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“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

“Wetland-ing: Terrains for Collaboration” emerges from a four year collaborative project involving twelve artists thinking through urban wetlands as a metaphor for artistic research. The publication is available as a limited edition print and free to read online via @are.na. Contextualised and presented through the writing of @elida.silvey, the work brings together a series of ‘precipitations’ from a period of conversation and collective thinking. This process unfolded through online exchanges and in-person gatherings, including a residency across the wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka in 2023.

For more information and to read the full publication, visit: https://www.are.na/wetland-ing/channels

This project was made possible by the kind support of the Swiss Arts Council @prohelvetia_newdelhi as a part of its “To-Gather” project

Contributing Artists

Zahra Malkani @zahrammm
Tashaynna Handy @tashy_anna
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Sandev Handy @sandevhandy
Roman Selim Khereddine @rs_khereddine
Omer Wasim @owasim
Meghal Perera @meghal92
Jackie Poloni @yantanministry
Gil Schneider @gilschneider
Firi Rahman @ifiri
Debora Joyce Holman @deborahjoyceholman
Abdul Halik Azeez @colombedouin

Writer - Elida Silvey @elida.silvey
Editors - Abdul Halik Azeez, Sandev Handy, Jackie Poloni, Elida Silvey
Design - Sandev Handy, Mayun Kaluthantri @mayunkalu
Production coordination - Mayun Kaluthantri

📸 - @tamaraseilman

‘Three Songs of Ceylon’ opens on 23 January 2026!

Three Songs of Ceylon
23 January–11 February 2026
The Stables, Park Street Mews

‘Three Songs of Ceylon’ takes as its starting point ‘The Song of Ceylon’ (1934), a film commissioned by theCeylon Tea Propaganda Board under British colonial rule. ‘Three Songs of Ceylon’ traces how, in the decades that followed, two artists re-visited this film from two distinct vantage points, each producing an alternate ‘song’ as a response. By bringing together each of these three songs of Ceylon in conversation with recent moving image works by contemporary artists, this exhibition explores how stories are told, retold, and unsettled through the medium of moving images.

Curated by Sandev Handy, who is assisted by Thinal Sajeewa and Nimaya Harris, ‘Three Songs of Ceylon’ features artists based across Sri Lanka, Germany, Pakistan, the United States of America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. They include Bani Abidi (b.1971), Imaad Majeed (b.1991), Laleen Jayamanne (b.1947), Lionel Wendt (1900–1944) with John Grierson (1897–1972), Walter Leigh (1905–1942) and Basil Wright (1907–1987), Mark LaPore (1952–2005), Rosalind Nashashibi (b.1973), and Sharika Navamani (b.1990).

‘Three Songs of Ceylon’ is presented as part of the Art Exchange: Moving Image programme, which is supported by the British Council (@britishcouncilsrilanka) and organised by LUX and Art South Asia Project. (@artsouthasiaproject) The exhibition is generously supported by Park Street Mews, (@parkstreetmews) Goethe Institut Sri Lanka, (@goetheinstitut_srilanka) Fulbright Sri Lanka (@fulbrightsrilanka) and American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (@ailscolombo). The MMCA Sri Lanka is supported by their Major Benefactor, John Keells Foundation (@johnkeellsfoundation), and the MMCA Sri Lanka Founding Patrons.

Open Sunday to Thursday 10am–6pm
Friday and Saturday open late until 9pm
📅Mark your calendars!

"Water Under The Bridge / A Bridge Under Water": this inversion adopts the structure of a mid-2000s internet café. Once imagined as a portal to a new era, the internet cafe represented a place where a utopian future felt shareable and within grasp, while the past became suddenly searchable. It was the metaphor of a bridge made literal, spanning past and future through a single screen.

In "Water Under the Bridge / A Bridge Under Water" the machines of the internet cafe still run, but the site is suspended within a fractured time. This exhibition brings together 12 artists in a series of interconnected conversations staged through a video-sharing platform. Their works unfold across videos, playlists, comment threads, and user profiles, where histories that should have been resolved keep returning to interrupt the development of the future.

Artists:
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
The Packet
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire

@sgbiennale 2025: pure intention
till march 29, 2026

"Water Under The Bridge / A Bridge Under Water": this inversion adopts the structure of a mid-2000s internet café. Once imagined as a portal to a new era, the internet cafe represented a place where a utopian future felt shareable and within grasp, while the past became suddenly searchable. It was the metaphor of a bridge made literal, spanning past and future through a single screen.

