The Superhero Summit / 2
Munem Wasif discusses his artistic methodology and ‘Seeds Shall Set Us Free II’, the project presented in Cosmopolis #2 for which he collaborated with the research-based Bangladeshi organization ‘Ubinig’, founded by a group of activists in 1984 to promote local and non-chemical agriculture and indigenous agricultural knowledge. Ubinig run a seed bank and support the Naya Krishi Andolan agricultural movement, which currently includes more than 100,000 farming families. The work connects the colonial aftermath in relation to Bengal through the prism of Jute and rice cultivation. He will also address the recent exploitation of labour rights in relation to his film Machine Matter.
Munem Wasif discusses his artistic methodology and ‘Seeds Shall Set Us Free II’, the project presented in Cosmopolis #2 for which he collaborated with the research-based Bangladeshi organization ‘Ubinig’, founded by a group of activists in 1984 to promote local and non-chemical agriculture and indigenous agricultural knowledge. Ubinig run a seed bank and support the Naya Krishi Andolan agricultural movement, which currently includes more than 100,000 farming families. The work connects the colonial aftermath in relation to Bengal through the prism of Jute and rice cultivation. He will also address the recent exploitation of labour rights in relation to his film Machine Matter.