This week we are paying homage to our founder Katy’s Sri Lankan heritage.
Colomboscope is a dynamic interdisciplinary arts festival in Colombo, running to the end of the month. This is the ninth edition of Colombo’s acclaimed contemporary arts festival, taking place from 21 – 31 January 2026 across multiple free and public venues in Colombo, Sri Lanka, such as
Barefoot Gallery,
Colpetty Town House,
Musicmatters,
Radicle Gallery and the Rio Complex, Colomboscope encourages audiences to move fluidly between spaces, encounters and perspectives, emphasising participation, reciprocity and collective presence.
Titled Rhythm Alliances, this edition, curated by Hajra Haider Karrar with artistic director Natasha Ginwala, explores rhythm in its many forms — from the energising and recurring to the haunting, turbulent and imagined. Rather than presenting a static exhibition, the festival unfolds as a living composition of sound, movement, performance, film and immersive events that together create a communal “score” of artistic creation and dialogue.
Over 50 artists and cultural practitioners participate in Rhythm Alliances, presenting new commissions, performances and site-responsive projects that address rhythms of remembrance, dissent and renewal. The programme invites audiences to consider how sonic counter-currents and embodied experiences — from drumming and listening to choreography and film — can make complex social realities audible, forge connections across communities, and imagine shared futures. An exciting forum for dialogue, resistance and creative alliance-building in the heart of South Asia.