In "Water Under the Bridge / A Bridge Under Water" the machines of the internet cafe still run, but the site is suspended within a fractured time. This exhibition brings together 12 artists in a series of interconnected conversations staged through a video-sharing platform. Their works unfold across videos, playlists, comment threads, and user profiles, where histories that should have been resolved keep returning to interrupt the development of the future.

Artists:
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
The Packet
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire

@sgbiennale 2025: pure intention
till march 29, 2026

"Water Under The Bridge / A Bridge Under Water": this inversion adopts the structure of a mid-2000s internet café. Once imagined as a portal to a new era, the internet cafe represented a place where a utopian future felt shareable and within grasp, while the past became suddenly searchable. It was the metaphor of a bridge made literal, spanning past and future through a single screen.

In "Water Under the Bridge / A Bridge Under Water" the machines of the internet cafe still run, but the site is suspended within a fractured time. This exhibition brings together 12 artists in a series of interconnected conversations staged through a video-sharing platform. Their works unfold across videos, playlists, comment threads, and user profiles, where histories that should have been resolved keep returning to interrupt the development of the future.

Artists:
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
The Packet
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire

@sgbiennale 2025: pure intention
till march 29, 2026

"Water Under The Bridge / A Bridge Under Water": this inversion adopts the structure of a mid-2000s internet café. Once imagined as a portal to a new era, the internet cafe represented a place where a utopian future felt shareable and within grasp, while the past became suddenly searchable. It was the metaphor of a bridge made literal, spanning past and future through a single screen.

In "Water Under the Bridge / A Bridge Under Water" the machines of the internet cafe still run, but the site is suspended within a fractured time. This exhibition brings together 12 artists in a series of interconnected conversations staged through a video-sharing platform. Their works unfold across videos, playlists, comment threads, and user profiles, where histories that should have been resolved keep returning to interrupt the development of the future.

Artists:
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
The Packet
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire

@sgbiennale 2025: pure intention
till march 29, 2026

"Water Under The Bridge / A Bridge Under Water": this inversion adopts the structure of a mid-2000s internet café. Once imagined as a portal to a new era, the internet cafe represented a place where a utopian future felt shareable and within grasp, while the past became suddenly searchable. It was the metaphor of a bridge made literal, spanning past and future through a single screen.

In "Water Under the Bridge / A Bridge Under Water" the machines of the internet cafe still run, but the site is suspended within a fractured time. This exhibition brings together 12 artists in a series of interconnected conversations staged through a video-sharing platform. Their works unfold across videos, playlists, comment threads, and user profiles, where histories that should have been resolved keep returning to interrupt the development of the future.

Artists:
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
The Packet
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire

@sgbiennale 2025: pure intention
till march 29, 2026

"Water Under The Bridge / A Bridge Under Water": this inversion adopts the structure of a mid-2000s internet café. Once imagined as a portal to a new era, the internet cafe represented a place where a utopian future felt shareable and within grasp, while the past became suddenly searchable. It was the metaphor of a bridge made literal, spanning past and future through a single screen.

In "Water Under the Bridge / A Bridge Under Water" the machines of the internet cafe still run, but the site is suspended within a fractured time. This exhibition brings together 12 artists in a series of interconnected conversations staged through a video-sharing platform. Their works unfold across videos, playlists, comment threads, and user profiles, where histories that should have been resolved keep returning to interrupt the development of the future.

Artists:
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
The Packet
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire

@sgbiennale 2025: pure intention
till march 29, 2026

"Water Under The Bridge / A Bridge Under Water": this inversion adopts the structure of a mid-2000s internet café. Once imagined as a portal to a new era, the internet cafe represented a place where a utopian future felt shareable and within grasp, while the past became suddenly searchable. It was the metaphor of a bridge made literal, spanning past and future through a single screen.

In "Water Under the Bridge / A Bridge Under Water" the machines of the internet cafe still run, but the site is suspended within a fractured time. This exhibition brings together 12 artists in a series of interconnected conversations staged through a video-sharing platform. Their works unfold across videos, playlists, comment threads, and user profiles, where histories that should have been resolved keep returning to interrupt the development of the future.

