Drik’s 2015 Calendar: “Intimacy”
INTIMACY Quiet moments, tender thoughts, wistful emptiness make up our love songs. Raindrops on misty windowpanes, the cool breeze of dusk, dry leaves, fill our odes to belonging. We pine. Almost...
View ArticleMajority World exhibition in Rome: Justice in Focus
IDLO Photo Exhibition in Rome Farnesina Porte Aperte 2015 22 – 29 May 2015 IDLO’s photo exhibition “In Focus: Justice and the Post-2015 Agenda” will form part of this year’s initiative by the Italian...
View ArticleFootprint Modulation: art, climate and displacement
An exhibition by Metaceptive Projects + Media 5th June – 5th July 2015 across five venues in Durham, UK Introductory description from the curator and artistic director, Kooj Chuhan International...
View ArticleAs Drik as Possible
Introduction to the Drik 2016 calendar. A behind the scenes glimpse at a remarkable media phenomenon: The dot matrix Olivetti printer was noisy. The XT computer came without a hard drive: two floppy...
View ArticlePhotographer Rasel Chowdhury Wins Bangladesh’s Top Contemporary Art Award
Photographer Rasel Chowdhury Wins Bangladesh’s Top Contemporary Art Award Henri Neuendorf, Friday, February 5, 2016 artnet News Rasel Chowdhury. Photo: Sarker Protick Documentary photographer Rasel...
View ArticleChobi Mela IX: Transitions
Imagine being told you have only ten more days. To love, to live, to celebrate, to cherish, to repent, to ponder. Perhaps ten weeks, maybe months. Perhaps you have cancer, or you are on someone’s hit...
View ArticleNew Developments: How a photography course in Dhaka is challenging religious...
New Developments OPINION – 11 MAR 2016 BY DANIEL BAUMANN Frieze.com How a photography course in Dhaka is challenging religious and artistic prejudices Rasel Chowdhury, winner of the 3rd Samdani Art...
View ArticleCALL FOR ENTRY Chobi Mela X International Festival of Photography, 2019
CALL FOR ENTRY Chobi Mela X International Festival of Photography, 2019 PLACE No heaven, no hell, no ever after, do I care for when I’m gone Peace here I seek, in this sand and soil, this place where I...
View ArticleTHE PLACE OF SHAHIDUL ALAM
First published in PIX by Rahaab Allana No heaven, no hell, no everafter, do I care for when I’m gone Peace here I seek, in this sand and soil, this place where I was born As oceans deep, as deserts...
View ArticleThere’s Power in Photography: The Undying Resilience of Dhaka’s Chobi Mela...
Interview with Shahidul Alam by Daniel Boetker-Smith Photojournalist and activist Shahidul Alam speaks out about the effects of his detainment on Dhaka’s Chobi Mela Festival, and how the event still...
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