Commissioned by Serendipity Arts Foundation for Serendipity Arts Festival 2024
For a few hours in the dead of night, The Night Market of Stories celebrates the freedom of women and queer artists to be unproductive, unapologetic and gloriously present. Taking off from the idea of the market as a space designated for exchanges and transactions between people, the project invites one-on-one conversations with ten radical and experienced artists who tell their stories through a selection of objects from their everyday life. Each object brings to life a particular anecdote, memory, song, small dance or story that is meant for one audience member at a time. The languages spoken by them range from Konkani, Marathi, English to Hindi.
Conceptualised as part of The Labour and Leisure Chronicles.
The Labour and Leisure Chronicles sets out to map the dynamics of chosen public sites in the city of Panjim by introducing performative interactions in response to their characteristics. It places at the forefront the idea of space as a changing phenomenon, defined not only by geographical terrain or architectural detail, but also by the actions it witnesses. In four distinct propositions, The Labour and Leisure Chronicles capture the overlap between functional life and the play of leisure.
(At the show, volunteers would assist you to meet each of the artists. On meeting them, please introduce yourself briefly, and choose one object on display to hear a story. In case you have any questions or wish to have a longer chat with any of the artists, please wait till the end of the session to approach them.)
20 Dec
The Arena At Nagalli Hills Ground
22 Dec
Kala Academy
17 Dec
The Old GMC Complex
