Traces and Threads of Personal Archives

Image Credits: Untitled (Seated Portrait of Three Siblings), Suresh Punjabi, India, 1985-1986, Celluloid negative, PHY.12217

Do you have a photograph of your grandparents you can’t stop looking at? A coin that was passed down to you? A handwritten letter from a loved one?

Bring an object (letter, photograph, etc) and join us for a discussion on how to care for, and preserve them. Then, participate in a fun exercise and a mapping session where we exchange stories and memories inspired by each object. Facilitated by our summer interns, Jyestha and Rihana, this session starts with a walkthrough of our Sasken digital exhibition, Museum of Memories.

Do note: Please do not bring hazardous or high-risk objects.

This session is conducted as part of our engagements for the MAP Youth Collective. The MAP Youth Collective is a community for young people (18-25 year olds) to engage with the arts and culture sector. The collective is for, of and by young people — to explore our shared identities and interests through art.