PERFORMING PROTEST: STAGING CHANGE THROUGH ART


Text Box: About the performances Fathima Nizaruddin will bring a short theatre performance and showcase her incredible film Nuclear Hallucinations which is centered on the anti-nuclear struggle against the Kudankulam Atomic Power Project in Tamil Nadu. Sofia Ashraf will speak about her engagement with various movements and also screen her short form videos which are made to spread over social media. Mohammad Muneem Nazir will perform music and recite poetry from the Valley that brings people together and keeps alive the hope of a brighter future. Mumbai: Godrej India Culture Lab is proud to present Performing Protest: Staging Change through Art, an event that will explore questions such as ‘How does art help in configuring spaces of dissent?’ ‘Can different forms of expression create new imaginations and possibilities for a better future?’
Three incredible speakers - Fathima Nizaruddin, Sofia Ashraf, and Mohammad Muneem Nazir – will talk about using their art forms in powerful ways to change society. They will discuss their working processes and the nature of their engagement with the idea of protest.
Through these discussions, screenings and performances, the event will initiate a conversation about how art works together with marches, hunger strikes and other forms of resistance to help create change.
This event is free and open for all
Date: 27th October, 2017
Venue: Auditorium, (First Floor)
Godrej ONE, Vikhroli (East)
(Entry from Eastern Express Highway)

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