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International Workshop Bihar 2009
From 1997 until 2001, KHOJ conducted the International Artist Workshop mostly at Sikribagh, a quasi-colonial bungalow in Modinagar, offered for the workshop by SK Modi. The workshop functioned as an experimental art laboratory that brought together artists from all over the world to create a co-operative and non-hierarchical space, encouraging critical dialogue, exchange and the transference of information and skills.
- Oct 24, 2009 to Nov 7, 2009
- Akshay Raj Singh Rathore
- Amresh Kumar
- Anna Stangl
- Arbind Kumar Singh
- Atul Bhalla
- Ismet Jawwad Khawaja
- Pradeep Thalawatta
- Rajesh Ram
- Shailendra Kumar
- Shailly Sharma …
- Shambhavi
- Shanthi Swaroop…
- Sharmila Samant
- Si Thu Than Naing
- Tintin Wulia
- Uday Kumar Pandit
- Vichukorn Tangpaiboon
- Anunaya Chaubay
- Janet Mcewan
- Kerry Lea Zernev
- Rajesh Singh
- Sanjay Singh
- Shanti Devi
- Sudhama Devi
- 14 Days ( Non- Residential)
About this edition
Hosted at the Tarumitra Ashram in Patna, the KHOJ International Workshop 2009, had 23 international and locally based artists. Tarumitra Ashram is a bio-reserve spread over 10 acres of land; beginning in 1997 this bio-reserve has been visualised as a place for environmental education, where an eco-friendly way of life is demonstrated through sustainable developments in architecture, the conservation of water, waste disposal, the harnessing of solar energy, and through encouraging a more integrated lifestyle with the natural world.
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