EDITION 2024

For sā edition two in 2024, 1 to 10 June, we invited artists through an Open Call to submit their proposals for “The Future of Immersive Land Art / Immersive Land Art and the Future”. The edition witnessed renewed and enhanced selection of site-specific art installations, sculptures and immersive audio-visual performances.

sā Ladakh - Edition Two - Into the Pinke by Neil Ghose Balser and Doyel Joshi_Wide Angle A

‘Into the Pinke’ is an immersive performance with 50 students from Mahabodhi Residential School, Leh. It explores the intrinsic relationship between land and its inhabitants, blending traditional and contemporary ways of communication. Supported by the German Embassy and Local Futures, it enhances transboundary dialogue on nature and community.

Glacier’s Retreat, Stanzin Tsepel (Ladakh, India)

‘Glacier’s Retreat’ focuses on the retreat of glaciers in Ladakh due to climate change. The artwork highlights the noticeable and alarming changes in the landscape, symbolizing the fragility of nature. Made from scrap wood and iron rods, the installation will remain at DiskoValley Bike Park for six months before being collected.

How Does Home Feel?, Raghav & Ansh Kumar (India)

‘How does home feel?’ challenges viewers to rethink their relationship with their homes and nature, exploring indigenous building materials and practices. Through art, science, and sustainability, the installation invites reflection on connectedness with the environment. The space can be used by the bike park and will naturally decompose over time.

sā Ladakh - Edition Two - Into the Pinke by Neil Ghose Balser and Doyel Joshi_Wide Angle A

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raising flags by museum in progress, Austria

Artists: Minerva Cuevas, Christian Eisenberger, Shilpa Gupta, Samson Kambalu, Agnieszka Kurant, Christian Robert-Tissot, Eva Schlegel, Grazia Toderi and Erwin Wurm

‘Untitled’, 2023 by Christian Eisenberger from Austria

“In nature, i.e. in that where people think it is chaos, geometry, grid, order, etc. are tried and tested means for this ‘nature’ to become visible. Ice and snow are something like the white cube or the white sheet of paper in nature, in which one can illustrate the action. The Star of David in this context is for me more connected in the crystalline structure of ice and less in the political.” Christian Eisenberger

FLAG OF STATELESS NATIONS, 2023 by Agnieszka Kurant from Poland

“I made the Flag of Stateless Nations. I collected all the flags of all stateless nations around the world and I used Artificial Intelligence to fuse all these flags into one. Statehood is a mystery and it is problematic. So using the problematic black box of the AI seemed interesting to fuse one flag of all the people in the world who are stateless.” Agnieszka Kurant

raising flags by museum in progress, Austria

Artists: Minerva Cuevas, Christian Eisenberger, Shilpa Gupta, Samson Kambalu, Agnieszka Kurant, Christian Robert-Tissot, Eva Schlegel, Grazia Toderi and Erwin Wurm

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Raising flags with museum in progress

Established in Vienna in 1990, the museum in progress has collaborated with approximately 700 artists to date. Its exhibition activities focus on contemporary art in various media, reaching audiences through newspapers, magazines, billboards, building fronts, flag poles, television, concert halls, and the Internet.

Edition Two, nine flags were installed from a captivating “raising flags” series curated by Alois Herrmann and Kaspar Mühlemann Hartl with selected works by Minerva Cuevas, Christian Eisenberger, Shilpa Gupta, Samson Kambalu, Agnieszka Kurant, Christian Robert-Tissot, Eva Schlegel, Grazia Toderi and Erwin Wurm.’ ‘raising flags’ is a long-term initiative of the museum in progress. The initiative transforms the martial symbolism of flags into contemporary expressions in both virtual and physical art spaces. Since 2023, various artists have contributed thought-provoking flags, realized through online and offline platforms, conveying broader ideas and values from diverse communities and movements, aligning with sā’s ethos.

Film Screening with
Dharamshala International Film Festival

sā X DIFF on the Road - Edition Two (2024) - Film Night at Diskovalley Bke Park

Films by 8 homegrown filmmakers: Tenzin Tsetan Choklay, Dechen Roder, Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam, Stenzin Tankong Rajan Kathet, Dishant Pradhan & Arunatpal Chanda and Suraj Bhattarai

Dante Katha by LAB Collective | 17.37 mins | India (Darjeeling)

sā X DIFF on the Road - Edition Two (2024) - Film Night at Diskovalley Bike Park

sā X DIFF on the Road - Edition Two (2024) - Film Night at Diskovalley Bke Park

Films by 8 homegrown filmmakers: Tenzin Tsetan Choklay, Dechen Roder, Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam, Stenzin Tankong Rajan Kathet, Dishant Pradhan & Arunatpal Chanda and Suraj Bhattarai

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Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) was founded by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam who created a platform where the power of visual storytelling brings communities together in the heart of the Himalayas, as a platform dedicated to bridging artistic and cultural boundaries. DIFF collaborated for a film screening night under the initiative - DIFF on Road.

Coordinated by a critically acclaimed filmmaker and member from DIFF - Stenzin Tankong from Ladakh showcased the works of 8 homegrown filmmakers: Tenzin Tsetan Choklay, Dechen Roder, Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam, Stenzin Tankong Rajan Kathet, Dishant Pradhan & Arunatpal Chanda and Suraj Bhattarai. The initiative amplified the transboundary dialogue reflecting on the stories, issues, movements and thoughts from the Himalayas and beyond with works of fiction, and non-fiction documentaries and also welcomed animation films from sā.