Theertha is an autonomous, artist-led non-profit initiative based in Colombo. It was established in 2000 to facilitate the local community of artists in innovation, and experimentation. The core objective of Theertha International Artists Collective is to explore the possibilities of exchanging ideas and knowledge across ethnic, regional and artistic borders, in the context of contemporary critical art practice in Sri Lanka.
The Curtain - Theertha will present a collaborative by 21 artists. A curtain: its conceptual potential to present itself as a marker of boundaries giving rise to notions of insides and outsides/ inclusions and exclusions. A curtain is a presence with authoritative powers and therefore a curtain can, merely by its presence, induce transgression and subversion.
