Kala Sangam - Bringing people together through South Asian and Interdisciplinary Arts

Historic Memorandum of Understanding

27th August 2009

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The Memorandum of Understanding is drawn up to enable National Media Museum and Kala Sangam to further develop their relationship, specifically to offer opportunities to audiences to engage with World Cinema. This expands to increasing creative ways to engage audiences with World Cinema and to enable critical development of the same. This will include encouragement for audiences and budding artists to create film and utilise the resources of both NMM and Kalasangam therefore building of cross art and cross fertilisation of audiences. The partnership will also aim to develop and capitalise on Bradford’s status as UNESCO City Of Film.

With the acquisition of St Peters House in Forster Square, Kala Sangam aims to develop its mission of ‘bringing people together through south Asian and collaborative arts, by adding a 3-dimensional element to what the National Media Museum currently offer in the way of film. Joint programming will include enhancing film via the performing arts including performances and workshops in south Asian and collaborative arts. The interchange of audiences between the NMM and KS is also essential in offering audiences from both companies a new offering and help build and develop audiences from the creative industries locally, regionally and nationally.

Quote: We are delighted to announce such a collaborative partnership in which one of the countries innovative museums the NMM and of the regions strategic and established south Asian arts company Kalasangam are entering into a memorandum of understanding in which both organisation can help reach larger and diverse audiences through offering interactive and participatory elements to each others programming. In particular this will be realised through this years Bite The Mange film festival. Watch this space! Ajit Singh – Programme Manager

Kathryn Blacker, Head of Public Programme at the National Media Museum said: “We are excited about the new-look Bite the Mango and about working with Kala Sangam in its delivery. This will allow us to build on the best of previous festivals and add a new dimension in the form of fusing film with performance art and hip-hop workshops. This is the first Bite the Mango Weekend and we have already commenced the world cinema strand in our monthly film programme in response to audience feedback.”

For more information please click on the link below:http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/btm/pdfs/btm_leaflet.pdf