The Practice of Living History: Patachitra and
Performance
A
Public History initiative by the Centre for Public History
In
partnership with 1.Shantiroad Studio/Gallery, Bengaluru
Performance:
Khadu Chitrakar and Radha Chitrakar
Introduction
and presentation: Indira Chowdhury
Venue:
1.Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery
Date:
14 July 2012
Time:
5 pm onwards
Khadu Chitrakar
and his wife Radha Chitrakar come from a community of folk artist who paint
scrolls and sing the stories. Khadu and Radha live in Naya, Pingla in
Medinipur, West Bengal. Traditionally, Chitrakars composed songs that were
taken from incidents in the Puranas and the Ramayana.
In recent years their visual and musical narratives have changed to include
contemporary events such as the Tsunami and 9/11. Khadu Chitrakar and his wife
will present traditional as well as more recent compositions. Their performance
will be presented by Indira Chowdhury of the Centre for Public History at
Srishti. The performance and presentation will make space for a conversation
with the audience around the contemporary nature of folk art, and the nature of
folk memory.
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