The fifth edition of PhotoKTM is coming to town for a month-long festival of various lens-based work. From 25 February-31 March, photo.circle’s bi-annual festival aims to create resources for visual storytellers, researchers, educators, activists and other cultural producers to engage with social change.
The theme this year is the natural world, and PhotoKTM 5 will have over 60 participants from 16 countries to highlight ‘non-human entities’, re-learn histories and pay attention, encouraging participants to imagine ways to co-exist and co-habitat this earth.
The opening on 24 February at Bhandarkhal in the Patan Darbar Square will feature an immersive audio-visual performance, curated by Irina Giri and musical performances by artists Pushpa Palanchoke and Ser o Dúo, and the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory Choir, accompanied with visual projections by Phatcowlee.
Chitwan National Park will see activities from 3-6 March. Indian filmmaker Amar Kanwar will teach a five-week course ‘Learning from Doubt’ on crime, politics, human rights, and ecology.
PhotoKTM 5 will also have Bangladeshi artist, curator and teacher Munem Wasif, Swiss artist and writer Uriel Orlow, Indian filmmaker Sriram Murali, the Feather Library, Alana Hunt from Miriwoong country in the north-west of Australia, Mexican/British multidisciplinary visual artist Monica Alcazar Duarte, among others. Nepal Picture Library, and KTK-Belt Project which works on biodiversity preservation in eastern Nepal will also be presenting their work at the festival.
PhotoKTM also hosts a research residency, and this year it is being organised in collaboration with Jatayu Vulture Restaurant in Nawalparasi, and Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN).
The South Asia Incubator for emerging and mid-career visual practitioners will allow participants to engage with global professionals and provide inputs to exhibit, publish and develop practices.
EXHIBITIONS
As We Know Them: Bird Names in Tharu
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11am – 7pm
Khapinchhen
Sungabha: Encounters in the Wild
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Dhaugal
A Very Clear Picture
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Patan House
The Skin of Chitwan
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11am – 7pm
Bahadur Shah Hall
Ikamo Tlalli – Earthless
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11am – 7pm
Gallery MCube
Drawing From Nature
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Dhaugal
Minmini
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11am – 7pm
Chyasal
The World like a Jewel in the Hand
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11am – 7pm
Bahadur Shah Hall
Chhimeki Chara
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Chyasal
Seeds Shall Set Us Free
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11am – 7pm
Gallery MCube
Indigenous Knowledge Portal
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11am – 7pm
Khapinchhen
Feather Library
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11am – 7pm
Chyasal
What Plants Were Called Before They Had a Name
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11am – 7pm
Khapinchhen
Searching for the European Roller
25 Feb – 31 March 2023 | 11am – 7pm
Namkha
Festival attendance is free. www.photoktm.com
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