Artists:
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
The Packet
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire

@sgbiennale 2025: pure intention
till march 29, 2026

"Water Under The Bridge / A Bridge Under Water": this inversion adopts the structure of a mid-2000s internet café. Once imagined as a portal to a new era, the internet cafe represented a place where a utopian future felt shareable and within grasp, while the past became suddenly searchable. It was the metaphor of a bridge made literal, spanning past and future through a single screen.

In "Water Under the Bridge / A Bridge Under Water" the machines of the internet cafe still run, but the site is suspended within a fractured time. This exhibition brings together 12 artists in a series of interconnected conversations staged through a video-sharing platform. Their works unfold across videos, playlists, comment threads, and user profiles, where histories that should have been resolved keep returning to interrupt the development of the future.

Artists:
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
The Packet
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire

@sgbiennale 2025: pure intention
till march 29, 2026

"Water Under The Bridge / A Bridge Under Water": this inversion adopts the structure of a mid-2000s internet café. Once imagined as a portal to a new era, the internet cafe represented a place where a utopian future felt shareable and within grasp, while the past became suddenly searchable. It was the metaphor of a bridge made literal, spanning past and future through a single screen.

In "Water Under the Bridge / A Bridge Under Water" the machines of the internet cafe still run, but the site is suspended within a fractured time. This exhibition brings together 12 artists in a series of interconnected conversations staged through a video-sharing platform. Their works unfold across videos, playlists, comment threads, and user profiles, where histories that should have been resolved keep returning to interrupt the development of the future.

Artists:
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
The Packet
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire

@sgbiennale 2025: pure intention
till march 29, 2026

"Water Under The Bridge / A Bridge Under Water": this inversion adopts the structure of a mid-2000s internet café. Once imagined as a portal to a new era, the internet cafe represented a place where a utopian future felt shareable and within grasp, while the past became suddenly searchable. It was the metaphor of a bridge made literal, spanning past and future through a single screen.

In "Water Under the Bridge / A Bridge Under Water" the machines of the internet cafe still run, but the site is suspended within a fractured time. This exhibition brings together 12 artists in a series of interconnected conversations staged through a video-sharing platform. Their works unfold across videos, playlists, comment threads, and user profiles, where histories that should have been resolved keep returning to interrupt the development of the future.

Artists:
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
The Packet
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire

@sgbiennale 2025: pure intention
till march 29, 2026

🌏 Singapore!

The common phrase ‘Water Under the Bridge”implies a resolution, where the past has washed away and is no longer worth dwelling on. What is done is done. All is forgiven.

The inversion of this phrase “A Bridge Under Water”, then implies something far less settled, where what should have passed insists on reappearing and where the bridge becomes engulfed by the very waters it sought to span.

Artists
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire
The Packet @the_packet

More details soon! 🌐

🌏 Singapore!

The common phrase ‘Water Under the Bridge”implies a resolution, where the past has washed away and is no longer worth dwelling on. What is done is done. All is forgiven.

The inversion of this phrase “A Bridge Under Water”, then implies something far less settled, where what should have passed insists on reappearing and where the bridge becomes engulfed by the very waters it sought to span.

Artists
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire
The Packet @the_packet

More details soon! 🌐

🌏 Singapore!

The common phrase ‘Water Under the Bridge”implies a resolution, where the past has washed away and is no longer worth dwelling on. What is done is done. All is forgiven.

The inversion of this phrase “A Bridge Under Water”, then implies something far less settled, where what should have passed insists on reappearing and where the bridge becomes engulfed by the very waters it sought to span.

Artists
Aiganym Mukhamejan @aiganymmt
Alana Hunt @alanavhunt
Anisha Baid @anishadaybaid
Center for Political Beauty @political_beauty
Chu Hao Pei @chu_h_p
Devadeep Gupta @vevaveev
Finbarr Fallon @fin.barr
Shahana Rajani @shanzroll
Shenuka Corea @baka.moona
Sohrab Hura @uglydogbooks
Tabita Rezaire #tabitarezaire
The Packet @the_packet

More details soon! 🌐

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

We were delighted to present Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo with @studiokayamai bringing together works Sophia Balagamwala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Firi Rahman and Veera Rustomji. Just like Karachi, the response in Colombo was incredible and we are delighted to keep doing this work in collaboration with community. Open between February 27 to March 5, the exhibition brought together works that were shown in Karachi with new works developed by Firi and Shironi; two of the four members of the Studio for Memory Politics - Sandev and Vera - were part of the opening celebrations. Thanks to @prohelvetia_newdelhi for their support as well as the @swissembassycolombo . Thank you to Sujeewa De Silva for this incredible documentation.

Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges

Opening Thursday, 27 February, 7-9 PM at Studio Kayamai in Colombo
Continues through 5 March

After celebrating with community and friends in Karachi, we are delighted to present and celebrate Voices from an Archived Silence – Transoceanic Exchanges in Colombo. A collaborative project by Studio for Memory Politics which explores and address silences in cultural memory in the postcolonial geographies of Colombo and Karachi, we showcase the work of four artists - Sophia Balagamwala and Veera Rustomji from Karachi and Hema Shironi Joseph and Firi Rahman from Colombo in a transoceanic dialogue to confront silences, erasures, and gaps in cultural memory within their distinct contexts.

The project examines how archives-in-the-making—often oral, fragmented, or disappearing—can enable new ways of understanding histories of displacement, migration, and resilience. Over a year-long research phase, the participating artists engaged with local archives – ranging from family photographs, recipes, institutional collections, and community-driven archives – to explore how memory is preserved and transformed across geographies.

The resulting outputs, which include drawings, textile works, prints and animation, delve into the paradoxes of engaging with a Zoroastrian library in Karachi, a personal and deep engagement with Memon histories in Karachi and Malay histories in Colombo, especially through food and storytelling, and a meditation on the Kambli, a woollen blanket brough by indentured South Indian labourers to Sri Lanka.

This project is supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia through the Co-Creation Grant and thank you to the Swiss Embassy in Colombo for supporting the opening. Thank you to Studio Kayamai (Colombo) and IVS Gallery (Karachi) for being our presenting partners for this project.

👋🏽 from Studio for Memory Politics! We are a transdisciplinary collective of cultural practitioners engaging in projects that foster a shared language to address and complicate global power dynamics and memory politics.

Some threads that connect our work include forming long term relationships with cultural workers, archives as the base of our research, collaboration across space and time and de-nationalizing discourses. Our projects may unfold in various formats – exhibitions, publications, symposia, and other forms – serving as means of dispersal that challenge existing narratives and foster new dialogues. Ultimately, we seek to overcome the challenges posed by the current moment by fostering trust, friendship, and shared inquiry.

Studio for Memory Politics was founded as Werkstatt für Erinnerungspolitik in 2016 by Swiss curator Vera Ryser and Swiss-Australian artist Sally Schonfeldt. In 2022, the collective expanded and reformulated, now consisting of four active caretakers: Angela Wittwer (Jakarta/Zurich), Aziz Sohail (Karachi/Melbourne), Sandev Handy (Colombo), and Vera Ryser (Zurich). The new formation carries on the legacy of the Werkstatt für Erinnerungspolitik while emphasizing translocal and de-national approaches.

Since late 2023 we have been working with artists Sophia Balagamwala and Veera Rustomji from Pakistan & Hema Shironi Joseph and Firi Rahman from Sri Lanka on ‘Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges’ and are thrilled to showcase their works in Karachi and Colombo later this month, with the support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. More details soon. 📸: @colombedouin

👋🏽 from Studio for Memory Politics! We are a transdisciplinary collective of cultural practitioners engaging in projects that foster a shared language to address and complicate global power dynamics and memory politics.

Some threads that connect our work include forming long term relationships with cultural workers, archives as the base of our research, collaboration across space and time and de-nationalizing discourses. Our projects may unfold in various formats – exhibitions, publications, symposia, and other forms – serving as means of dispersal that challenge existing narratives and foster new dialogues. Ultimately, we seek to overcome the challenges posed by the current moment by fostering trust, friendship, and shared inquiry.

Studio for Memory Politics was founded as Werkstatt für Erinnerungspolitik in 2016 by Swiss curator Vera Ryser and Swiss-Australian artist Sally Schonfeldt. In 2022, the collective expanded and reformulated, now consisting of four active caretakers: Angela Wittwer (Jakarta/Zurich), Aziz Sohail (Karachi/Melbourne), Sandev Handy (Colombo), and Vera Ryser (Zurich). The new formation carries on the legacy of the Werkstatt für Erinnerungspolitik while emphasizing translocal and de-national approaches.

