Colomboscope has announced the details for the upcoming ninth edition including the curatorial concept, artists and venues.
Led by Artistic Director Natasha Ginwala, the festival’s programme channels generational and cross-cultural histories into acts of creation and reflection. Entitled Rhythm Alliances, this iteration is curated by Hajra Haider Karrar, whose vison brings together sound, visual and performative practices trace rhythms of memory, resistance and communal connections.
“This edition of Colomboscope is likely to be our most heterogenous and versatile one so far with a groove that will be lasting. Constellations of artistic works gain momentum between the exhibition spaces, sonic vibrations, scores and bodies in action. Dedicated to listening and choreographies of dissent, remembrance and renewal, Rhythm Alliances endeavors to resound with sensory intelligence and reciprocity,” notes Ginwala.
The festival venues include, Barefoot Gallery, Colpetty Townhouse, Kamatha at BMICH, Liberty by Scope Cinemas, Musicmatters, Radicle Gallery, Rio Complex and Soul Studio, providing free accessible spaces across Colombo for visitors to engage with the diverse programme.
More than 50 artists and collectives will take part, including newly commissioned works.
Participating artists:
Aboothahir Al Wajahath*
Arka Kinari
Atiyyah Khan in collaboration with Graeme Arendse*
Ayumi Paul*
Basir Mahmood*
Basma al Sharif
Chamindika Abeysinghe*
Charwei Tsai*
Chitrasena Dance Company and reVerb Collective*
Dinar Sultana*
Dinoj Mahendranathan*
Gayan Hemarathne*
Haseeb Ahmed*
Imaad Majeed*
Jegatheeswaran Keshavan*
Josefa Ntjam
Jovita Alvares*
Kaimurai*
Kavan Balasuriya*
KMRU*
Mahesha Kariyapperuma*
Mekh Limbu*
Moe Satt*
Mohammad Ali Talpur*
Naiza Khan*
Nina Mangalanayagam with Marie Louise Dilmaya Bergqvist and the Transnational Adoptee Choir: The Whale*
Perera Elsewhere
Pinaree Sanpitak
Raven Chacon
Saadia Mirza
Sabeen Omar*
Sarah Kazmi with Mariama Ndure and Nuwan Gunawardhana*
Seher Shah*
Stephen Champion
Tashyana Handy and Sakina Ali Akbar*
Tharmapalan Tilaxan*
Tissa de Alwis*
Vaimaila Urale*
Vivian Caccuri
Yara Asmar
Zarina Muhammad*
Featured Collaborations:
Bread Modular
CoCA Art
Dizzi Geetha
Farah Deen and collaborators*
Kahli
Mawongany
P. Ahilan
Repropriation Riddims Project* (Asvajit Boyle, Divanke Sewmin, Mike de Silva, Nigel Perera, Sebastiampillai Vasanberk, Uvindu Perera, and more)
Sumudi Suraweera and Susantha Rupathilaka with band*
Sunara
Thomas Burkhalter with Melodies in My Head
NooN by Nuwan Gunawardhana and band
Weather Reports* (Chloe Abrahams, Seth De Silva, Suren Seneviratne, Toulip Wonder, Ushara, Imaad Majeed, Mayun Kalu, SajasS, and more)
(*denotes new projects commissioned and presented for the first time at Colomboscope)
