4:00 pm

Fields of Gold
Gunjan Kumar (b. 1980 Punjab, India) represented by Exhibit 320

3:00 pm

Daily performance: The Alphabetics of the Baker – Our daily bread
Moza Almatrooshi, represented by HUNNA Art

5:00 pm

Langar – Khana
Mahbubur Rahman (b. 1969 Dhaka, Bangladesh) and Ashim Halder Sagor (b. 1983 Jhalakati, Bangladesh) in collaboration with Britto Arts Trust with the support of Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation

5:30 pm

Breadwinner
Jiten Thukral (b. 1976, Jalandhar, Punjab) and Sumir Tagra (b.1979, New Delhi) supported by Kochi-Muziris Biennale

6:30 pm

Breadwinner
Jiten Thukral (b. 1976, Jalandhar, Punjab) and Sumir Tagra (b.1979, New Delhi) supported by Kochi-Muziris Biennale

7:00 pm

“This is not a celebration nor a non-celebration”
Anoli Perera (b. 1962 Colombo, Sri Lanka) represented by Shrine Empire

3:00 pm

Daily performance: The Alphabetics of the Baker – Our daily bread
Moza Almatrooshi, represented by HUNNA Art

4:00 pm

Laitïam
Lapdiang Syiem (b. 1988 Shillong, India) co-commissioned by Art Dubai, Samdani Art Foundation, and Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

5:00 pm

Langar – Khana
Mahbubur Rahman (b. 1969 Dhaka, Bangladesh) and Ashim Halder Sagor (b. 1983 Jhalakati, Bangladesh) in collaboration with Britto Arts Trust with the support of Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation

5:30 pm

Rasamanjuri
Tayeba Lipi (b. 1969 Dhaka, Bangladesh) represented by Shrine Empire

6:30 pm

Breadwinner
Jiten Thukral (b. 1976, Jalandhar, Punjab) and Sumir Tagra (b.1979, New Delhi) supported by Kochi-Muziris Biennale

7:00 pm

After Reaching Boiling Point
Amol Patil (b. 1987 Mumbai, India) Parul Sinha (b. 1992 Delhi, India) in collaboration with Yalgaar Sanskrutik Manch, invited by Ishara Art Foundation

2:00 pm

Fields of Gold
Gunjan Kumar (b. 1980 Punjab, India) represented by Exhibit 320

3:00 pm

Daily performance: The Alphabetics of the Baker – Our daily bread
Moza Almatrooshi, represented by HUNNA Art

3:00 pm

Langar – Khana
Mahbubur Rahman (b. 1969 Dhaka, Bangladesh) and Ashim Halder Sagor (b. 1983 Jhalakati, Bangladesh) in collaboration with Britto Arts Trust with the support of Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation

3:30 pm

“on simmer”
Prajakata Potnis (b. 1980 Mumbai, India) represented by Project 88

4:30 pm

Breadwinner
Jiten Thukral (b. 1976, Jalandhar, Punjab) and Sumir Tagra (b.1979, New Delhi) supported by Kochi-Muziris Biennale

5:00 pm

Pak Tea House
Faraz Ali (b. 1988, Karachi, Pakistan) supported by Dastangoi Gallery

All Day

Rathin Barman, Experimenter

Rathin has been collecting recipes over the years for an ongoing recipe book project

For this programme, Rathin presents a short booklet with 2-3 dishes from his collection of recipes, tying in sketches, poetry, and storytelling. It will also feature the dishes and performances of the other artists in the commission which creates a limited edition Art Dubai recipe book available in physical and digital version.

Moza Almarooshi, HUNNA Art Gallery

Based on previous works that documented movements performed by bakers and confectioners, the performance will take place on and around a long table, while two performers will bake the entire 35 alphabets throughout the duration of the fair.

The dough will be moved to the venue’s kitchen at the end of each performance to be baked, and then the bread in various shapes will be presented to the visitors.

Mahbubur Rahman, (Britto Arts Trust) Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation

The performance reminisces on a ‘Langar-Khana’ – a community kitchen introduced as an aftermath to the Bengal famines of 1943 that served one common meal free of charge, regardless of religion and ethnicity.

Recalling the past history of Bengal and following the British old days costume designs, 5 artists wearing attires created by 5 designers from Bangladesh will accompany the performance in serving Khichuri as part of Langar-Khana.

