The sixth episode of the podcast series of "Chobi Mela Shunno" was released online yesterday (February 15). Speakers of the session were filmmakers Shaheen Dill-Riaz and Nurul Alam Atique. It was hosted by Munim Wasif. Supported by Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, the segment, titled "Chronology, Disorder and Pause – An Incomplete Conversation" saw the speakers talk about their
Sabih Ahmed and Sohrab Hura discuss shared ecosystems and geographic realignments at Chobi Mela Shunno
Photo courtesy: Growing Like a Tree, Ishara Art Foundation Priyanka Chowdhury Priyanka Chowdhury
The special edition of Chobi Mela features a series of podcasts that include themes ranging from collective narratives to echoes of the 80s, thinking contexts, conversations and many more sharing of ideas in and around defining and (re)defining the meaning and interpretation of images. The podcast series is curated by artiste Munem Wasif who handpicked speakers ranging from artists to curators, filmmakers, writers, musicians and others.
On February 14, Associate Director and Curator of Ishara Art Foundation in Dubai Sabih Ahmed and New Delhi-based photographer Sohrab Hura engaged in a conversation, titled
Sayeeda Khanum’s exhibition in Chobi Mela O.
The Drik-Path building peeks into the sky in the middle of the busy commercial area of Panthapath, Dhaka. This is where Chobi Mela Shunno (0) is taking place this year. We are all too familiar with this biennale international photography festival that takes place in various venues sprawling across Dhaka. This time around, it is restricted to the walls of the newly built Drik-Path building. We have done 10 editions of Chobi Mela spanning the past two decades. But we are not doing the 11
th edition. Instead, we are doing a special edition of Chobi Mela which properly responds to the situation of the world at present, explains Tanzim Wahab, Festival Director and curator, Chobi Mela (0). The reason behind this conceptualisation was to go back and start anew; which is what the rest of the world is doing by adjusting with the new normal. The word Shunno in Bangla means starting from the beginning. In order to start from the beginning
The Rebel with a Smile: A retrospective of Sayeeda Khanum
Photos: Sheikh Mehedi Morshed Rasheek Tabassum Mondira Rasheek Tabassum Mondira
In August 2020, Sayeeda Khanum, the first professional female photographer of Bangladesh, breathed her last at the age of 83. To commemorate her legacy and her journey, Chobi Mela 2021 arranged a solo exhibition of her work.
The exhibition, The Rebel with a Smile , is a retrospective of Sayeeda Khanum, featuring photographs, collectives, letters, and memoirs from the legend s illustrious life. It is curated by Sarker Protick, Tanzim Wahab, and ASM Rezaur Rahman.
A short documentary with an interview of the photographer is screening at the exhibition, in which she shares bits and pieces of her life with photographer Jannatul Mawa. The collecting, researching and preserving of these invaluable works of arts were done by several people and photographer Jannatul Mawa played the role of the lead researc
International photography festival Chobi Mela's 11th edition kicked off at the capital's Drik Path Bhaban on Friday. Organised by Drik Picture Library and Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, the special hybrid edition of the biggest photography festival in the country is being called "Shunno (Zero)" this year. Marking the inauguration, an opening rally was organised on the