Kalponik Rekha #4

Driven by fragments of displacement and resistance to fake decolonisation, Kalponik Rekha is coming back for it’s 6th edition on 16th of May, 2025 with Nepali artists Jason Kunwar and Ranav Adhikari.

of relics of an erased history, of the pencil that scattered the soil, of the soil that dissolved our grandmothers grave into the river, of the river that cries when the মেছো ভূত arrives, of longing for the whispers that lie in the trunk of the lace-fita hawker~

Jason Kunwar

Jason Kunwar, based in Nepal, is a multidisciplinary artist and award-winning film music composer. Drawing from Nepalese and Himalayan folk traditions, contemporary philosophy, experimental text, and local politics, his work over the past 18 years has deeply explored the challenges faced by villagers, laborers, and migrant workers. Holding a master's degree in ethnomusicology, Kunwar has extensively researched Nepal's vanishing traditional musical practices, instruments, and folklore. His recent practice involves a great deal of live improvisation, blending electronic soundscapes with traditional Nepalese and Tibetan instruments

Ranav Adhikari

Ranav Adhikari (Nepal/Germany) is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher and media technologist/ producer, who founded Boiling Head Media in Berlin. He holds a Bachelors in Ethno-Musicology from Kathmandu University and a Master in Visual and Media Anthropology from Freie University Berlin. He has been involved in audio, video, and event production for various artist and companies including Sasha Waltz & Guest, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, Oscar Murillo Studio, and Guerilla Architects to name a few, as well as various Berlin theaters and initiatives such as SAVVY Contemporary, Tak Theater Berlin, ACUD Macht Neu, Radialsystem, etc.