Resham Khana Arts Festival

Resham Khana Arts Festival Reasham Khana Arts Festival is a community project to kick start the revival of the beautiful old Silk Factory in Solina, Srinagar.

Resham Khana Arts Festival - 29th September - 2nd October, 2016. The idea is to begin the revival process of the silk
factory and the city through a community arts festival. The place will come alive with art installations, photography exhibitions, film screenings, local food and culture. The aim is to create a cultural space for exchange of ideas, joy, and creativity, something the city is lackin

g in. The immediate community in Solina will be an integral part of putting this festival together along with young artists, journalists, students and architects from Kashmir. We hope for this event to be one of the focal points in a greater campaign to revitalise old Srinagar. About the Silk Factory :
Once the largest silk factory in the world, and one
of the first to use mechanised systems to produce silk the magnificent building at Solina in Srinagar, built in the early 19th century still stands tall and beautiful. it represents Kashmir’s rich heritage and history in crafts and was once the pride of the city, providing over 60 thousand jobs to the city people. Today this industrial heritage building is abandoned but its
architecture and beauty have stood the test of time. With rows of mulberry trees separating the various structures, grass flowing between like green rivers, this place is truly one that needs to be preserved and cherished. If you are an artist of any kind from Jammu & Kashmir and you want to be part of this festival please email [email protected]

more info on the project coming soon -

Art has the power to bring about impact - This is a drawing by Prathima Muniyappa for Design for Kashmir a collective th...
14/07/2016

Art has the power to bring about impact - This is a drawing by Prathima Muniyappa for Design for Kashmir a collective that was started to raise funds for the Kashmir Floods.

Art students at Kashmir university use a fallen tree to express their ideas about the state and turmoil.
08/07/2016

Art students at Kashmir university use a fallen tree to express their ideas about the state and turmoil.

Insha Manzoor is a young artist from Kashmir all set to go to The Royal College of Art London. She creates installations...
05/07/2016

Insha Manzoor is a young artist from Kashmir all set to go to The Royal College of Art London. She creates installations and portraits made from tying strips of cloth together creating a larger form, usually inspired by faith practices in the area.

Silk Factory visit with like minded people passionate about reviving this beautiful place. The plants conquering old bui...
04/07/2016

Silk Factory visit with like minded people passionate about reviving this beautiful place. The plants conquering old buildings is breathtaking.

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03/07/2016

More in the news -

Once one of the largest producers of silk in the world, the famous Silk Factory at Ram Bagh here is in ruins due to failure of successive regimes to ensure its functioning. In absence of any

A note by Asma Jeelani on the architecture of The Silk Factory - Urban Designer in Kashmir. 'Centrally located in the pr...
01/07/2016

A note by Asma Jeelani on the architecture of The Silk Factory - Urban Designer in Kashmir.
'Centrally located in the property the building is surrounded by many other buildings of its kind. The architectural design speaks of its grandeur by way of buttress walls, double height windows, sloping roof profiles together defining the architectural language of the building and telling upon their heritage. Rectangular in shape, the buildings past grandeur is strongly defined by its shear mass which is now be-littled by the fairly new roof canopy built by the PDD Department to serve its workshop requirements. The steel roof and its angle iron beams are anchored to the brick walls callously breaking the brick patterns'

A wonderful article on The Silk Factory, its relevance and importance of revival.
01/07/2016

A wonderful article on The Silk Factory, its relevance and importance of revival.

Silk Filature in Srinagar (1900)The World War II seems to have changed the destiny of many. The dawdling silk industry of Kashmir, for example got a lifeline during the WW-II as the demand for Kashmiri silk suddenly increased. The price of silk, which was hovering under Rs. 4 per lbs for a long whil...

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