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Iranian-American artist Elnaz Javani is displaying six distinctive coats at Hong Kong's Art Central festival, inviting reflection on themes of memory and Middle East conflict. Javani told the South China Morning Post that her work serves as a meditative space for Hongkongers amid rising global geopolitical tensions. The artwork is on show at Central Harbourfront until Sunday.
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London-based sarod player Soumik Datta's project Travellers weaves AR Rahman's Bombay Theme from the 1995 film, Jawaharlal Nehru's Tryst with Destiny speech, and global voices into an exploration of migration and memory. The work merges Indian classical music with field recordings and political speeches. Datta performed it recently at Delhi's Piano Man Jazz Club as part of his India tour.