3rd Majji International Art Residence in the Netherlands
Artists participating in the 2021 edition of Maji Eindhoven are Giulia Deval (Italy), Joyte Rose (Bangladesh), non-native (Netherlands), Moch Hazrul (Indonesia), Pierre Albio (Italy), Sachs Hoyd (Jamaica / UK), , Sounak Das (Netherlands / Bangladesh), Yu Jong (Netherlands / China), Jihan Karim (Bangladesh)
The third edition of the Mahji International Art Residence was displayed in October in the historic Stindjeskerk in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Bringing together ten artists from Europe, South and Southeast Asia for a two-week residency program starting on October 10, 2021, the initiative culminated in an exhibition that was set up on October 21, 2021.
Mahji International is an annual travel accommodation program by the Tarjoy Bangladesh Foundation (DBF) with the aim of supporting and promoting South Asian art and research. The global South is an important, international context and art practices between East and West.
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Kokasha Sabah, an independent observer and researcher from Bangladesh. arts. Voices from Bangladesh, Indonesia, UK, Netherlands and Italy.
Eindhoven’s third in 2021 took place in the context of social and limited international travel, especially for artists from South Asia and Southeast Asia, and prompted the need for collaboration and collaboration, the DPF said. Cultivation despite the transaction of epidemics.
The project coincides with 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence and celebrates 50 years of friendship between Bangladesh and the Netherlands. This comes in the context of further projects encompassed by the DBF in the Netherlands, including a collaboration with Rijkkademi to support a long-term residency program for artists from South Asia.
Artists participating in the 2021 edition of Maji Eindhoven are Giulia Deval (Italy), Joyte Rose (Bangladesh), non-native (Netherlands), Moch Hazrul (Indonesia), Pierre Albio (Italy), Sachs Hoyd (Jamaica / UK), , Sounak Das (Netherlands / Bangladesh), Yu Jong (Netherlands / China), Jihan Karim (Bangladesh).
Established by the project, the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation (DPF) is a private, non-profit foundation established in 2018 by Durjoy Rahman and a philanthropist, to support and promote development and arts practices in South Asia and beyond. It supports artists in creating new works of art and attracts practitioners to major exhibitions, publications and residencies, often in collaboration with major international cultural organisations.
The first (2019) and second (2020) editions of Maji Sequel take place in Venice, Italy and Berlin, Germany.