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

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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