Artist Talk: On Foreignness

06:30pm - 08:00pm, Thu 12 Oct 2023

Join artists and curators Nina Mangalanyagam, Reginald S Aloysius, Sandev Handy and Sharmini Pereira in this new conversation as they look at the entangled subject of foreignness

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Artist Talk: On Foreignness

6:30pm, Thu 12 Oct 2023

Join artists and curators Nina Mangalanyagam, Reginald S Aloysius, Sandev Handy and Sharmini Pereira in this new conversation as they look at the entangled subject of foreignness

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Taking its name from the current exhibition at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka, this event brings artists Nina Mangalanyagam and Reginald S Aloysius in conversation with curators Sandev Handy and Sharmini Pereira. Sri Lankan and working in diaspora, shared across their respective practices is an inquiry into notions of otherness, multiplicity, loneliness and home. Together they will address the entangled subject of foreignness.

This event includes a panel discussion with the attending artists and curators, and will feature a selection of moving image work currently exhibited in The Foreigners at MMCA Sri Lanka. Moderated by Hammad Nasar.

Presenting video work by: Dinelka Liyanage, Hania Luthufihg, Isuru Kumarasinghe, Nina Mangalanayagam, Imaad Majeed and Sumudi Suraweera.

Produced in partnership with Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka

Details on how to access the talk will be confirmed upon registration. Please check your junk folders if you haven't received an email from TPG confirming your place.