The Cloakroom Archive
" Pictures of community celebrations, be it Ugadi or Navratri, stories of those days when your grandmother moved here after marriage, the first memories of making perfectly round dosas in your family kitchen, the trunk which your father carried when he moved from north to south, or the documents of expanding your industry in the suburbs of the city; all such narratives of migration and making a new city your home are valid. "
Bangaloreans (or Bengalureans) we invite you to bring your personal archives and initiate experiential conversations about your neighborhood in the city. Under the umbrella curatorial of “care in construction”, we are hosting a public exhibition of all such stories from the neighborhoods in Bangalore and unpacking the ongoing sociopolitical narratives of belongingness.
ಒಂದಾನೊಂದು ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ …
Neighborhood histories from Bengaluru
Dates of the exhibition: 26th Nov 2022 - 4th Dec 2022
Final date for participation: 20th Nov 2022
Curatorial Team: Adil Hamza, Ishita Shah, Bijoy Joseph, Srivalli Kiran
Urban migration has been the reality of our cities for quite a few decades now; whether it is by forces of the capitalist structures, or driven by personal aspiration for different forms of living. It leads to the forging of new kinds of relationships with the land. Even as nomadic beings, the idea of moving places to find food and shelter was inherently human. Then, why is it that today the idea of migration makes a particular community invisible or deepens a behavior of cultural attack? How does one person or family belong less to a city than another? Rather, who decides that, and how do we counter these narratives?
As a continuation of our ongoing engagements with many different kinds of personal or community archiving projects, we are curating this next engagement with the people of Bangalore to share their histories about making this city their home. In this process, we will help you preserve the tangible artifacts, collect or document the intangible elements, curate the projects and interpret narratives. As a part of the public programming, there will be a series of workshops and dialogues for active engagement among community members, those who build or design places, and the custodians of cultural narratives in archives and museums.
