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An Indian in a Box


  • George Chakravarthi London (map)

An Indian in a Box

A live durational performance installation presenting issues of enslavement, voyeurism, fetishization and isolation as experienced by the victims of Human Zoos, also known as Ethnological Expositions - a shameful practice that endured during the colonial era, which continued into the 1950s, and as late as the 1990’s in some countries across Europe. 

Captured and confined in a museum cabinet and bound in Georgian garments, Chakravarthi presents himself as a living object of curiosity and an exoticised creature.  

6th October 2022  Festival of Contemporary Arts - City of Women City Art Gallery Ljubljana

14th July - 15th July 2022 Fierce Festival, Birmingham Botanical Gardens

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Earlier Event: June 24
Let Them Eat Cake!