Dialogue


Interviews and dialogues between artists, writers, curators, art historians and thinkers from across disciplines.

The sky held it, the earth remembered: Artist and Curator Conversation

Shahana Rajani, Rohini Devasher and Sarker Protick in conversation with curator Sasha Altaf around the group exhibition ‘The sky held it, the earth remembered’.

No Trespassing | Behind the Scenes: Full Series

A series of short films that looks behind the scenes of ‘No Trespassing’ to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition.

No Trespassing | Sara Alahbabi

Ishara Art Foundation looks behind the scenes of No Trespassing to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition – and what the streets mean to each of the artists who brought it to life. In this episode, Sara Alahbabi discusses For A Better Modern Something, created for the..

No Trespassing | Salma Dib

Ishara Art Foundation looks behind the scenes of No Trespassing to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition – and what the streets mean to each of the artists who brought it to life. In this episode, Salma Dib speaks about the power of writing on walls as..

No Trespassing | Rami Farook

Ishara Art Foundation looks behind the scenes of No Trespassing to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition – and what the streets mean to each of the artists who brought it to life. In this episode, Rami Farook discusses Gifts, his work in the exhibition,..

No Trespassing | Khaled Esguerra

Ishara Art Foundation looks behind the scenes of No Trespassing to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition – and what the streets mean to each of the artists who brought it to life. In this episode, Khaled Esguerra reflects on the community efforts that culminated..

No Trespassing | H11235

Ishara Art Foundation looks behind the scenes of No Trespassing to discover the artistic processes and curatorial conversations that shaped the exhibition – and what the streets mean to each of the artists who brought it to life. In this episode, H11235 (Kiran Maharjan) speaks to us via Zoom from..

No Trespassing | Fatspatrol

Behind the scenes of ‘No Trespassing’: Fatspatrol (Fathima Mohiuddin) shares her experience of creating ‘The World Out There’, her site-specific work at Ishara.

No Trespassing | Priyanka Mehra

Behind the scenes of ‘No Trespassing’: Curator Priyanka Mehra speaks about how the curatorial concept evolved, breaking institutional norms and how each work brings a piece of the street into Ishara’s space.

Static In The Air – Transformation 1 (Clusters)

A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its first stage of transition, led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists Farah Mulla, Jaisingh Nageswaran, Sathish Kumar and Zainab about their practices and their relationship with clusters, densities and layers in art-making

Static In The Air – Transformation 2 (Collapse)

A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its second stage of transition, led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists Katrin Koenning, Rahee Punyashloka and Yu Yu Myint Than about their practices and their relationship with collapsing of narratives and media.

Static In The Air – Transformation 3 (Intimacy)

A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its third stage of transition ,led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists Bunu Dhungana, Katrin Koenning, Kushal Ray and Sean Lee about their practices and how they navigate relationships that are familial and collaborative in art-making.

Static In The Air – Transformation 4 (Peaks)

A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its fourth stage of transition led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists Farah Mulla, Nida Mehboob, Protick Sarker and Reetu Sattar about their practices and working with heightened senses, amplifications and escalating conditions.

Static In The Air – Transformation 5 (Kheyal)

A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its fifth stage of transition led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists Aishwarya Arumbakkam, Munem Wasif and Prantik Basu about their practices and what it means to create environments of contemplation through artworks.

Static In The Air – Transformation 6 (Valves)

A virtual tour of ‘Static In The Air’ in its sixth stage of transition, led by Sohrab Hura and Sabih Ahmed followed by a conversation with artists the Nepal Picture Library and The Packet about their practices and how they regard archives as sites of accumulation and flows.