for the circular movement of knowledge - Jagath Dheerasekara in conversation with Neha Kale
Event description
for the circular movement of knowledge is an online series of conversations where artists create new relationships with peers through knowledge exchange.
During one-week digital residencies, 6 Utp artists will engage in exchange with a collaborator who holds knowledge in an area of interest to them. At the end of the week they will open up their digital space to share their learnings with audience via video and podcast presentations.
Episode 1 premieres 7 July featuring Jagath Dheerasekara in conversation with Neha Kale.
After the episode jump across to Utp's Instagram for a live Q&A with Jagath and Neha and facilitated by Utp Creative Producer Veronica Barac-Gomez.
JAGATH DHEERASEKARA
Jagath is an Amnesty International Human Rights Innovation Fund Grant recipient. He lives and works in southwest Sydney. He was forced to leave Sri Lanka due to his political and human rights activism and was granted political asylum in France in the early 1990s. His multidisciplinary practice is chiefly informed by his personal and collective memory and the incidents of fragility of the principles of humanity.
NEHA KALE
Neha Kale is a widely-published writer and critic whose work focuses on the intersection of art, contemporary culture and society. Her essays, criticism and other nonfiction have appeared nationally and internationally in places like ArtReview, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Saturday Paper, SBS, Art Guide, The Guardian, Running Dog, Kill Your Darling, ABC and more.