4:00 – 5:00pm

Prajakta Potnis, Project 88

A subtle and abstract sound installation of gurgling empty stomachs will be played in the space as a reminder of hunger, malnutrition, and the general lack of means faced by those living in poverty She will also incorporate the sounds of an empty vessel while a selection for short films surrounding the theme plays on loop throughout the performance.

5:30 – 6:00pm

Tayeba Begum Lipi, Shrine Empire

The artist will engage participants in the story and making of Rasamanjuri, a Bangladeshi dessert from a little sweet-shop run by Ramesh Ghosh which was a must have in every celebration in her village. 

The act of serving, making, and storytelling become a performance as visitors roll the Rasamanjuri balls of dough as an act of coming together in the space and forming bonds of community.

7:00 – 8:00pm

Amol Patil, Ishara Art Foundation

In collaboration with Parul Sinha and Yalgaar Sanskrutik Manch

In the collaborative performance of ‘After Reaching Boiling Point’ the artist incorporates stories, poems and songs of resistance emerging from anti-caste struggles in 20th and 21st century India and Péz, a dish consisting of water rice that has been a source of nourishment for the Dalit Community in Maharashtra and the Konkan regions.

Amol Patil invites Yalgaar cultural troupe for a performance installation, where poetry of revolution is presented as a ‘Recipe Book of Resistance’

All Day

Rathin Barman, Experimenter

Rathin has been collecting recipes over the years for an ongoing recipe book project

For this programme, Rathin presents a short booklet with 2-3 dishes from his collection of recipes, tying in sketches, poetry, and storytelling. It will also feature the dishes and performances of the other artists in the commission which creates a limited edition Art Dubai recipe book available in physical and digital version.

Moza Almarooshi, HUNNA Art Gallery

Based on previous works that documented movements performed by bakers and confectioners, the performance will take place on and around a long table, while two performers will bake the entire 35 alphabets throughout the duration of the fair.

The dough will be moved to the venue’s kitchen at the end of each performance to be baked, and then the bread in various shapes will be presented to the visitors.

Mahbubur Rahman, (Britto Arts Trust) Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation

The performance reminisces on a ‘Langar-Khana’ – a community kitchen introduced as an aftermath to the Bengal famines of 1943 that served one common meal free of charge, regardless of religion and ethnicity.

Recalling the past history of Bengal and following the British old days costume designs, 5 artists wearing attires created by 5 designers from Bangladesh will accompany the performance in serving Khichuri as part of Langar-Khana.

4:00 – 5:00pm

Gunjan Kumar, Exhibit 320

The performance will present a multi-sensory experience as the artist will be making Halwa, a sweet dish in the Indian subcontinent made from semolina and incorporating various flavors associated with spring, inspired by Amir Khusrao’s poem Sakal Ban. Amir Khusrao is a 13th century Indian poet who wrote poetry primarily in Persian and Hindavi.

The month of March is associated with the advent of spring in the east. The color yellow is of special significance during this season as winter recedes and the flowers in full bloom.

5:30 – 6:00pm

Thukral & Tagra, Kochi-Muziris Biennale

The performance “Breadwinner” is an interactive game with logical rules that encourages people to question the forms of sustenance in our everyday lives that are constantly altering. This playful work subverts materiality and highlights daily survival amongst evolving socio-economic-political discourses.

Appropriating this logic to critique the new cultural economy, Thukral & Tagra probe the very authority that curates art in spectacular and repeated regular intervals, reviewing the profundity of the world in a discursive manner and incorporating bread in this context.

7:00 – 8:00pm

Anoli Perera, Shrine Empire

There are two rituals from the traditional celebration of Sinhala New Year: one is the exchange of money as gifts, a token of friendship and renewal and the other is the exchange of food as sharing of the celebration and notions of prosperity with neighbours, friends and family in the new year. 

The performance gives a nuanced rendition of the way such practices get interpreted in the contemporary times.

All Day

Rathin Barman, Experimenter

Rathin has been collecting recipes over the years for an ongoing recipe book project

For this programme, Rathin presents a short booklet with 2-3 dishes from his collection of recipes, tying in sketches, poetry, and storytelling. It will also feature the dishes and performances of the other artists in the commission which creates a limited edition Art Dubai recipe book available in physical and digital version.

Moza Almarooshi, HUNNA Art Gallery

Based on previous works that documented movements performed by bakers and confectioners, the performance will take place on and around a long table, while two performers will bake the entire 35 alphabets throughout the duration of the fair.

The dough will be moved to the venue’s kitchen at the end of each performance to be baked, and then the bread in various shapes will be presented to the visitors.

