Book Launch and Conversation | The Memory Keepers and Future Seekers
12 Dec 2024 to 12 Dec 2024Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts invites you to the launch of The Memory Keepers and Future Seekers: Portraits of Heritage Homes in Goa by photographer Ulka Chauhan. Chauhan will be in conversation with Samira Sheth, art curator and co-author, to discuss their collaborative exploration of Goa’s heritage homes and the stories they hold.
This book offers a unique visual and literary exploration of Goa’s 300-year-old Portuguese-era heritage homes, sharing the intimate stories of the families who have lived in them. These historic homes, like the Havelis of Ahmedabad or the mansions of Chettinad, are vital to preserving Goa’s cultural identity amidst rapid development.
The authors will discuss the significance of heritage from historical and personal perspectives, and some homeowners featured in the book will share their stories firsthand.
Join us on Thursday, 12 December 2024, at 6:30pm
Limited Seats | Open to all
Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts, 63/C-8, Near Army House, Altinho, Panaji-Goa 403 001
For more information call us at +91 832 6750876 or email us at: info@sgcfa.org
Ulka Chauhan is a photographer based in Mumbai, Goa and Zürich. Her work has been awarded at the PX3
Prix de la Photographie Paris, IPA International Photo Awards and TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards in addition to being selected by the editors at the Leica Fotografie International Gallery as Master Shots and Best in Category. Her works have been a part of photo festivals such as the Venice Photo Lab, the Treviso Photographic Festival in 2021 and photoSCHWEIZ 22 in Zürich.
Her first book titled Two Worlds featured by Condé Nast Traveller contrasts and connects the linear and structured world of Switzerland with the chaotic and cyclical world of India.
Samira Sheth is an art writer and independent curator based in Goa. Her writings have been featured in several publications including the books, Two Worlds and The Memory Keepers and Future Seekers, in collaboration with photographer Ulka Chauhan and the premier art quarterly, The Art News Magazine of India, among others. Always seeking to build bridges between communities through the arts, Samira played a central role in co-founding art platforms such as anartexchange.com and breathearts.com and starting art columns for publications in Dubai and Goa.
She offers curatorial advice and exhibition & collection management through her independent outfit, Work of Art and has numerous exhibitions of contemporary Indian art to her credit across India and Dubai. Since making Goa her home over a decade ago, Samira has sought to learn about and share its rich artistic heritage with wider audiences. She has received several awards for her work with art in Goa and was a Jury member for the Fundação Oriente Visual Arts Award 2019, the first prize of its kind, initiated for artists in Goa.