[Nettime-nl] Seen at Secunderabagh

[Monica Narula <monica@sarai.net>]

Dear Friends

If its possible, we would love to see you at the premiere of a new  
work in Brussels.

Zuleikha Chaudhari & Raqs Media Collective

Seen at Secundrabad WORLD PREMIÈRE

PERFORMANCE - DELHI
KVS - BOX
11, 12, 13/05 – 20:30
14/05 – 18:00
EN / Hindustani > FR / NL
ca. 1h
€16 / €12 (-25/65+)
Meet the artists after the performance on 12/05

The starting point for Seen at Secundrabad is a photograph taken in  
1857 by the war photographer Felice Beato, three months after a bloody  
mutiny within the British East India Company. Four men and a horse  
pose in front of the lens, surrounded by bones that had simply been  
left there. Fixing a moment in India’s colonial history, the image  
seems to be a faithful representation of the facts. However, knowing  
that the exposure of a photograph in those days took a long time, we  
can deduce that it is the outcome of pure and simple staging. For her  
new project, Indian director Zuleikha Chaudhari is collaborating with  
the Raqs Media Collective. This group of three artists has acquired an  
international reputation, alternating visual works, publications and  
curatorial projects. Together, they dissect Beato’s photo and put  
together a remarkable show that combines Chaudhari’s uncluttered  
direction and the Raqs Media Collective’s theoretical approach. Their  
new work, Seen at Secundrabad, questions the deception of images and  
lays bare the intrinsic simultaneity of past, present and future.

http://www.kfda.be/projects/seen-secundrabad
(you can buy tickets online)

Monica Narula
Raqs Media Collective
Sarai-CSDS
www.raqsmediacollective.net
www.sarai.net




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