Artist Shawon Akand and artist Delowar Hossain’s meeting had germinated the crucial idea of this platform in 2007. Shawon Akand’s idea of artists gathering was drawn from the Baul (one kind of Sufi sects) philosophy and tradition in Bengal. Kushtia, a south western district of Bangladesh, is one of the major centers of this philosophy. This centuries old tradition accommodates an annual gathering of Baul practitioners and singers to come together, to stay few days and exchange their experience and deeper introspections with each-other. Inspired by this notion of deeper exchange and exploration, the initiators conceived a melting pot for artists and creative minds coming from diverse fields of praxis to come together and explore each other’s artistic realms. Shawon Akand’s visionary initiative and Delowar Hossain’s passionate support have made it possible to realize this platform. Eventually this platform is now constituted as a non-profit arts trust which is primarily based in Bangladesh and also charting new artistic arenas globally
CRACK Trust’s core notion is inspired by Baul’s philosophy and the heightened spiritual get-together [A.K.A. Sadhu Sanga] of masters and practitioners. The practitioners believe that exchanging experience at a heightened state of being facilitates participants to explore new uncharted creative grounds and a greater understanding of the universe. At CRACK Trust, we believe that Art is a complex process, and it cannot be separated from daily life and ways of living.
We think that every form of art has interrelation, and it is necessary to develop vigorous interlinkages between every field of culture to create a favourable environment for the progress of artistic practices. In this light, apart from visual artists, CRACK also engages creative people from various disciplines, including but not limited to theatre activists, photographers, film-makers, musicians, psychologists, singers, poets, writers, journalists, actors, anthropologists, folklorists, historians, art critics and so on.
It aims to provide a platform for all thinkers and creative practitioners worldwide with the philosophical basis to think independently and understand each other’s culture. Sharing and caring for cross-cultural art intends to establish an eco-friendly platform that considers the oneness of our planet that we all have been sharing for generations.
We are introducing our talented CRACK Team, who moves mountains every day. Our Trustees, led by Founder trustees Delowar Hossain and Shawon Akand, join their creative minds with other passionate trustees to facilitate the creative amalgamation of different cultures.
Delowar HOSSAIN
Founder Trustee
Shawon AKAND
Founder Trustee
Ananta DAS
Trustee
Polash Chowdhury
Trustee
Kanak ADITYA
Trustee
Rahul ANANDA
Trustee
Tanzim AHAMED bijoy
Trustee
Anarja TAPOSH
Trustee
Shakti noman
Trustee
Nahad Ul Quasem Orchid
Trustee
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