Race Matters / Odalala Dispatches / Anti-caste radio

21.04.24
A still of an endurance performance by Dalit artist Sajan Mani. A dark-skinned body we see top-down sits cross-legged. Charcoal writing around him, a red hat and a large stick across the floor
Aired on 21.04.24, 10:00am

how can we gather in non-hierarchical ways, form solidarities, resist shallow representation and form cultures of genuine reciprocity? ⁠

Upending the colonial building of artshouse during Dalit History Month, ಒಡಲಾಳ Odalala (‘from the depths of one’s being’) brings together local and international artists to examine histories of caste, migration, gender and sexuality through contemporary expression. Envisioned by Dalit curator-artist Vishal Kumaraswamy morphing conventional expectations through an anti-caste politics of curation. Har Vishal in dialogue with artists Elyas Alavi & Jagath Dheerasekara making these ideas come to life. 

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