The Ankur Ha Ha - Scratch Night
New writing, photography, video and dance capture a diverse range of experiences. Using a scratch night format there will be the opportunity for dialogue and feedback, to inform new work for a culturally diverse Scotland.Artists sharing their ideas will be: Arpita Shah Lou Prendergast Nalini Chetty Nalini Paul Satya Dunning Nuktaa ShahRead more from the artists about their work on the Ankur blog.
Visual artist, ARPITA SHAH uses film to explore religion through the voices and ritual actions of young people from Jewish, Sikh, Muslim, Hindu and Christian communities in Scotland.
LOU PRENDERGAST tells stories crafted from childhood memories of her father and the colourful life he led below the law in Glasgow during the 1970s.
NALINI CHETTY creates a new play inspired by the life of Noor Inayat Khan, a World War II British secret agent of Indian descent, the only mixed race woman to be awarded the St George’s Cross.
Inspired by conversations with refugees in Glasgow about their home in Scotland, NALINI PAUL has created a collaborative performance of poetry and Bharatanatyam, a form of Indian Classical dance.
Dance artist SATYA DUNNING explores rituals surrounding grief and questions what brings us a sense of wholeness, of mindfulness.
Photographer NUKTAA SHAH documents the lives of the South Asian Diaspora in Glasgow, questioning cultural identity and the process of trying to establish whether you are British, Asian or British Asian.