Upcoming Event: The Bomb: A Screening and Q&A with the Artist Smriti Keshari (Online Only)
October 26, 2022
2pm - 3.30pm
Virtual Event:
Register in advance at https://umd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8S-58N8hTV-A6CDzHY6w0A
This event features a virtual film screening of the bomb, a film that explores the immense power of nuclear weapons, the perverse appeal they have, and the profound death wish at the very heart of them. The 61-minute film takes viewers through the strange, compelling, and unsettling reality of nuclear weapons today. Following the screening, the Artist Smriti Keshari will take questions from the audience.
Speaker:
Smriti Keshari is an Indian-American multimedia artist and filmmaker whose work covers a spectrum of the moving image from traditional, linear filmmaking to art installations. She brings an experimental approach to exploring under-represented themes and experiences outside the mainstream.
Keshari is known for her acclaimed multi-media installation, the bomb, which was heralded as “a stunning avant-garde approach to a plea for nuclear disarmament.”
She is an artist-in-residence with the National Theatre in London, and both BAM and Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. Her work has been supported by the MacArthur Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Ford Foundation, and more. She has spoken about art and social change at the United Nations, BBC, SXSW, Bloomberg Philanthropy and TED. She was a TED Prize finalist and 2016 Foreign Policy's Global Creative Thinker.
Most recently, Keshari’s DIS|INTEGRATION premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
About the Author
Kate Seaman is the Assistant Director to the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace where she supports the research activities of the Chair. Kate is interested in understanding normative changes at the global level and how these changes impact on the creation of peace.
You can find out more about the Bahá’í Chair by watching our video here.