DARCH is the collaborative practice of Umulkhayr Mohamed and Radha Patel formed in March 2023, and a culmination of 6 years of work individually.
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As artists of colour, they wanted to take this as an opportunity to self-direct their creative practice and develop work they know is important, such as to support people to work through ancestral grief related to colonialism, displacement, capitalism / being poor, familial trauma and the environment.
DARCH is grounded in finding creative ways to articulate care-centred practices for people of colour, with a politic grounded in solidarity and liberation. DARCH overlaps shared elements of their practices, namely rituals, shrine building, animism and ancestral honouring, and relationships to land through sound work, conversations and storytelling.
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DARCH (Umulkhayr Mohamed and Radha Patel), Grief Rage Ritual Film, 2024. Film Still. Courtesy of artists. -
DARCH (Umulkhayr Mohamed and Radha Patel), Grief Rage Ritual Film, 2024. Film Still. Courtesy of artists. -
Radha Patel, Finding Aarti, 2021. Film Still. Courtesy of the artist. -
Aisha Ajnabi (Umulkhayr Mohamed, the Ancestors), Police line weavings_I just want to love you (in my own language). 2024. Courtesy of the artist.
