LASANAA, an art trust, was established in 2007 to promote dialogue and exchange in the field of visual arts, as also to help develop alternative forms of art including video, sound, media art, performance, public and community based art, and other modes of experimentation that extend the borders of art. Since its inception, LASANAA has become a platform for experimentation by providing new concepts and materials to Nepali artists.
LASANAA’s main objective is to bring about changes in society through art workshops, residencies and discourses, and it has been developing and implementing various projects to practice its unique brand of ‘artivism’ i.e. art + activism. These include national and international workshops (including the current seminar and workshop), various local workshops, and exhibitions and presentations. In addition, LASANAA has been organizing monthly art discourses for the past three years and is in the process of establishing a Live Art Hub (LAH) at the premisses of Martin Chautari, Thapathali.
LAH will be a physical interactive space in Kathmandu serving as an interactive living art piece. This space will be used for production, exhibition and dissemination of both artworks and ideas, and will function as a site for interactions, workshops, film screenings, performances and other experimental modes of cultural production. It will also be a site where various socio-political issues of the region will be discussed in relation to art.
ARTIVITIES:
- International Conference (30 Nov 2010)
- Inter/national Workshops (1-4 Dec 2010)
- Up coming National Workshops ( April 2012)
- Teckne-Kala Workshop (25-27 Nov 2011)
- Monthly Art Talk / Interactions
- Regular Film Screening
- Art Forums Inter/national
- Heritage Walks
- Regular Local Workshops / Performances / Experimentation
- Artists in Resideny
- Special Art Programs
- Exhibition ‘ Serendipity’ (Experimental Print Workshop 1-5 Oct 2010)
- Art Appreciation Workshop (12 Dec 2010)
- Art Theory Workshop (Dec 2010 – Jan 2011)
- Wearable Art Workshop (26 March -1 April 2010)
- Wearable Art Workshop II (21-25 April 2011)
- Art, Food, Live: Ice Cream MIRAGE, Performance by Gabriel Adams
Aims and Objectives:
- To actively assist, develop and promote new, investigative and experimental art practices in all media
- To promote discussion, understanding and strengthen the culture of appreciation of contemporary arts issues as well as to provide a forum for critical debate.
- To encourage and support the learning through exchange of ideas by local, national and International artists through production, exhibition and dissemination.
- To establish and facilitate an informal network of contemporary artists within the county, region and abroad.
- To organize exchange programs for national and international contemporary artists.
- To support emerging artists and artists from outside of Kathmandu Valley and marginal communities.
- To promote and advocate individual human rights through art and artivism
- To develop new and informed audiences, establishing the volunteer programs to encourage learning and understanding about contemporary art and cultures issues.
- To establish an alternative art institute/ learning site
27 Jeetjung Marg, Thapathali (MAP)
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