A disaster unforgotten
Pathshala South Asian Media Institute is paying homage to the victims of the Rana Plaza tragedy, on the first anniversary of the devastating incident (April 24), through a group exhibition at the Pathshala premises in Panthapath in the capital.
Titled “1134 – lives not numbers”, the five-day exhibition, featuring photographs, art installations, performance arts, music and theatre, was inaugurated on April 22 by this year's World Press Photo Award winner Taslima Akhter, mother of a deceased Rana Plaza worker Shomapti and Professor Ahmed Kamal Mahbubur Rahman. The programmes at the exhibition will include launching of a website, artist talk, staging of a play by theatre troupe BotTala, and musical performances by Kafil Ahmed, Shomogeet and Arup Rahee.
The participating artists at the exhibition include Abir Abdullah, Amdadul Haq, Ayesha Sultana, Ayon Rehal, Joydeb Roaja, KM Asad, Kabir Ahmed Masum Chisti, Mahmud Hossain Opu, Parvez Ahmad, Promotesh Das Puluk, Rahul Talukder, Reetu Sattar, Shulekha Chowdhury, Suvra Kanti Das, Taslima Akhter, Tushikur Rahman and Yasmin Jahan Nupur. Munem Wasif and Mahbubur Rahman are the curators of the exhibit.
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