I came across Sister Library in the last few days of 2018 at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, an art exhibition held every two years in south India. The Biennale is dedicated to celebrating local and international contemporary art through site-specific installations, traditional art and sound pieces amongst various other mediums. The exhibition sprawled across the city with each location housing different artworks, fitting into Anita Dube’s curatorial vision of ‘Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life.’ Aqui Thami, artist/activist started Sister Library as a space to celebrate women’s art and literature. I recently had the opportunity to ask her about the space and her relationship with education as activism.
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