Mahbubur Rahman, (Britto Arts Trust) Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation

The performance reminisces on a ‘Langar-Khana’ – a community kitchen introduced as an aftermath to the Bengal famines of 1943 that served one common meal free of charge, regardless of religion and ethnicity.

Recalling the past history of Bengal and following the British old days costume designs, 5 artists wearing attires created by 5 designers from Bangladesh will accompany the performance in serving Khichuri as part of Langar-Khana.

4:00 – 5:00pm

Lapdiang Syiem, Samdani Art Foundation KNMA

The artist will present a live performance that is an exploration of the Khasi folk narrative of “U Sier Lapalang”, which will include the wild herb ‘U Jangew Jathang’ which is used as a popular ingredient in salads in that region.

In this performance, the artist will use the herb to recreate a chutney served with rice cakes. The work focuses on memory, retelling, landscape and grief as an emotion that drives the narrative of border crossing and how it resonates in the Khasi community in these times, and attempts to capture how memory exists and dances in these landscapes that are also going through a process of change and perhaps erasure. 

7:00 – 8:00pm

Tayeba Begum Lipi, Shrine Empire

The artist will engage participants in the story and making of Rasamanjuri, a Bangladeshi dessert from a little sweet-shop run by Ramesh Ghosh which was a must have in every celebration in her village. 

The act of serving, making, and storytelling become a performance as visitors roll the Rasamanjuri balls of dough as an act of coming together in the space and forming bonds of community.

5:30 – 6:00pm

Amol Patil, Ishara Art Foundation

In collaboration with Parul Sinha and Yalgaar Sanskrutik Manch

In the collaborative performance of ‘After Reaching Boiling Point’ the artist incorporates stories, poems and songs of resistance emerging from anti-caste struggles in 20th and 21st century India and Péz, a dish consisting of water rice that has been a source of nourishment for the Dalit Community in Maharashtra and the Konkan regions.

Amol Patil invites Yalgaar cultural troupe for a performance installation, where poetry of revolution is presented as a ‘Recipe Book of Resistance’

All Day

Rathin Barman, Experimenter

Rathin has been collecting recipes over the years for an ongoing recipe book project

For this programme, Rathin presents a short booklet with 2-3 dishes from his collection of recipes, tying in sketches, poetry, and storytelling. It will also feature the dishes and performances of the other artists in the commission which creates a limited edition Art Dubai recipe book available in physical and digital version.

Moza Almarooshi, HUNNA Art Gallery

Based on previous works that documented movements performed by bakers and confectioners, the performance will take place on and around a long table, while two performers will bake the entire 35 alphabets throughout the duration of the fair.

The dough will be moved to the venue’s kitchen at the end of each performance to be baked, and then the bread in various shapes will be presented to the visitors.

Mahbubur Rahman, (Britto Arts Trust) Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation

The performance reminisces on a ‘Langar-Khana’ – a community kitchen introduced as an aftermath to the Bengal famines of 1943 that served one common meal free of charge, regardless of religion and ethnicity.

Recalling the past history of Bengal and following the British old days costume designs, 5 artists wearing attires created by 5 designers from Bangladesh will accompany the performance in serving Khichuri as part of Langar-Khana.

2:00 – 3:00pm

Gunjan Kumar, Exhibit 320

The performance will present a multi-sensory experience as the artist will be making Halwa, a sweet dish in the Indian subcontinent made from semolina and incorporating various flavors associated with spring, inspired by Amir Khusrao’s poem Sakal Ban. Amir Khusrao is a 13th century Indian poet who wrote poetry primarily in Persian and Hindavi.

The month of March is associated with the advent of spring in the east. The color yellow is of special significance during this season as winter recedes and the flowers in full bloom.

3:30 – 4:00pm

Prajakta Potnis, Project 88

A subtle and abstract sound installation of gurgling empty stomachs will be played in the space as a reminder of hunger, malnutrition, and the general lack of means faced by those living in poverty She will also incorporate the sounds of an empty vessel while a selection for short films surrounding the theme plays on loop throughout the performance.

5:00 – 5:30pm

Dastaangoi, Faraz Ali

The performance re-imagines a Pak Tea House, which is a historic tea house that was known as a meeting place and was traditionally frequented by the country’s artistic, cultural and literary personalities especially until the 1990s

Kashmiri tea will be served throughout the performance as the space engage in intellectual conversations around the subcontinent and poetry of the country’s finest writers whilst accompanied by soundscape installation of the original Pak Tea House to complete the ambience.