Since late 2023 we have been working with artists Sophia Balagamwala and Veera Rustomji from Pakistan & Hema Shironi Joseph and Firi Rahman from Sri Lanka on ‘Voices from an Archived Silence - Transoceanic Exchanges’ and are thrilled to showcase their works in Karachi and Colombo later this month, with the support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. More details soon. 📸: @colombedouin

I’m so proud of R - This year has been a tough one health wise, but I am always in awe of the way she moves about this world (fast), taking me and everyone else, with her into the future. I am so glad I get to be her partner, grateful to just be next to her in this life and honored that she is my friend.
As you can see I’m obsessed. Happy Birthday.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

One year of doing life together with you my brilliant, daring and beautiful friend. Always excited to be around your careful incisiveness, your patience (while my brain catches up to yours), and your non-committal hand holding. No notes.

Anomaa Rajakaruna is one of the artists commissioned for the next exhibition at the MMCA Sri Lanka. Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka, Thamilini Siththiravadivel and Kalyani Suntharam, Fellows from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, joined Rajakaruna for a field visit in Ampara.

The MMCA team and the Fellows visited the Senanayake Samudraya, the central feature of the divisive Gal Oya irrigation project commissioned in 1956. They discussed subsequent state resettlement projects and how these have shaped communal conflicts over-time, by inevitably linking issues of land rights and ethnic representation.

They then joined Rajakaruna as she interviewed second-generation ‘settled’ families, who have witnessed the dramatic changes that have taken place across these lands. Rajakaruna recorded women’s narratives of houses that stand at district borders and other stories that straddle communal conflict, national politics, economic difficulties and land struggles.

This project is generously funded by SEDR Sri Lanka, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Anomaa Rajakaruna is one of the artists commissioned for the next exhibition at the MMCA Sri Lanka. Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka, Thamilini Siththiravadivel and Kalyani Suntharam, Fellows from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, joined Rajakaruna for a field visit in Ampara.

The MMCA team and the Fellows visited the Senanayake Samudraya, the central feature of the divisive Gal Oya irrigation project commissioned in 1956. They discussed subsequent state resettlement projects and how these have shaped communal conflicts over-time, by inevitably linking issues of land rights and ethnic representation.

They then joined Rajakaruna as she interviewed second-generation ‘settled’ families, who have witnessed the dramatic changes that have taken place across these lands. Rajakaruna recorded women’s narratives of houses that stand at district borders and other stories that straddle communal conflict, national politics, economic difficulties and land struggles.

This project is generously funded by SEDR Sri Lanka, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Anomaa Rajakaruna is one of the artists commissioned for the next exhibition at the MMCA Sri Lanka. Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka, Thamilini Siththiravadivel and Kalyani Suntharam, Fellows from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, joined Rajakaruna for a field visit in Ampara.

The MMCA team and the Fellows visited the Senanayake Samudraya, the central feature of the divisive Gal Oya irrigation project commissioned in 1956. They discussed subsequent state resettlement projects and how these have shaped communal conflicts over-time, by inevitably linking issues of land rights and ethnic representation.

They then joined Rajakaruna as she interviewed second-generation ‘settled’ families, who have witnessed the dramatic changes that have taken place across these lands. Rajakaruna recorded women’s narratives of houses that stand at district borders and other stories that straddle communal conflict, national politics, economic difficulties and land struggles.

This project is generously funded by SEDR Sri Lanka, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Anomaa Rajakaruna is one of the artists commissioned for the next exhibition at the MMCA Sri Lanka. Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka, Thamilini Siththiravadivel and Kalyani Suntharam, Fellows from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, joined Rajakaruna for a field visit in Ampara.

The MMCA team and the Fellows visited the Senanayake Samudraya, the central feature of the divisive Gal Oya irrigation project commissioned in 1956. They discussed subsequent state resettlement projects and how these have shaped communal conflicts over-time, by inevitably linking issues of land rights and ethnic representation.

They then joined Rajakaruna as she interviewed second-generation ‘settled’ families, who have witnessed the dramatic changes that have taken place across these lands. Rajakaruna recorded women’s narratives of houses that stand at district borders and other stories that straddle communal conflict, national politics, economic difficulties and land struggles.

