Visual Arts and Fiction? Laisul Hoque Chooses Babu Bangladesh! by Numair Atif Choudhury –ART Book...
Exhibitionistas - Notes on ArtFebruary 20, 202601:21:36

Visual Arts and Fiction? Laisul Hoque Chooses Babu Bangladesh! by Numair Atif Choudhury –ART Book...

ART BOOK CLUB is a segment where a guest suggests a book which was not written with visual arts in mind and yet is a source of inspiration, guidance and / or creativity for their work. Hosted by Joana P. R. Neves, this episode welcomes visual artist Laisul Hoque.







How can a work of fiction influence the work of an artist?



Can a visual arts practice be illuminated by storytelling? How can art practices she light on the value and limitations of archives and photographic documentation of the past?



To what extent do images convey the truth?



Is visual arts the territory where we reckon with our ties with the past, and our emotional needs?






Laisul chose: Babu Bangladesh!, written by Numair Atif Choudhury.






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0:00 Intro


04:19 Choosing an artistic career


11:13 Autobiography in visual arts


18:26 Book: Babu Bangladesh! By NUmair Atif Choudhury


20:14 How a book intersects with personal life


22:15 The personal, the politics, the art, the book


28:20 What is Babu Bangladesh! about?


35:14 Family photo archive and visual arts


39:26 Break and call for action


41:43 Speculative fiction as device for truth telling


45:58 Why is Babu Bangladesh! In English?


48:32 Taking ownership of the historical archive?


56:18 StorytellingThe Ground Beneath Me: An artistic exploration of care


01:03:34 Displaced spaces of art


01:10:16 Does art provide answers?


01:21:14 Outro 






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