Body of Labour
BODY OF LABOUR
A panel discussion organized around the exhibition
Zones of Contact: Propositions on the Museum
Curated by Akansha Rastogi, Deeksha Nath and Vidya Shivadas
31 October 2013, KNMA-Noida
Speakers: Dr. Prabhu Mohapatra, Ram Rahman, Sudhir Patwardhan and Amar Kanwar
Moderated by Ravi Agarwal
Artists and labour historian discuss the relationship between culture and working class consciousness. The eminent speakers focus on the issues of representation of labour, the problem of visibility of labour in our cities, globalization and migration since independent India, and in reference bring works of photographers like Sunil Janah.
With 14 artists and 4 projects, the exhibition Zones of Contact lays out a dense experience of collective themes: on the changing representation of labour; on social movements and archival practices; on construction as built space and built ideas; and on cultural networks.