This project is generously funded by SEDR Sri Lanka, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Hanusha Somasundaram is one of the artists commissioned for the next exhibition at the MMCA Sri Lanka. Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka and Bavaneedha Loganathan, a Fellow from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, joined Somasundaram for a field and studio visit between Hatton and Badulla.

The team visited Somasundaram’s studio in Hatton, where she shared her research on land-based issues facing the Malaiyaha Tamil community in the Uva Province. They travelled to the Dyraaba estate in Badulla, where the artist highlighted how recent road development had altered the use and access to land for the community of estate workers and the neighbouring villages.

In Badulla, the team met with the Uva Shakthi Foundation. A key focus of their discussion was the quest for stronger rights for Malaiyaha Tamil workers in the estate sector, who have been living and working on tea estates for 200 years with no claim to ownership of land. They also detailed challenges posed by delimitation and electoral boundaries, which affect access to political representation and services.

In Namunukula, they learned from the Monaragala People’s Development Foundation how the relationship between land, the state and commercial interests impacts communities and land struggles in Badulla and Monaragala.

This project is generously funded by SEDR Sri Lanka, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Hanusha Somasundaram is one of the artists commissioned for the next exhibition at the MMCA Sri Lanka. Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka and Bavaneedha Loganathan, a Fellow from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, joined Somasundaram for a field and studio visit between Hatton and Badulla.

The team visited Somasundaram’s studio in Hatton, where she shared her research on land-based issues facing the Malaiyaha Tamil community in the Uva Province. They travelled to the Dyraaba estate in Badulla, where the artist highlighted how recent road development had altered the use and access to land for the community of estate workers and the neighbouring villages.

In Badulla, the team met with the Uva Shakthi Foundation. A key focus of their discussion was the quest for stronger rights for Malaiyaha Tamil workers in the estate sector, who have been living and working on tea estates for 200 years with no claim to ownership of land. They also detailed challenges posed by delimitation and electoral boundaries, which affect access to political representation and services.

In Namunukula, they learned from the Monaragala People’s Development Foundation how the relationship between land, the state and commercial interests impacts communities and land struggles in Badulla and Monaragala.

This project is generously funded by SEDR Sri Lanka, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Hanusha Somasundaram is one of the artists commissioned for the next exhibition at the MMCA Sri Lanka. Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka and Bavaneedha Loganathan, a Fellow from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, joined Somasundaram for a field and studio visit between Hatton and Badulla.

The team visited Somasundaram’s studio in Hatton, where she shared her research on land-based issues facing the Malaiyaha Tamil community in the Uva Province. They travelled to the Dyraaba estate in Badulla, where the artist highlighted how recent road development had altered the use and access to land for the community of estate workers and the neighbouring villages.

In Badulla, the team met with the Uva Shakthi Foundation. A key focus of their discussion was the quest for stronger rights for Malaiyaha Tamil workers in the estate sector, who have been living and working on tea estates for 200 years with no claim to ownership of land. They also detailed challenges posed by delimitation and electoral boundaries, which affect access to political representation and services.

In Namunukula, they learned from the Monaragala People’s Development Foundation how the relationship between land, the state and commercial interests impacts communities and land struggles in Badulla and Monaragala.

This project is generously funded by SEDR Sri Lanka, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Hanusha Somasundaram is one of the artists commissioned for the next exhibition at the MMCA Sri Lanka. Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka and Bavaneedha Loganathan, a Fellow from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, joined Somasundaram for a field and studio visit between Hatton and Badulla.

The team visited Somasundaram’s studio in Hatton, where she shared her research on land-based issues facing the Malaiyaha Tamil community in the Uva Province. They travelled to the Dyraaba estate in Badulla, where the artist highlighted how recent road development had altered the use and access to land for the community of estate workers and the neighbouring villages.

In Badulla, the team met with the Uva Shakthi Foundation. A key focus of their discussion was the quest for stronger rights for Malaiyaha Tamil workers in the estate sector, who have been living and working on tea estates for 200 years with no claim to ownership of land. They also detailed challenges posed by delimitation and electoral boundaries, which affect access to political representation and services.

In Namunukula, they learned from the Monaragala People’s Development Foundation how the relationship between land, the state and commercial interests impacts communities and land struggles in Badulla and Monaragala.

