The Britto Residency Programme aims at developing contacts between artists and organisations while promoting an inclusive approach to the diversity of international art. Three artists from different parts of the world worked together in Dhaka for two months. They had clear differences in terms of approach but their common aim to exhibit together made it easier for them to arrive at a shared artistic platform.
Fernando Palma Rodriguez of Mexico with his strong Aztec heritage and sound technical background pieced together tiny machines for his robotic sculptures. Fred Musaazi of Uganda brought African styled wooden sculpture into the composition. Mustafa Zaman’s installation centred on ‘fiction’, a parody of sorts on history.

Programme:

24.10.2003

Welcome speech by Luva Nahid Choudhury, Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts
Speeches of the artists: Fred Musaazi
Fernando Palma Rodriguez
Mustafa Zaman
Thanks given by Shishir Bhattacharjee, Chairperson, Britto Arts Trust

31.10.2003
Open discussion with the artists at 6pm at the Gallery.

The exhibition was open everyday from 10am to 8pm until 31.10.2003.

Luva Nahid Choudhury
Director
Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts

Tayeba Begum Lipi
Coordinator
Britto Arts Trust