Archive for the ‘Performance’ Category

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WATER Performance in Brooklyn

I am back in DC after a whirlwind trip to Brooklyn, NY for a new performance called “Water,” which was presented at Grace Exhibition Space as part of a summit and performances to mark the launch of Incidence magazine, focusing on performance art. Four artists...

by Monica Bose on April 27th, 2014
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Unwrapping Unwrapped in Art See

Thanks to Art See for this blog article about UNWRAPPED: A Post Performance Dialogue and Dinner. Click here for the link to the article.

by Monica Bose on December 3rd, 2013
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In Berlin Press!

Berlin Art Link’s review of the (e)merge art fair says: “DC-based, Bangladeshi-American artist-activist, Monica Jahan Bose performed Unwrapped. With a 216-foot sari—covered with writing from the women of Bose’s ancestral island village in Southwestern Bangladesh as part of a storytelling and eco-empowerment project—Bose wrapped and...

by Monica Bose on October 28th, 2013
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Cover story in Brooklyn Paper!

The Sublime Virtue Performance was on the cover of the Brooklyn Paper. Here is the article.

by Monica Bose on October 23rd, 2013
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Sublime Virtue in NY Press!!

This article came out about the performance at the DUMBO Arts Festival right after the fair! Epoch Times Article here.

by Monica Bose on October 21st, 2013
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Press in Berlin!

Monica Jahan Bose’s performance UNWRAPPED using the saris from this project was described in a review of (e)merge art fair in Berlin Art Link. Quoting from the review: “DC-based, Bangladeshi-American artist-activist, Monica Jahan Bose performed Unwrapped. With a 216-foot sari—covered with writing from the women...

by Monica Bose on October 20th, 2013
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Sublime Virtue coming to Dumbo…

Sublime Virtue coming to Dumbo Arts Festival! I am very excited to announce that I’ll be working with a team of empowered women on the performance/installation Sublime Virtue, part of the SAWCC presentation at the Dumbo Arts Festival this coming weekend, September 28 and 29....

by Monica Bose on September 25th, 2013
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Final Bus Stop Bangladesh

June twentieth marked the end of three public installation performances known as Bus Stop Bangladesh. The saris of Roxana, Parveen, Zakia, and Zulekha were hung from Mt. Rainier City Hall. Reactions by the public to the performance ranged from local residents baffled by their surroundings...

by Monica Bose on June 20th, 2013
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Bus Stop Bangladesh Part II

On June 12th, 2013, the second performance of Bus Stop Bangladesh was held. Outside of Mt. Rainier City Hall, commuters poured off the bus, bleary-eyed and tired. Dazzling visions of red, pink, black, and white cloth blew around in the steamy summer air, filling their...

by Monica Bose on June 12th, 2013
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Bus Stop Bangladesh Part I

Bus Stop Bangladesh Part I Serves Diverse Audience We showed the Storytelling Saris to the public for the first time on June 4, 2013 with a performance at Mt. Rainier City Hall in front of a bus stop, just outside Washington DC. It was a...

by Monica Bose on June 7th, 2013
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