India UK - 75 Creative Industries research project leads to more collaboration

At the end of our time working with a BCU Inaugral project care of Rajinder Dudrah. Anand was appraoched by a an exceptional artist Saurav Sharma a musician who worked in a separte strand and was aked to colloborate along with classical dancer Sangini Kumar. Saurav asked to respons to research Saurav was inspired by Sufi Punjabi poet Bulleh Shah. The IUKCI At 75 project with its focus on building artist networks and innovation, kindles the collaborative spirit in artists such as ourselves. With a wide variety of topics and issues presented as part of the artists' showcase - from deep and prevalent social issues, to depicting the pain of migration, from re-telling traditional tales with a modern approach to exploring the Sufi within - made us think beyond just a theme and explore Sufi poetry through multiple aspects. Our output intends to add to the creative repository built as part of this project, and showcase how creating art can transcend time, geographical barriers, the difference between modern and traditional, and merge 3 different yet uniquely beautiful art forms into one beautiful union.