Colomboscope has announced the participating artists and venues for its ninth edition. The festival, conceived and curated by guest curator Hajra Haider Karrar and artistic director Natasha Ginwala, is titled Rhythm Alliances.
The venues, all in Colombo, Sri Lanka,
The festival will feature over 50 artists and 35 newly commissioned projects across its venues in Colombo, Sri Lanka, including Barefoot Gallery, Colpetty Townhouse, Kamatha at BMICH, Liberty by Scope Cinemas, Musicmatters, Radicle Gallery, Rio Complex and Soul Studio.
The list of artists is as follows:
Aboothahir Al Wajahath, Arka Kinari, Atiyyah Khan in collaboration with Graeme Arendse, Ayumi Paul, Basir Mahmood, Basma al Sharif, Chamindika Abeysinghe, Charwei Tsai, Chitrasena Dance Company and reVerb Collective, Dinar Sultana, Dinoj Mahendranathan, Gayan Hemarathne, Haseeb Ahmed, Imaad Majeed, Jegatheeswaran Keshavan, Josefa Ntjam, Jovita Alvares, Kaimurai, Kavan Balasuriya, KMRU, Mahesha Kariyapperuma, Mekh Limbu, Moe Satt, Mohammad Ali Talpur, Naiza Khan, Nina Mangalanayagam with Marie Louise Dilmaya Bergqvist and the Transnational Adoptee Choir: The Whale, Perera Elsewhere, Pinaree Sanpitak, Raven Chacon, Saadia Mirza, Sabeen Omar, Sarah Kazmi with Mariama Ndure and Nuwan Gunawardhana, Seher Shah, Stephen Champion, Tashyana Handy and Sakina Aliakbar, Tharmapalan Tilaxan, Tissa de Alwis, Vaimaila Urale, Vivian Caccuri, Yara Asmar, and Zarina Muhammad.
Featured collaborators include Bread Modular, CoCA Art, Dizzi Geetha, Farah Deen and collaborators, Kahli, Mawongany, P. Ahilan, the Reproriation Riddims project, Sumudi Suraweera and Susantha Rupathilaka with band, Sunara, Thomas Burkhalter with Melodies in My Head, NooN by Nuwan Gunawardhana and band and Weather Reports.
Colomboscope, Rhythm Alliances, will take place from 21–31 January in Colombo, Sri Lanka
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