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Through this project – Akth, we hope to offer a space of togetherness through art and design; a space that is part tribute, and part healing; a space that gives tools for reflection, and gently unfolds the tapestry in all its complex beauty and terribleness so people can find moments of pause, that will enable them to move forward, and care for themselves. This project is a place that you can come to when you seek a listening ear in solitude, when you seek understanding from people who you don’t want to meet or know, when you want to speak silently, when you want to find friendship in art, story and people who are strangers. This project is a place where you can rest, pause and reflect. It is a place where you can hug yourself and gather your thoughts together in accepting friendship and quietude. This is a place where we acknowledge all that you are going through now, the contradictions that tear you apart, the overwhelming feeling that you are suppressing, the worries that cloud you, the sleeplessness through which you are working, the terrible losses that you are witness, the anger and frustration at systems and what could have been resolved, the fleeting hope that you nurture everyday and the terrible disappointments that you are encountering. We acknowledge YOU, we hear you, and we hope we can provide a way to make sense and meaning through stories and art that we share. We are HERE, an online space, and yet a space in our hearts, in our communities as people who share the terrible grief of our times together with you. We are HERE, in togetherness in ways intangible, partly invisible, but we are HERE in togetherness.

Art for Change Residency 2020

An Interactive Performance Piece based on The Cauvery River Conflict