In the series Generation Wish Yielding Trees and Atomic Tree, Joydeb Roaja portrays the impact of militarisation on the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Southeastern Bangladesh, home to many Indigenous peoples including the artist’s own Tripura community. The pervasive presence of military motifs across daily life in the region attest to the idea that weapons and symbols of war were introduced to its visual vernacular long ago and were imprinted in the memories of its communities from a very young age. Drawing from the artist’s performance practice and beliefs of the Tripura community, Roaja addresses the inherent generational burden, wondering about the possibilities for the survival of Indigenous knowledge systems in the face of violent modernities
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