Concert From Bangladesh
2021, HD Video with 3D animation, 44:16
Concert From Bangladesh is a mixed reality music concert, using cutting edge technology to take audiences on a virtual audio-visual journey through Bangladesh past and present, encompassing mystical Baul singers from rural Kushtia, experimental electronics and hip hop from the streets of Dhaka, interspersed with archival and contemporary documentary footage.
UBIK Productions (London) and Samdani Art Foundation (Dhaka) supported by the British Council Digital Collaboration Fund commissioned Shezad Dawood to create a virtual reality stage for a concert released on 1 August 2021, expanding on the 50 year legacy of Concert For Bangladesh: the original charity concert by Ravi Shankar and George Harrison of Beatles' fame, in aid of the relief effort and refugee crisis during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
Artist/Director/Visual Concept
Shezad Dawood
Curator / Concept Designer
Diana Campbell Betancourt
Co-curator
Enayet Kabir
Producer
Miranda Sharp
Assistant Producer
Inês Geraldes Cardoso
Assistant Curator, Research and Archive Producer
Ruxmini Choudhury
SAF Production Lead
Sazzad Hossain
DOP
Amit Ashraf
Line Producer
Himel Tariq
Assistant Curator, Audio Coordinator
Shoummo Saha
Recording Engineer, Dhaka
Adittya Arzu
Visual interpretations and code
amoeba
Editor
Mikayl Dawood
Audio Mixing and Mastering Engineer
Rupert Clervaux
Graphic Design
Fraser Muggeridge studio
Translations and Subtitles
Ruxmini Choudhury
Commissioned / Supported By
Concert From Bangladesh is a project by UBIK Productions and Samdani Art Foundation in collaboration with Shezad Dawood and in partnership with Pioneer Works, Yorkshire Sculpture International, Chisenhale Gallery and Friendship. It is supported by the British Council Digital Collaboration Fund, which supports UK and overseas cultural partnerships to develop digitally innovative ways of collaborating.
Exhibited at
Pioneer Works (Online), 1 Aug 2021, https://pioneerworks.org/programs/concert-from-bangladesh
Yorskhire Sculpture Park (Wakefield), 1 Aug 2021
Pioneer Works (NYC), 8 Aug 2021
In the Neighbourhood (London), 31 Aug 2021
Leeds City Varieties Music Hall (Leeds) by Yorkshire Sculpure International, 16 Sep 2021