Golper Setu, from the exhibition গল্পের সেতু Story Bridge, artist and photographer Anindita Banerjee.
Anindita Banerjee
গল্পের সেতু - Story Bridge
FRI 20 FEB–SAT 18 APR
Gallery One | Level 1
Free to attend
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“Soon after my arrival as a migrant, my Baba said to me on Skype ‘ekbar Story Bridge ta dekhe ashish to, shotti Howrah Bridge er moton kina’ (go visit the Story Bridge and tell me if it actually looks like the Howrah Bridge). My first reaction after visiting the site was that while the architecture is possibly the same, the Story Bridge is a smaller, cleaner, more toy-like version of the Howrah Bridge, much like some of the migrant experiences of finding Home in a new country—inauthentic, sterile, toy-like!”
This work is a nostalgic response to the duplicate architectural plans of the Story Bridge in Brisbane and the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata, through the lens of a migrant on unceded lands.
This exhibition forms part of the what it means to remember thematic.
Platform Arts is supported by the City of Greater Geelong, Creative Victoria, Creative Australia, and the Anthony Costa Foundation.
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Anindita Banerjee, a twice-uprooted Indian, is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, curator, and arts manager. She lives and works in Ballarat, on the lands of the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin Nation. Using gestural portrayals of hybrid rituals, she wonders where her place is as an immigrant to the unceded indigenous lands of present-day Australia. Her research interest includes cultural otherness, authentic identity, and the sense of home. She has exhibited her works, curated exhibitions and managed complex art projects nationally and internationally. In 2025, Anindita was awarded the Award of Excellence in the Arts by the Governor of Victoria. She currently manages the Public Art Collection for the City of Ballarat.
Social Media:
https://www.aninditabanerjee.com
