![Image: Anu Kumar, from the series [Remnants of Ritual], 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Hero-Anu-Kumar-Web-RS-200x200.jpg "Hero Anu Kumar Web RS")
Anu Kumar (AU)
Remnants of Ritual
29 April 2022 - 22 May 2022
![Image: Anu Kumar, from the series [Remnants of Ritual], 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Hero-Anu-Kumar-Web-RS-3-200x200.jpg "Hero Anu Kumar Web RS")
Image: Anu Kumar, from the series Remnants of Ritual, 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.
Image: Anu Kumar, from the series Remnants of Ritual, 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.
When
29 April 2022 - 22 May 2022
Region
State Library Precinct
Venue
Theme
Society
Accessibility
Wheelchair access
Price
Free
The Indian/Australian diaspora faces pressure from both worlds to bend in their direction—what remains is a tension between the two, and a seamless ability to code-switch. Decisions are made everyday as to what is preserved, adapted, and left behind—from this process, a new hybrid culture is birthed.
Remnants of Ritual by artist Anu Kumar captures moments of this hybridity. In a series encompassing portraits, details of possessions, and landscapes, Kumar documents an evolving relationship to the motherland, and the land currently occupied.
Working primarily with medium format photography, Kumar explores themes of belonging, using her practice as a gateway to understanding her identity as a woman born in India and raised in Australia.
Presented on the forecourt of State Library Victoria, Remnants of Ritual aims to celebrate the strength of community, tradition and the evolution of Indian people in the Australian context.
Commissioned by Photo Australia
Supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund, an Australian Government initiative