Concert from Bangladesh, 2021

Concert from Bangladesh is a mixed reality music concert, using cutting edge technology to take audiences on a virtual audio-visual journey through Bangladesh past and present, encompassing mystical Baul singers from rural Kushtia, experimental electronics and hip hop from the streets of Dhaka, interspersed with archival and contemporary documentary footage.

UBIK Productions (London) and Samdani Art Foundation (Dhaka) supported by the British Council Digital Collaboration Fund commissioned Shezad Dawood to create a virtual reality stage for a concert released on 1 August 2021, expanding on the 50 year legacy of Concert For Bangladesh: the original charity concert by Ravi Shankar and George Harrison of Beatles' fame, in aid of the relief effort and refugee crisis during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.

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Artist/Director/Visual Concept: Shezad Dawood

Curator/Concept Designer: Diana Campbell Betancourt

Co-Curator: Enayet Kabir

Producer: Miranda Sharp

Assistant Producer: Inês Geraldes Cardoso

Assistant Curator, Research and Archive Producer: Ruxmini Choudhury

Saf Production Lead: Sazzad Hossain

DOP: Amit Ashraf

Line Producer: Himel Tariq

Assistant Curator, Audio Coordinator: Shoummo Saha

Recording Engineer, Dhaka: Adittya Arzu

Visual Interpretations and Code: amoeba

Editor: Mikayl Dawood

Audio Mixing and Mastering Engineer: Rupert Clervaux

Graphic Design: Fraser Muggeridge Studio

Translations and Subtitles: Ruxmini Choudhury

Commissioned/Supported By: Concert From Bangladesh is a project by UBIK Productions and Samdani Art Foundation in collaboration with Shezad Dawood and in partnership with Pioneer Works, Yorkshire Sculpture International, Chisenhale Gallery and Friendship. It is supported by the British Council Digital Collaboration Fund, which supports UK and overseas cultural partnerships to develop digitally innovative ways of collaborating.