Gallery Talk: ‘Making a ‘Second Volume’’ with Irushi Tennekoon, Sumedha Kelegama, and Sumudu Athukorala
10 February Saturday, 4–5pm
Sharmini Pereira, Chief Curator at the MMCA Sri Lanka, speaks to artists Irushi Tenekoon (b. 1989), Sumedha Kelegama (b. 1988), and Sumudu Athukorala (b. 1980) about the museum’s upcoming research publication ‘Second Volume: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’. The publication includes the transcript of the artists’ animated documentary ‘is this an architectural documentary?’ (2023) which is currently on view in ‘88 Acres’.
This Gallery Talk has been curated as part of the Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’, on view until 7 July 2024.
