‘Chobi Mela Shunno’ concludes today
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Asia s most celebrated photography festival, Chobi Mela, concludes today. Exhibitions at the festival will run from 11 am till 8 pm. The ten-day event started on February 12, 2021.
This year, Chobi Mela has a special edition, Shunno . The festival is jointly organised by Pathshala South Asian Media Institute and Drik Pictures Library at the DrikPath Bhobon. Chobi Mela Shunno features eight projects by 75 artistes from home and abroad, including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Srilanka. Some of the notable works displayed at the festival are in memory of eminent architect Bashirul Haq and the first female photographer of Bangladesh Sayeeda Khanum. This year, Chobi Mela paid a special tribute to their groundbreaking works.
21st February, 2021 11:55:42
Chobi Mela, the largest photography festival of Asia concluded on Sunday. The ten-day event started on February 12. This year Chobi Mela mounts a special edition, ‘Shunno (0)’.
Pathshala South Asian Media Institute and Drik Pictures Library jointly organised the festival at the DrikPath Bhobon in the capital.
Chobi Mela ‘Shunno (0)’ featured eight projects of 75 artists of different countries, including, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Srilanka. Some of the notable works were displayed at the festival in memory of eminent architect Bashirul Haq and the first female photographer of Bangladesh Sayeeda Khanum. This year, Chobi Mela paid a special tribute to their groundbreaking works.
CHOBI MELA SHUNNO
Photos: Sheikh Mehedi Morshed Rasheek Tabassum Mondira Rasheek Tabassum Mondira [Off] Limits , a group exhibition currently underway in Chobi Mela Shunno at DrikPath Bhobon, features projects by fourteen South Asian artistes. In a corner of the basement at DrikPath Bhobon, a series of letters are displayed for everyone to read. Letter from an Unborn Child by Thotkata, reflects the anguish and pain of an unborn child, as the kid addresses these letters to the readers, shoppers, and authorities related to the Tazreen factory fire in 2012.
On November 24, 2012, more than 119 garment workers died when a fire broke out in Tazreen Fashions Ltd in Ashulia s Nischintapur. Mimi, a five- months pregnant worker, was among the unidentified victims of the tragedy. The letters portray Mimi s unborn child s anger and plea to the ones present in the world today.
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While walking through the galleries of this year's "Chobi Mela", one would notice a wall covered with black posters. Right at the centre of each poster, there is a picture of a single tooth. Under the picture, it says ekta boka lokher daat. ekta, a grammatically incorrect phrase. The poster is bizarre and one might even wonder what it was doing there in the first place.