Zasha Colah 2014
"Curators in Residence: Curating Connections" grant scheme organised by KfW Stiftung in collaboration with DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme
The Indian curator Zasha Colah (born 1982 in Mumbai, where she lives and works) often adopts collaborative and participatory approaches focusing on issues surrounding cross-cultural transfer, cultural autonomy and cultural heritage in an unstable socio-political context.
In 2010, she teamed up with curator Sumesh Sharma to found the Mumbai-based Clark House Initiative, an independent space for projects and exhibitions dedicated to exploring new curatorial methods. Two years earlier, she had organised "blackrice", a communal project in the Indian state of Nagaland. With degrees in history of art from Oxford and in curating from London, Colah was curator at Mumbai's CSMVS Museum, formerly known as Prince of Wales Museum of Western India.
Events with Zasha Colah (in English, free admission):
28 October 2014, 7pm
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig - Academy of Visual Arts (HGB), Leipzig
Lecture “Curatorial Perspectives: Clark House Initiative Bombay”
Einführung: Prof. Dr. Beatrice von Bismarck
12 November 2014, 7pm
KfW, Berlin Branch
Zasha Colah in conversation with Sawangwongse Yawnghwe Moderator: Dr. Astrid Mania
Welcome address: Dr. Ulrich Schröder (Board of KfW Stiftung), Katharina Narbutovič (director of DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme)
Introduction: Dr. Nicola Müllerschön (Programme Manager Arts & Culture, KfW Stiftung)
19 November 2014, 7pm
Städelschule, Frankfurt
Introduction: Prof. Philippe Pirotte, Dr. Stefanie Heraeus
Organised in collaboration with the MA programme Curatorial Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt, and Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste
– Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main