Abstract :
The Talacchanda project took place as an
independent research/exhibition undertaking
supported by the Glasgow School of Art. Over
seventeen months an exploratory education
programme was introduced at various levels of
schools and higher education. The education
programme sprang from a contemporary art
exhibition and dance performance called
Talaccahnda which was informed by ancient
Indian thought on art and drama. The exhibition
and performance took place in Glasgow’s
Tramway Project Room and Theatre in October
2002. It had been shown previously in the British
Council Gallery in New Delhi in 2000, and later in
2001 at the artist run space ‘Out of the Blue’ in
Edinburgh. Thanks to Scottish Arts Council
Lottery funding, Talacchanda Glasgow was
accompanied by an education programme,
which offered workshops and events in schools,
at the gallery, through community groups as well
as at GSA and Reid Kerr College, Paisley. By
demonstrating connections between apparently
disparate activities, the project aimed to serve as
a catalyst for fresh thinking on inter-cultural and
anti racist education, and to strengthen connections
between the community groups and
institutions involved.
