Calcutta Art Exhibit on SEZs

The Statesmen carried a review of an art exhibit, ‘SEZ Who?’, curated by Tushar Joag at Kolkata's Experimenter gallery. The reviewer was critical in many respects, not least in terms of the quality of the exhibit's execution. But the ability of visitors to interact with activists concerned with the impact of SEZs, and the availability of (recorded) testimonials from people affected by SEZs, seems to have made it a worthwhile experience. As Partha Banerjee (a member of the research team for the 'Politics of SEZs' project with which this blog is affiliated) has noted in some of his writings on the subject, artists and intellectuals have engaged intensively with the SEZ debates and controversies in West Bengal. It is not clear whether there has been a similar level of involvement in other states.