A Brief History of Horizontality
A three-day exhibition and film screening by Indian Artist-in-residence Shaunak Sen at PROGR Bern

A Brief History of Horizontality
a three-day exhibition and film screening at PROGR Bern
by
Indian artist-in-residence Shaunak Sen
Opening: Thursday, 26th May 2016, 1800 hrs at the PROGR Attic.
26.5.2016 at 1800 hrs
27.5.2016 at 1400 hrs
28.5.2016 at 12 noon
Co artists: Adiba Muzaffar, Theresa Beyer, Ephraim Bieri, Sarah Purro, Sunita Asnani.

What does it mean to be horizontal?
How does our understanding of the world change when we lie down?
What is the politics of sleep?
In the exhibition 'A Brief History of Horizontality', Shaunak Sen, in collaboration with co-artists, is interested in themes of laterality / horizontality. The exhibition uses object-installations, live performance, sound-installation, video and live animals.

Shaunak, who is currently on a residency funded by Pro Helvetia at the Stadtgalerie at PROGR, is the director of Cities of Sleep (2015, 74 minutes), a documentary on the sleep mafia in New Delhi, India.

Pro Helvetia New Delhi takes this opportunity to congratulate Shaunak Sen on his film ‪Cities of Sleep winning two awards at the Taiwan International Documentary Festival,  (The Next Generation Best Debut Director Award and the Merit Prize in the Asian Vision competition) and the Best Documentary Award at the New York Indian Film Festival.

*Advisory: The show features a live walrus, those with any allergic reactions to aquatic animals advised to take necessary precautions.