“Where the banyan tree meets the nile,” a multimedia installation and artist talk by Roshan Ganu

We invite you to attend “Where The Banyan Tree Meets The Nile,” a Multimedia Installation and Artist Talk by our artist-in-residence, Roshan Ganu, on Thursday, 21st of December at 7 pm at Medrar for Contemporary Art.

Native to the Indian subcontinent, a Banyan Tree grows in the heart of Zamalek in Cairo. Its roots were carried to Egypt from India by Khedive Ismail in 1868. Originally from Goa, India, currently living in the United States, and now traveling in Egypt, the Banyan Tree forms a metaphor for immigrant people such as the artist, Roshan Ganu. She says, “When we carry our roots with us, how do we instill a sense of belonging in a new land? What happens when the Banyan Tree meets the River Nile?” Through immersive projection, sound, and darkness, Ganu welcomes the viewer into a place of narrative reflection and the feeling of being itinerant.

At the Artist Talk, Ganu will share her experiences being an immigrant person, addressing the circumstances of aloneness and longing this identity brings. Through her work she proposes a perspective, “Can narrative mythology and storytelling become an alternative way of building a sense of place and home around us when we are confronted by a new land?’