Saiq’a Chowdhury is an artist-researcher specializing in animation, illustration, visual design. She creates quirky, colourful worlds, while exploring a wide array of stylistic and moving-image approaches with a special interest in the field of media archeology. Her motto is to practice “art as a research science”. Saiq’a is also a founder of Ogopogo Animation Studios – the first and only stop motion animation studio in Bangladesh. She also founded the creative thought studio Ghorar Dim Studios “Horse Eggs” which is a space where she collaborates with other makers and engineers to create or invent fun new curiousities! In her spare time, Saiq’a dabbles into music and fire arts.
Deepest influences: Upendrokishore, Sukumar Ray, Satyajit Ray, Salil Chowdhury, Étienne-Jules Marey, Emile Reynaud, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Pink Floyd, Queen, Walt Disney, Arundhati Roy.
"Art is a research science"