This project is generously funded by SEDR Sri Lanka, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Hanusha Somasundaram is one of the artists commissioned for the next exhibition at the MMCA Sri Lanka. Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka and Bavaneedha Loganathan, a Fellow from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, joined Somasundaram for a field and studio visit between Hatton and Badulla.

The team visited Somasundaram’s studio in Hatton, where she shared her research on land-based issues facing the Malaiyaha Tamil community in the Uva Province. They travelled to the Dyraaba estate in Badulla, where the artist highlighted how recent road development had altered the use and access to land for the community of estate workers and the neighbouring villages.

In Badulla, the team met with the Uva Shakthi Foundation. A key focus of their discussion was the quest for stronger rights for Malaiyaha Tamil workers in the estate sector, who have been living and working on tea estates for 200 years with no claim to ownership of land. They also detailed challenges posed by delimitation and electoral boundaries, which affect access to political representation and services.

In Namunukula, they learned from the Monaragala People’s Development Foundation how the relationship between land, the state and commercial interests impacts communities and land struggles in Badulla and Monaragala.

This project is generously funded by SEDR Sri Lanka, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Hanusha Somasundaram is one of the artists commissioned for the next exhibition at the MMCA Sri Lanka. Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka and Bavaneedha Loganathan, a Fellow from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, joined Somasundaram for a field and studio visit between Hatton and Badulla.

The team visited Somasundaram’s studio in Hatton, where she shared her research on land-based issues facing the Malaiyaha Tamil community in the Uva Province. They travelled to the Dyraaba estate in Badulla, where the artist highlighted how recent road development had altered the use and access to land for the community of estate workers and the neighbouring villages.

In Badulla, the team met with the Uva Shakthi Foundation. A key focus of their discussion was the quest for stronger rights for Malaiyaha Tamil workers in the estate sector, who have been living and working on tea estates for 200 years with no claim to ownership of land. They also detailed challenges posed by delimitation and electoral boundaries, which affect access to political representation and services.

In Namunukula, they learned from the Monaragala People’s Development Foundation how the relationship between land, the state and commercial interests impacts communities and land struggles in Badulla and Monaragala.

This project is generously funded by SEDR Sri Lanka, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka together with four Fellows from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship embarked on a series of studio and field visits. They accompanied artists Jasmine Nilani Joseph, Hanusha Somasundaram, and Anomaa Rajakaruna on their research in the Northern, Eastern, and Uva provinces of the island.

These field visits provided the Fellows with an opportunity to gain insights from the artists and their research. Together, they discovered how to conduct effective artistic research and navigate difficult conversations with empathy and sensitivity. The Fellows focused on engaging with those affected by the loss of their homelands, unsuccessful protests, and negotiations to regain the land they lost.

Additionally, the group was also able to learn about the artists’ studio practices, speak with community leaders and activists, and meet with organisations engaged in resolving land-based community conflicts.

Since December 2023, the MMCA Sri Lanka has been working on a 12-month endeavour that aims to increase awareness and facilitate dialogue about root causes of land-based conflicts, by including art in difficult conversations. To this end the MMCA Sri Lanka commissioned three artworks by Joseph, Somasundaram, and Rajakaruna.

This project is generously funded by SEDR, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka together with four Fellows from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship embarked on a series of studio and field visits. They accompanied artists Jasmine Nilani Joseph, Hanusha Somasundaram, and Anomaa Rajakaruna on their research in the Northern, Eastern, and Uva provinces of the island.

These field visits provided the Fellows with an opportunity to gain insights from the artists and their research. Together, they discovered how to conduct effective artistic research and navigate difficult conversations with empathy and sensitivity. The Fellows focused on engaging with those affected by the loss of their homelands, unsuccessful protests, and negotiations to regain the land they lost.

Additionally, the group was also able to learn about the artists’ studio practices, speak with community leaders and activists, and meet with organisations engaged in resolving land-based community conflicts.

Since December 2023, the MMCA Sri Lanka has been working on a 12-month endeavour that aims to increase awareness and facilitate dialogue about root causes of land-based conflicts, by including art in difficult conversations. To this end the MMCA Sri Lanka commissioned three artworks by Joseph, Somasundaram, and Rajakaruna.

