BLUE WOUND by Monon Muntaka

In the organizer's words:

BLUE WOUND by Monon Muntaka (Dhaka,Bangladesh)

The PhotoBookMuseum presents an Exhibition of CrossCulture - Artist Monon Muntaka with support of Bunker k101, Cologne

An Audio-Visual Installation of Cyanoprints on fabric and interviews of three women from Dhaka, Bangladesh who are being sexually assaulted

Vernissage Friday Oct 11th 6-10pm

Saturday Oct 12th 16-21h Sunday Oct 13th 15-20h

Thursday 17.Oct 17-20h Friday 18.Oct 17-21h

Saturday 19.Oct 16-21h

Finissage Sunday 20.Oct 16-20h

The Concept: When a woman or girl gets sexually abused, they get physically injured which is visible and identifiable. But this incident is beyond the physical injury. As an aftermath of the sexual abuse, they go through post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event like rape, sexual violence or a serious accident etc. Because of PTSD, people see vivid flashbacks, nightmares, and physical sensations such as pain, sweating, and nausea. This exhibition will showcase alternative prints of fabrics and audio installation of interviews. The sounds that have been used that represent the different stages of emotional state that a survivor of sexual assault goes through after encountering assault, like fear, shame, insecurity, anger, sadness, disgust, anxiety, doubt, hatred, guilt, loneliness, shock, during the PTSD.

[The stories are about trauma, people who experienced sexual violence in their lifetime. People participated to share their stories that they never shared before].

The Bio: Monon Muntaka is a multi-disciplinary artist and activist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is a self-taught artist. Her practices deal with social issues, culture, women, gender and documentation of these in relation. Apart from photography, she takes a keen interest in documentary films and video art. As a visual storyteller, she is constantly looking for stories and ways to portray them through her visuals. Monon's leading medias are photography, moving images, texts and audio. Monon participated in different exhibitions, fellowships, art residency and collaborations nationally and internally. She is an Adenauer and CCP Fellow. Also, VII Academy Alumni. Winner of "Breaking the Silence," short film grant competition in 2022, 12th Photoffee Fine Art Photographer of the Year (2022) and Prince Claus Seed Awards recipients 2023.

CrossCulture Program made by ifa ( ifa.de)

Instagram account - @mononmuntaka

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