[Reader-list] [Announcements] From Alkazi Foundation: 1857 Exhibition

[rahaab - ACP Archives]

Traces of the Uprising, 1857
A Delhi University and Alkazi Foundation Collaboration
The following exhibition is a collaboration between Delhi University  
and the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts. In the wake of the  
commemoration of events related to the Uprising, the joint venture in  
the North Campus of Delhi University is in fact the most appropriate  
setting for this exhibition, since these university grounds were once  
a wasteland of war and memorials.

The exhibition at University is an extended attempt to assimilate the  
past and present lives of Delhi and other effected cities, connected  
intrinsically by a chain of events that led to its memorialisation  
after the Uprising. Early photography; its poignant simplicity and  
sheer visual splendour captured in shades of sepia, is a prism  
through which the changing contours of life are perceived and  
visualised. In addition, images from the satellite today, help us  
chart the sectors of unrest and resistance during this tumultuous  
period, mainly between the Ridge, Shahjehanabad and Humayun’s tomb.  
Images become a means of bridging the historical rupture between  
rarefied cultural zones and commonplace locales. This stimulating  
endeavour with the staff and students of Delhi University has helped  
us realise that the commemoration of 1857 is about a respect for the  
past, the preservation of antiquated structures and a mutual  
recognition of our collective responsibility in treasuring the  
sanctity of India’s myriad culture for the future.

Reprints of rare19th Century photographs will be juxtaposed with  
current documentation of the sites and some important maps that will  
highlight the geography of unrest and the strategies put in place by  
the troops. Though the exhibition covers the entire Uprising, there  
will be a greater focus on Delhi.

There will be a joint exhibition catalogue with contributions by:

Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri: Dean of Colleges

Shinbani Bose: Independent research scholar and PHD applicant from  
Delhi University

Opening Date: 26th October 2007, Conference Centre

Opening Talk: 26th October, 4.30 p.m. Convocation Hall, Vice  
Chancellors building

10.00- 5.00 daily (except Sundays)

Mr. Alkazi will give a brief introduction.



Contact: Rahaab Allana, Curator, Alkazi Foundation  
(rahaab at acparchives.com)
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