পুনরায় / Punaray Talk 03
In conversation with Giuditta Vendrame (Project Lead, River Chants) , Bishwajit Goswami (Project Director, Gangaburi-River Heritage Project), and Shehzad Chowdhury (Project Curator, Gangaburi-River Heritage Project).
@lotusquest @bishwajit_goswami_
Date: Tuesday, 21-October, 2025
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
Location: Brihatta Art Space, Hazaribagh
***This talk is open for All***
Link in bio.
In Bangladesh, the River Chants project is being facilitated by the Samdani Art Foundation.
@samdaniartfoundation
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RIVER CHANTS is a multidisciplinary project at the intersections of climate change and migration, shifting the narrative from those who leave to those who remain. It explores these global challenges through folk songs tied to waterways, emphasising women, who often preserve these musical traditions and are less likely to migrate. It observes these phenomena through a “sonic and poetic hydrology,” where water is an element for connection.
Led by artist Giuditta Vendrame
@giudittavendrame and director Ana Shametaj
@anashametaj , the project draws on the academic expertise of Bishawjit Mallick (climate change and migration), Costanza Sartoris
@costanza.sartoris (feminist new materialism), Radha Kapuria
@radhakapuria , and Priyanka Basu (ecomusicology).
RIVER CHANTS is a research project granted by
@creativa_ccontemporanea of the Italian Ministry of Culture – #MiC under the #ItalianCouncil program (2024) and
@stimuleringsfonds .
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The ‘Gangaburi’ River Heritage Project was launched in 2023 by Brihatta Art Foundation, with support from the EUNIC Bangladesh cluster, including Alliance Française de Dhaka, British Council , Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, the EU Delegation in Bangladesh, the Embassy of Italy in Bangladesh, and the Embassy of Spain in Bangladesh. The second phase, initiated in 2024, was supported by British Council Bangladesh.
The title of this project is inspired by the song “Gangaburi” by Kafil Ahmed.
