at Jatiyo Chitrashala Auditorium
Shahidul Alam in conversation with yasmine eid-sabbagh, Muhammad Salah Abdulaziz, Gary Knight, and Tanvi Mishra
Portfolio Review by Anshika Varma, Donald Weber, Gary Knight, Karen Fromm, Lars Bauernschmitt, Lotte Sprengers, and Shadman Shahid
Talk by Duncan Forbes
Naeem Mohaiemen in conversation with Tanzim Wahab
yasmine eid-sabbagh in conversation with Samar Abu Elouf
Guided Tour ‘Women in the July Uprising: Essential Then— Why Erased Now?’
Lecture by Nurul Kabir
Ri, Mosfiqur Rahman Johan, and Muhammad Salah Abdulazizh in conversation with Munem Wasif
Talk by Amak Mahmoodian
A morning gathering at Brihatta Art Foundation
(Invitation-only event)
Anshika Varma, Nicolas Polli and Shahria Sharmin in conversation with Vincent Hasselbach
Diwas Raja KC (Nepal Picture Library), Naeem Mohaiemen, Maryam Rahman (Estate of Lala Rukh) and Sneha Ragavan (Asia Art Archive)
in conversation with Tanvi Mishra
Talk by Bani Abidi
Lecture by Mustafa Zaman
Talk by NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati & Sagar Chhetri
Talk by Marina Tabassum
Portfolio Review by Alan Hill, Abdul Aziz Sohail, NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, Tanvi Mishra, Vincent Hasselbach
‘Rights of Passage’ with Curator Tanvi Mishra
With Curators Munem Wasif and Sarker Protick
‘Dheu’ with Curator Shohrab Jahan and Chobi Mela Fellows Debashis Doob, Md. Imtiaj Islam, Mong Mong Shay, Moni Majhi, Mrittika Gain, Pulak K Sarkar, Rakib Ahmed Babu, Sahela Akter Umama, and Tanjila Biswas Munia
Speakers: Parsa Sanjana Sajid, Seema Amin, Vince Rozario.
With Shahidul Alam, Nasir Ali Mamun and Mofidul Hoque
Chobi Mela, the first festival of photography in Asia, is one of the most exciting ventures that Drik and Pathshala has initiated. The first Chobi Mela – International Festival of Photography was held in December 2000 – January 2001. It is the most demographically inclusive photo festival in the world and is held every two years in Dhaka.