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Kathmandu art project 'Silent Bone' explores memory and violence across multiple venues

From Kathmandu Post · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Visual artist Binod Shrestha is launching 'Silent Bone,' a multi-site art project across Kathmandu featuring sculpture, drawing, installation, performance, and video.
  • The project explores memory, language, the body, and the lingering effects of violence, inviting visitors to engage with different parts across various cultural venues.
  • 'Silent Bone' runs from June 9 to July 10, with different sections opening at locations like Dalai La Art Space, Siddhartha Art Gallery, and the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts.

Kathmandu is set to host 'Silent Bone,' a sprawling art project by visual artist and educator Binod Shrestha. Spanning multiple cultural spaces throughout the city, the exhibition eschews a traditional single gallery setting. Instead, it unfolds across various venues, with each location offering a distinct facet of the larger artistic investigation.

The project is rooted in an investigation of memory, language, the body and the quiet residues of violence that remain in personal and collective narratives.

— media releaseDescribing the thematic underpinnings of the 'Silent Bone' art project.

The project delves into themes of memory, language, the body, and the subtle yet persistent residues of violence within personal and collective histories. It deliberately avoids a singular narrative or a definitive conclusion. Shrestha encourages visitors to traverse between the different sites, experiencing the artwork through diverse forms and spatial arrangements. Some pieces manifest as physical objects, others as ephemeral gestures, and some as deliberate voids of silence or absence.

It does not follow a single story or offer a fixed conclusion. Instead, it invites visitors to move between sites and encounter the work through different forms and spaces.

— media releaseExplaining the multi-site, non-linear approach of the 'Silent Bone' exhibition.

'Silent Bone' commenced on June 9 at the Dalai La Art Space in Thamel with 'Nepali Sublime: Body in Translation,' curated by Bidhata KC, running until July 10. Subsequent sections include 'Of Place, Memory, and Residue' at Siddhartha Art Gallery and Babar Mahal Revisited from June 12 to June 26, and a performance titled 'Silent Bone: a performance' at Mandala Theatre on June 23 (invitation only).

Some works appear as objects, some as gestures and some as spaces of silence or absence.

— media releaseDetailing the varied forms of artistic expression within the project.

Further installations, 'The Shape of Stillness' at the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (June 26 to July 5) and 'Reliquaries for Remembrance' at Tara Gaun Next (June 28 to July 5), will also be featured. Shrestha, who holds MFAs from Bangalore University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, has previously exhibited internationally and received numerous accolades, including the McKnight Individual Artist Fellowship.

Visitors can experience one site on its own or follow the project across multiple locations.

— media releaseHighlighting the flexibility for audience engagement with the 'Silent Bone' project.
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Originally published by Kathmandu Post in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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