Touching on Caste convenes three parallel anti-caste artistic research journeys from practitioners of the South Asian diaspora: Godhadi, Shivani Patel and Aaliah Qureshi. Following a period of research and development, the project presents a series of ‘spotlight shows’ alongside a cumulative anti-caste resource space.
For the duration of the programme, the gallery will perform two functions: consecutively showcasing the work of each artist / artist collective and providing a space for reading and noticing. With the difficult histories of caste in the Subcontinent and global South Asian diaspora as well as the ongoing brutalities in Palestine, the programme seeks to provide different kinds of resources for both contexts. The hope is that these, in turn, will also better support the complexities for the accompanying works.
Shivani Patel: Reclaim and Re-imagine 21 - 29 June
Launch Thursday 20 June, 6-8pm
Aaliah Qureshi: Dust to Dust (TBC) 5 -13 July
Launch / Event TBC
Godhadi: within dalit spores 18 - 27 July
Launch / Event TBC
Details of events programme will be shared soon.