Since our launch in 2018, we have hosted artists and guests from India, Scotland, Wales, Switzerland, China, the USA, Lithuania, Thailand, Australia, Austria, Canada, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chile and Germany in a variety of programmes in a variety of spaces (including online) – always asking both artists and audiences to imagine with us what and where a performance space could be. Burnt-out cinemas, television studios, rooftop spaces, public streets and gardens, blackboxes… we have transformed each of these into magical performance spaces along with our collaborating artists and partners.
Currently nomadic, our big dream is a permanent venue in a repurposed space in architecturally textured fabric of our home city of Calcutta – a home for and of the dance-curious that redefines our experiences of both physical movement and physical space; brings together, expands and nurtures diverse communities of artists and audiences; and reflects the plural and cosmopolitan spirit of Calcutta. The Pickle Factory venue would be an anchor around which a community, neighbourhood and city come to life, part of an international network of vital and vibrant arts spaces.