This project is generously funded by SEDR, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka together with four Fellows from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship embarked on a series of studio and field visits. They accompanied artists Jasmine Nilani Joseph, Hanusha Somasundaram, and Anomaa Rajakaruna on their research in the Northern, Eastern, and Uva provinces of the island.

These field visits provided the Fellows with an opportunity to gain insights from the artists and their research. Together, they discovered how to conduct effective artistic research and navigate difficult conversations with empathy and sensitivity. The Fellows focused on engaging with those affected by the loss of their homelands, unsuccessful protests, and negotiations to regain the land they lost.

Additionally, the group was also able to learn about the artists’ studio practices, speak with community leaders and activists, and meet with organisations engaged in resolving land-based community conflicts.

Since December 2023, the MMCA Sri Lanka has been working on a 12-month endeavour that aims to increase awareness and facilitate dialogue about root causes of land-based conflicts, by including art in difficult conversations. To this end the MMCA Sri Lanka commissioned three artworks by Joseph, Somasundaram, and Rajakaruna.

This project is generously funded by SEDR, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka together with four Fellows from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship embarked on a series of studio and field visits. They accompanied artists Jasmine Nilani Joseph, Hanusha Somasundaram, and Anomaa Rajakaruna on their research in the Northern, Eastern, and Uva provinces of the island.

These field visits provided the Fellows with an opportunity to gain insights from the artists and their research. Together, they discovered how to conduct effective artistic research and navigate difficult conversations with empathy and sensitivity. The Fellows focused on engaging with those affected by the loss of their homelands, unsuccessful protests, and negotiations to regain the land they lost.

Additionally, the group was also able to learn about the artists’ studio practices, speak with community leaders and activists, and meet with organisations engaged in resolving land-based community conflicts.

Since December 2023, the MMCA Sri Lanka has been working on a 12-month endeavour that aims to increase awareness and facilitate dialogue about root causes of land-based conflicts, by including art in difficult conversations. To this end the MMCA Sri Lanka commissioned three artworks by Joseph, Somasundaram, and Rajakaruna.

This project is generously funded by SEDR, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka together with four Fellows from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship embarked on a series of studio and field visits. They accompanied artists Jasmine Nilani Joseph, Hanusha Somasundaram, and Anomaa Rajakaruna on their research in the Northern, Eastern, and Uva provinces of the island.

These field visits provided the Fellows with an opportunity to gain insights from the artists and their research. Together, they discovered how to conduct effective artistic research and navigate difficult conversations with empathy and sensitivity. The Fellows focused on engaging with those affected by the loss of their homelands, unsuccessful protests, and negotiations to regain the land they lost.

Additionally, the group was also able to learn about the artists’ studio practices, speak with community leaders and activists, and meet with organisations engaged in resolving land-based community conflicts.

Since December 2023, the MMCA Sri Lanka has been working on a 12-month endeavour that aims to increase awareness and facilitate dialogue about root causes of land-based conflicts, by including art in difficult conversations. To this end the MMCA Sri Lanka commissioned three artworks by Joseph, Somasundaram, and Rajakaruna.

This project is generously funded by SEDR, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.

Last month a team from the MMCA Sri Lanka together with four Fellows from the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship embarked on a series of studio and field visits. They accompanied artists Jasmine Nilani Joseph, Hanusha Somasundaram, and Anomaa Rajakaruna on their research in the Northern, Eastern, and Uva provinces of the island.

These field visits provided the Fellows with an opportunity to gain insights from the artists and their research. Together, they discovered how to conduct effective artistic research and navigate difficult conversations with empathy and sensitivity. The Fellows focused on engaging with those affected by the loss of their homelands, unsuccessful protests, and negotiations to regain the land they lost.

Additionally, the group was also able to learn about the artists’ studio practices, speak with community leaders and activists, and meet with organisations engaged in resolving land-based community conflicts.

Since December 2023, the MMCA Sri Lanka has been working on a 12-month endeavour that aims to increase awareness and facilitate dialogue about root causes of land-based conflicts, by including art in difficult conversations. To this end the MMCA Sri Lanka commissioned three artworks by Joseph, Somasundaram, and Rajakaruna.

This project is generously funded by SEDR, as a part of their mission to strengthen the effectiveness and availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Sri Lanka for communities in Uva, Northern, and Eastern Provinces.

The SEDR project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.