Sep 03 2024 to Sep 03 2024 6 p.m.

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Price: Free, but registration is required. Book/Buy

Where

Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

Kasturba Road, Bengaluru 560001

Special Instructions

Suitable for those 18 years and above.

Event Description

Experience an impactful theatrical performance, नज़र के सामने (Nazar ke Saamne) meaning Before Your Eyes. This will be followed by a discussion between the cast and acclaimed theatre artist Maya Krishna Rao. Nazar ke Saamne is a collective expression of bodies that have endured caste and sexual violence. The performance is co-devised by members of Freeda Theatre Group, in collaboration with the arts and media collective Maraa. Journeying between childhood, youth and womanhood, the actors provoke questions around identity, freedom and justice. The performance is centered on the body, which often goes missing in the gory sensationalism that surrounds discourse on sexual violence. An overemphasis on legal frameworks and the burden of evidence leads to residues and fractures within the body. The performance delves deeper into the relationship between memory and forgetting, notions of justice, restriction and risk, beauty and desire. The play is woven from personal experiences, listening closely to the body to reveal beauty and violence in everyday life. Nazar ke Saamne stands in solidarity with survivors of violence whose stories are often unheard or misrepresented. It also demonstrates the potential of the arts for cross caste-class solidarity, through collaborative creation and sharing. Image credits: Freeda Theatre Group