A conversation on Afro-Indo relational politcis.
As curator of the Disobedient Bodies public installation and sharing, I developed a participatory exhibition environment for Sádé Budhlall’s practice-as-research project, created in collaboration with Moko Jumbie practitioner Adrian Young.
Presented at Granderson Lab, Alice Yard in Belmont, the event was shaped in response to the site’s architecture, atmosphere, and relationship to the surrounding community. The installation brought together research materials, rehearsal documentation, visual fragments, film, prompts, and facilitated dialogue, creating a space where audiences could encounter the project as an unfolding artistic inquiry rather than a completed performance outcome.
My curatorial approach focused on making the research process visible while allowing space for interpretation, movement, and reflection. The openness of the venue supported a porous relationship between the work, the audience, and the wider social environment, allowing the installation to function as both an exhibition and a communal encounter.
Through this curatorial process, I supported the public-facing life of Disobedient Bodies by shaping an environment where Sádé Budhlall’s Odissi-based research and Adrian Young’s Moko Jumbie practice could be encountered in relation to one another, to the site, and to the communities gathered around the work.
