The fair, comprising of various projects featured by artists in the past four months, and the numerous collaborations that kicked off through this platform, aims to bring together artists, dealers, collectors, curators, critics, patrons and other advocates of the visual arts to inspire new ideas, projects, collaborations.
LL6, the sixth series of the Longitude Latitude (LL) series, is now in its last week of featuring artists of various genres, backgrounds and methods. Only last week, they held a week of exhibitions, workshops and activities with the focus on healing.
This week hosted another wide range of activities. On Saturday, Nadia Khan, an O-Levels student, hosted a “Dress Your Barbie” workshop for children.
Nadia, who designs Barbie dresses for fun, brought some materials and her own designs, to guide the participants on designing Barbie dresses.
“She brought the materials, and guided a session on how you can use innovative methods to design Barbie dresses,” Ayreen Khan, one of the organisers of LL6, said.
The session was held on Saturday morning with both boys and girls participating in the workshop.
On Monday, Ampersand, a spoken word group in Dhaka, hosted a workshop on writing and performance. This was their second workshop held in the LL6 space, and third overall.
Earlier, in September, the group held their very first show here. Monday’s workshop had about 20 participants, each of whom wrote a performance piece while participating.
Last evening, cartoonist Rashad Imam Tanmoy launched his exhibition “Travelogue: Exploring America With Pen and Paper” – a series portraying his recent travels around the US.
From the inside of White House to the sandy shores of Miami Beach, Tanmoy’s sketchbook portrays the cultural, architectural and sociological aspects of the country almost everywhere he’s been.
A writing workshop, with a focus on healing, was also organised yesterday evening. It was organised in collaboration with the iCan Foundation, an organisation that works with survivors of child abuse.
The week will end with a circle singing music session by musician Armeen Musa. The “Renewing and Reknowing – Circle Singing by Armeen Musa” will be held on Thursday evening from 7:30pm-9:00pm.
It will be a meditation and circle singing session aimed to help participants stay connected to what their hearts wish for their lives.
Armeen’s session will follow a quick performance art session by Sumana Akhter, from 7:00pm-7:30pm.
The session “Ebong Dropodira – 4” will be addressing the issue of women constantly needing to adjust in the society – whether through their clothes, their behaviour or just attitude.
“The rules that society imposes on women are to be accepted or rejected by women only. Society never makes any rules for men, the men stay the same, they are not forced to accept or reject anything,” say the organisers. “Men live by their own rules. Women, on the other hand, are adjusting themselves all the time, changing according to the commands of the society - sometimes taking off, and sometimes putting on their saris.”
Following this, will be the Art Fair on Friday. Any artist can join to promote and/or sell their artwork on the LL6 premises. Those interested to participate, should email the organisers: [email protected], or check them out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LaitudeLongitude6.
But right before LL6 locks its doors (until they reopen next year), they will be hosting a performance by renowned band Joler Gaan, on Saturday at 7:30pm. Don’t miss it!
LL6 is curated by Shehzad Chowdhury, along with his team of volunteers. It is located at Bay’s Bellavista, Road 11, Block C, Banani. The Dhaka Tribune is a media partner of the event.
