were the rulers and guardians of that realm. Although the
narrative is not a direct account of the life or work of any individual, it is
a blend of memory and imagination, where an attempt is made to piece together
fragmented narratives through images and stories.
In
this work, I have gone to that village, following my roots, and retold the
memories and events of my grandmother and the women of that time. In this
narrative, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s story, titled "Sultana's Dream",
written in 1905, served as an inspiration. I have fictionalised the memories of
my relatives with the science fiction and fantasy of Sultana's Dream.
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