Gratitude to The Place that is Humayunpur and the people who made (and continue to make) within it a place for us who are othered in this city.
Ahiama Panmei, Asha , Ashok (Eat Pham), Amar, Nisha, Laphings corner, Gugun’s store, Pigou, Emmanuel Zou, Sowgene, Thangkhansuan Gualnam, Chongrosiem, Sonam (Yo Tibet), Khayingphi, Shun, Vanshika Goel, My family and friends
Participating Artists
Bellona Yumnam
Children Supported by Centre for Women & Girls
David Yambem
Felix Chungkham
Jacob Nunthuk
Lamhoiching Mangte
Menty Jamir
Parismita Singh
Rachungailiu Gonmei
Saadgi G, Shashank Shekhar
Sarah Lalhrietzuol
Shiarlua Goldminson Aimol
Curated by Anna Sireiliu Charenamei
the grumblings deep in our hearts about this place t Humayunpur. The Curator positions herself as a niece of H been a receiver of joy her aunts offer and a witness to the during moments of derision. The themes are guided by th attempt at sieving through the bargains made in making a the framework of “Place Making”. These are Barga Landowner and Tenant, both identities with complicated h in the capital.
The Exhibition provides for each artist to espouse divergen place that run parallel with their personal experiences o cautioned that this practice is not interested in an exercise entire region beyond the chicken neck. While some of the a history and “North-East” experience the place offers, t shaped by the Curator’s ongoing research on the incessa from her home state. As this is being written in Delhi, irratio in Manipur. The exhibition asks, would Humayunpur not ha or cool without the unique political instability of a state people out to achieve their dreams of a peaceful coexiste also hopes to provoke the Delhi Publics to ask themselves go on devouring a “niche” sum of experience (only to be r exotic heritage) sans a careful math of its variables. Final also responds to the collective exasperation felt by a pe region towards an expectation placed on them to situat intricate historiographies and gnarly local politics, perha and the curation and artworks are for those who might get
~ Anna
