Instagram story viewer> @deconstructing_morung> Posts

DeConstructing Morung

@deconstructing_morung

615

followers

999

following

A Space for Collaboration: Dimapur, Nagaland.

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

With the Curator @dollykikon by @deconstructing_morung

87

2

a month ago

This exhibition centers the clay Burial Jar to engage with the Naga repatriation process to bring back our ancestors from the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford University. Dwelling on the theme of return, rest, and healing, we focus on death and burial rituals of Naga ancestors. The Burial Jar were to store skeletal remains of deceased loved ones. Besides that, miniature clay jars were part of funerary belongings at grave sites for the souls the departed to drink rice wine in the spirit world. Throngkiuba and Dolly Kikon worked on this concept and engaged with the Burial Jar as a creative and cultural lens to explore the difference between intentional ancestral integration and colonial extraction under duress. They worked with seven young Naga artists to reflect and explore how Naga belongings, perceived as exotic collection for public consumption exist in a state of suspended animation, stripped of their spiritual and social context. They are silenced and dehumanized in institutional custody. Seven young artists explored meanings of decolonisation in the context of materiality and visual elements from the Naga world. The ideas were initially conceived through a threeday, in-person workshop (21st- 23rd August), followed by independent creative sessions in respective artist studios across Dimapur and Kohima. There were discussions, close reading of texts, and watching visuals of Naga belongings, including ancestral human remains, and belongings from the Pitts River Museum website. This exhibition dwells on feelings and thoughts of repatriation and healing in the Naga world, and how these emotions can be transformed into art. The artists brought alive material belongings of Naga ancestors, now exhibited in museums as part of a Naga past. With care, they bring to life ancestral community practices and relationships. Through careful arrangement of elements, the artists speak about the interconnectedness of tradition custodianship, and existence.
Immense gratitude to @rrad_org for collaboration and @tlcnagaland for giving the space to exhibit. by @deconstructing_morung

155

0

a month ago

Exhibition at LightHouse church, Hill View Colony, Dimapur, open until tomorrow, 5th September 2026, 10am -5 pm.
This exhibition centers the clay Burial Jar to engage with the Naga repatriation process to bring back our ancestors from the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford University. Dwelling on the theme of return, rest, and healing, we focus on death and burial rituals of Naga ancestors. The Burial Jar was to store skeletal remains of deceased loved ones. Besides that, miniature clay jars were part of funerary belongings at grave sites for the souls the departed to drink rice wine in the spirit world. Throngkiuba Yimchungru and Dolly Kikon worked on this concept and engaged with the Burial Jar as a creative and cultural lens to explore the difference between intentional ancestral integration and colonial extraction under duress. They worked with seven young Naga artists to reflect and explore how Naga belongings, perceived as exotic collection for public consumption exist in a state of suspended animation, stripped of their spiritual and social context. They are silenced and dehumanized in institutional custody. Seven young artists explored meanings of decolonisation in the context of materiality and visual elements from the Naga world. The ideas were initially conceived through a three days, in-person workshop (21st- 23rd August), followed by independent creative sessions in respective artist studios across Dimapur and Kohima. There were discussions, close reading of texts, and watching visuals of Naga belongings, including ancestral human remains, and belongings from the Pitts River Museum website. This exhibition dwells on feelings and thoughts of repatriation and healing in the Naga world, and how these emotions can be transformed into art. The artists brought alive material belongings of Naga ancestors, now exhibited in museums as part of a Naga past. With care, they bring to life ancestral community practices and relationships. Through careful arrangement of elements, the artists speak about the interconnectedness of tradition custodianship, and existence. by @deconstructing_morung

48

0

a month ago

Ecologies of Care
Day 2 workshop. Mentor @dollykikon @throngkiuba_yimchungru
Art Talk by @harvestsch00l Dharmendra Prasad by @deconstructing_morung

90

0

a month ago

Locational Practices talk by @harvestsch00l Dharmendra Prasad at DeConstructing Morung through Google meet.
@dollykikon @throngkiuba_yimchungru by @deconstructing_morung

59

0

2 months ago

@lannu_raw @styledby.ttolii @loungtin_atin @toto_kzn @inovi_y_zhimo @presntafur_artist @shikari_gandu @dollykikon @throngkiuba_yimchungru by @deconstructing_morung

149

3

2 months ago

A beautiful moment to center Indigenous peoples and their contributions. Join us for the official launch of SHADOW INDIGENOUS WORLDS. @ucsc @csas_ucsc @rajathakurta

The art selected for the launch poster at UCSC is by the brilliant Naga artist @throngkiuba_yimchungru #indigenousartist

A great moment to celebrate Naga art as they become international symbols of Indigenous vision, celebration and power.

The launch of the SIW initiative will be a 90-minute hybrid event on Monday, May 4 starting at 6:00 PM PDT in Communications 150 (Studio C) on the University of California Santa Cruz campus; see Zoom link below:

https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96471117617?pwd=eRhS3NnRJDqfY8elmDiTx1rxvJFHO9.1

Dolly Kikon (Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for South Asian Studies at UCSC), Raja GuhaThakurta (Distinguished Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics), and the CREST team will host the launch. by @deconstructing_morung

100

1

6 months ago

The Department of Fine Arts and Music, Rajiv Gandhi University cordially invites you to the Art Talk & Interactive Session on 'Deconstructing Morung' by artist Throngkiuba @deconstructing_morung on 23rd March at 3:00 pm IST. (Venue- Fine Arts Building) taken in Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Doimukh. by @deconstructing_morung

61

2

7 months ago

My old friend from santi Lav @russo_afro_indo , Lav as co-founder of @hihiri_pipiri and also here Lenny Repin at Deconstructing Morung. In the picture discussing about race and language. by @deconstructing_morung

25

0

10 months ago

In collaboration with
Deconstructing Morung

The Himalayan Fellowship invites you to a session that will present this Programme with insights on how to apply.

Suitable for creative practitioners across all mediums and forms. There is no age limit.

The Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA) is a non-profit organisation that aims to broaden the audience for contemporary Indian art, enhance opportunities for artists, and establish a continuous dialogue between the arts and the public through education and active participation in public art projects and funding.

The Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, in partnership with Royal Enfield, presents The Himalayan Fellowship for Creative Practitioners. Through this fellowship, we aim to champion sustainable and ecologically grounded practices that foster long-term collaboration with local communities and landscapes and practitioners working at the intersection of ecology and cultural knowledge in the Western and Eastern Himalayan regions. This year-long Fellowship supports selected projects through a structured programme comprising development of the projects through funding, mentorship, workshops, programming, and an exhibition platform.

Mary Therese Kurkalang is a Cultural Curator, Producer and Researcher based between Delhi and Shillong, she is the Lead Consultant for this programme since conception. She will be making the presentation.
@fica_india @marytherese.k @throngkiuba_yimchungru by @deconstructing_morung

75

1

a year ago

Intriquing conversation. What a joy to listen to Dr.Dolly at Deconstructing Morung, Nagaland.#Dimapur#l
@dollykikon by @deconstructing_morung

97

2

a year ago

@dollykikon @copiousnotes.27 #newyorktimes @nytimes @throngkiuba_yimchungru by @deconstructing_morung

68

3

a year ago