Reminiscences of Home: Project Showcase@IFA with Dhiraj Rabha | August 27-29, 2026
Reminiscences of Home is a multi-media installation by artist Dhiraj Rabha that reflects on the notion of home and memory of the community residing in a camp for former members of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in Goalpara, Assam, where Dhiraj grew up.
The artist interrogates: what happened to the community members after they returned to mainstream society? What kind of challenges did they face while reintegrating? What has been the burden of carrying memories of the insurgency? Dhiraj also contemplates: how do they live with the haunting recollections of their past? Did they ever get to share their side of the story?
This muti-media installation was originally put together at the ex-Ulfa campsite in 2024. That site-specific installation, immersed in the camp, gave voice to the untold stories, bridging the gap between the insiders and the outsiders. In its present form, the installation artistically recreates the idea of ‘home’ for the community members through their memories and narratives, and combines archival material, interviews, audio-video, and physical structures.
Reminiscences has travelled to Serendipity Arts Festival (2023), Bengal Biennale (2024), Kochi Muziris Biennale (2025), and now in its present iteration, is at Sabha BLR.
The exhibition starts on August 27 at 07:00 PM. It will run for the next two days, August 28-29 from 10:30 AM - 07:30 PM. Dhiraj Rabha will be conducting walkthroughs of the installation at specific times on each day.
Artist Walkthroughs (by Registration) | Timings:
August 27 | 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
August 28 | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM and 06:30 - 07:00 PM
August 29 | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Register here for the walkthroughs.
Dhiraj Rabha is an interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Goalpara, Assam. He has an MFA from the Visva Bharati University. He was one of the artists in the sixth edition of Kochi Muziris Biennale curated by Nikhil Chopra and HH Art Spaces (2025-26). He has received several prestigious awards and grants, including the Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography (2025), the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2025, Canada), the Prince Claus Seed Award (2024, Netherlands), the Generator Cooperative Art Production Fund by Experimenter (2023-24).
This session is organised as part of Project Showcase@IFA, a series of presentations to showcase, discuss and engage audiences with the diverse projects we support and implement across programmes.
The project was implemented by IFA under the Arts Practice programme, supported by Sony Pictures Entertainment Fund.
Image courtesy: Dhiraj Rabha