Munem Wasif

Thrilled to see works by Bangladeshi artist Munem Wasif @munemwasif on display at Tate Modern as part of Tate’s permanent collection, alongside works by Joydeb Roaja @joydebroaza Made even more special to discover these works together with artist Soma Surovi @somasurovijannat , who currently has a solo show at the Ashmolean Museum, and Kamruzzaman Shadhin @shadhin.kamruzzaman who is currently in residence at the Delfina Foundation. A proud moment to witness Bangladeshi artists being recognised and celebrated on such important international platforms. 🇧🇩✨ @project88mumbai @pathshala.institute @jhavericontemporary @dhakaartsummit @samdaniartfoundation

An Online Public Talk on ASAP | art: Chobi Mela: Forging Political Solidarities Date: Saturday, 2nd May 2026 Time: 6PM IST Register via link in bio! ASAP | art invites you to an online panel discussion with Sarker Protick, Munem Wasif and Tanvi Mishra, moderated by Vincent Hasselbach. One month before Bangladesh’s long-awaited elections, the Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography opened to the public in Dhaka, marking twenty-five years since its first iteration. (Re)turning to key themes of the wound, ecology and borders, the curatorial response drew from Bangladesh’s youth-led uprising, amidst disenfranchisement of citizens on the other side of the border, and in the context of continuing genocide and ongoing wars in Palestine, Sudan and Iran. In this discussion, the festival’s curators will reflect on their process of shaping a photography festival in a time marked by uncertainty. Revisiting their recent collaboration, the speakers look at what the gathering may have revealed in common from the Nile to Beirut, or from Gaza to Karachi, returning eventually to the streets of Dhaka where, just recently, rupture marked a possibility for renewal. Image credit: "Body exercises as part of Kriti: A Workshop on Creative Expression." (Photograph by Sheba Chhachhi. New Delhi, 1983. Image courtesy of the artist.) The editorial work at ASAP | art is supported by The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts

An Online Public Talk on ASAP | art: Chobi Mela: Forging Political Solidarities Date: Saturday, 2nd May 2026 Time: 6PM IST Register via link in bio! ASAP | art invites you to an online panel discussion with Sarker Protick, Munem Wasif and Tanvi Mishra, moderated by Vincent Hasselbach. One month before Bangladesh’s long-awaited elections, the Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography opened to the public in Dhaka, marking twenty-five years since its first iteration. (Re)turning to key themes of the wound, ecology and borders, the curatorial response drew from Bangladesh’s youth-led uprising, amidst disenfranchisement of citizens on the other side of the border, and in the context of continuing genocide and ongoing wars in Palestine, Sudan and Iran. In this discussion, the festival’s curators will reflect on their process of shaping a photography festival in a time marked by uncertainty. Revisiting their recent collaboration, the speakers look at what the gathering may have revealed in common from the Nile to Beirut, or from Gaza to Karachi, returning eventually to the streets of Dhaka where, just recently, rupture marked a possibility for renewal. Image credit: Unhealed Beneath Grieving Skies (2025–ongoing) by Sumi Anjuman, image courtesy of the artist. The Romantic Documentarian (exhibition title), 1950–1990, courtesy of Amanul Huq/Drik. Untitled (Young boy with double bass), c. 1965, from House of Bondage by Ernest Cole, courtesy of the Ernest Cole Family Trust. The editorial work at ASAP | art is supported by The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts

We’re still processing a whirlwind of emotions as we announce that today’s the last day to visit all the venues! Thank you to all those who have travelled from far to come visit ‘re’. It has been a pleasure to see old friends and make new ones!

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@tanvimishra speaking about Rights of Passage in drikpath Vaban. @chobimela @asiaartarchiveinindia

We are officially just a day away from opening! Video Courtesy of @tamalsaha_ Music by @tanjimul_islam_tuhin

“Re” means again, anew, or otherwise. A repetition, a reversal, a reopening. Chobi Mela returns for its eleventh edition “Re”. 16-31 January 2026 For more details: Video Team: Writer, Director: Jaheen Faruque Amin Executive Producer: Md. Raihanur Rahman Rabbe Cinematographer: Mounis Bin Muzafar Khan, Jaheen Faruque Amin, Md. Raihanur Rahman Rabbe Editor, Colorist: Sibasish Bagchi Anik Music: Tanjimul Islam Tuhin Assistant Director: Mumin Gul Camera Assistant: Sonjib Bappa Key Grip: SS Photography Produced by Chobi Mela Supported by Pathshala South Asian Media Institute

Panel Discussion Date: 18 January 2025 (Sunday) 🕔 5:00 PM onwards 📍 Joyeeta Foundation ‘𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦’ Artists Ri, Mosfiqur Rahman Johan, and Muhammad Salah Abdulaziz come together in conversation with Munem Wasif to reflect on artistic practices shaped by conflict, repression, and collective trauma. Rooted in lived experience across Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Sudan, this panel will examine how image-making becomes a form of survival, resistance, and remembrance in contexts of censorship, disappearance, and war. The discussion moves beyond distant commentary, focusing instead on proximity—on working within uncertainty, loss, and political violence. About the Panelists: Ri(@immortalityof_thecrab ) is a Myanmar-based lens-based artist whose work explores queer identity, intimacy, and political vulnerability under military rule. Mosfiqur Rahman Johan(@mosfiqur ) is an anthropologist and documentary photographer in Bangladesh, known for his long-term work with families of the disappeared and collaborations with Maayer Daak. Muhammad Salah Abdulaziz(@m.salah.abdulaziz ) is a Sudanese photographer and curator whose work reflects on cities, conflict, and lived instability. 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘮 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘧(@munemwasif ) — 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰-𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘢.

Conceived by yasmine eid-sabbagh and Munem Wasif(@munemwasif ) in collaboration with Laleh Bergman Hossain(@lalehbergmanhossain ), The (un)learning Palestine, embodying solidarity space at Chobi Mela asks visitors to reflect on how the struggle for Palestinian liberation is woven into the fabric of struggles against oppression and injustice in our own respective localities. The space brings together a collection of books, maps, photographs, films and archival fragments, forming a collective site of study and encounter. A group of artists, historians, and researchers guide visitors through the material via personalised letters, offering readers different threads into interlinked struggles for liberation. We intend this room to function not only as a space for reflection but as a passage through these archives: a process of reading, listening, and thinking together across geographies and histories that enable us to better understand the systems of complicity and impunity that govern our world today, and the possibilities of resisting the latter by embodying solidarity. Architectural Design by Rashed Chowdhury, Sayedil Ashrafin, Anika Tarannum Alam and Fozia Binte Khair. Participating artists and collectives: · Arab Image Foundation (@arabimagefoundation ) · Belal Khaled (@belalkh2 ) · Diwas Raja KC (@diwasraja ) · Malik Irtiza (@malikirtizaj ) · Maen Hammad (@maenster ) · Parsa Sanjana Sajid, Cinema Palestine Bangladesh (@semipreciousmetal , @cinemapalestinebd ) · Sama Emad · Samah Gafar · Samar Abu Elouf (@samarabuelouf ) · Samia Khatun and Clive Gabay (@samia.khatun.tinni ) · Shahd Abusalama (@shahdabusalama ) · Voices Against Genocide (@voicesagainstg3nocide )

Only 15 days left until Chobi Mela opens its doors to all! Starting this 16th. Check the link in our bio for more information.