{"id":6456,"date":"2011-03-22T23:23:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T04:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=6456"},"modified":"2011-03-30T02:22:51","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T07:22:51","slug":"five_rivers_to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/22\/five_rivers_to\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Rivers to Five Boroughs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bhangraagainstbush.jpg\"<\/a>I’ve been obsessed lately with political posters. Particularly artwork depicting struggles of the Desi diaspora. So obsessed that I created Mutinous Mindstate<\/em> on tumblr<\/a> to curate the various important images and artwork I’ve come across over the years. In fact, it was DJ Rekha<\/a> that first responded to my tweet asking for Desi political art with an image of PardonMyHIndi<\/em><\/a> designed event poster for Basement Bhangra Against Bush<\/em> in 2004<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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Along very similar vein, DJ Rekha is also involved with an art show that premiered in New York City this month at 92YTribeca. The Soho Road to Punjab<\/em><\/a> is an exhibit inspired by bhangra music and has exhibited overseas in the UK over the past few years. This NYC-angled exhibit, title Five Rivers to Five Boroughs<\/em><\/a>, is the first time the exhibit will be shown in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n

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The exhibit will showcase behind-the-scenes photography, album sleeves, promotional art, and rare prints from South Asian media. The exhibit also highlights individuals who have helped the Bhangra scene progress.<\/p>\n \n

The exhibit’s story refers to the impact New York has had on the spread of Bhangra. Brooklyn-based DJ Rekha, a musician and curator, named Ambassador of Bhangra by the New York Times, shares her personal collection of material for the New York version of this project. [facebook<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

If you are in NYC, I highly recommend stopping by the exhibit and if you are not in NYC, the flickr page has some great photos<\/a> from it. The website for Soho Road to Punjab<\/em><\/a> also has a fantastic online gallery. The show should be touring around the country – so keep an eye and ear open.<\/p>\n\n

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As for political art of the Desi diaspora, check out the site and tell me what you think<\/a>. And if you have any, scan it and send it over. If it fits the theme, I’ll gladly post it at Mutinous Mindstate<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been obsessed lately with political posters. Particularly artwork depicting struggles of the Desi diaspora. So obsessed that I created Mutinous Mindstate on tumblr to curate the various important images and artwork I’ve come across over the years. In fact, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,56,39,22,47,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}