We Were Trying to Make Sense

I exhibited an artwork Songs in the Head as part of Mausoleum of Lost Objects curated by Matthew Krishnau at inIVA 2012, this exhibition project was shown within We Were Trying to Make Sense curated by Magda Fabianczyk and co-ordinated by Sophie Hoyle.

By bringing together works developed separately in India, Germany, Pakistan, Poland and the UK, the exhibition looks at how artists that operate internationally work with non-artists in local communities and other specific contexts. It emphasizes a critical reflection on the works made in collaborative projects between artists and non-artists and their perceived successes and failures, and questions the responsibility of the artist.

It is an ongoing project, evolving with each site it takes place in and questioning the ideas of artistic ownership. Matthew Krishanu presents The Mausoleum of Lost Objects (2008). He invited artists and non-artists to create works in memory of significant objects that had either been lost or had been stolen, bringing together art works that perhaps share common concerns of loss and memory. The Mausoleum of Lost Objects was previously presented for Iniva, Rivington Place in 2008, and this will be its first international presentation. Contributors to The Mausoleum of Lost Objects, India: Manas Acharya, Aparna Jayakumar, Suresh Jayaram, Aishwaryan K, Urmila V.G; UK: Dave Ball, Irina Barski, Ansuman Biswas, Heidi Ferid, Uschi Gatward, Sara Haq, Jan Hildebrand, Solveig Hill, Valerie Josephs, Gael Lindenfield, Raksha Patel.

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