A year later, the Gen Z movement lives on in art
Summary
Art exhibitions, songs and theatre are keeping the Gen Z movement’s memory alive a year after the September 8, 2025 protests in New Baneshwar. Artists and youth groups are using creative expression to process loss, collective trauma and political change.
Key Points
- Songs like Swoopna Suman’s 'Yaad Haru Ma' and Neetesh Jung Kunwar’s 'Speechless' reflect grief, silence and remembrance after the movement.
- Katha Ghera and Freedom Studio staged the playback theatre performance 'Remembering September 8' as a collective act of healing.
- The ongoing exhibition 'के' at Kaalo.101 invites visitors to add artworks, stories and thoughts, and will run until September 8, 2027.
- A youth play at the old parliament building in New Baneshwar retold the protest movement and the election that followed.
