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How does the ocean shape memory and heritage? Karishma D’Souza’s art delves into complex roots #IndiaNEWS
How does the ocean shape our memory and heritage and how does that change depending on what side of the ocean we are standing? This is the question Goa- and Lisbon-based visual artist Karishma D’Souza pursues in Ocean in Another, a five-piece exhibition that runs in Amsterdam from July 4 to 6. The collection is part of the Oceans as Archives Conference at the University of Amsterdam.D’Souza’s seemingly cheerful paintings bridge the Indian and Atlantic Oceans in minute detail to consider the darker histories of inter-oceanic relations, especially as they relate to the Lusophonic world – Portugal, its colonies in Asia and Africa – and their shared and often contested heritage.The collection is curated by R Benedito Ferrão, an Asian Centennial Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of English and Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies at William & Mary and Fellow of the American Institute of Indian Studies, 2022.“Even as a globe or a map of the world may visually demonstrate to us that the waters of our planet are conjoined, our understanding of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans tends towards a separation of these fluid regions, as if they had disconnected histories,� said Ferrão. “D’Souza’s art offers an opportunity to...Read more

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