{"id":319,"date":"2023-03-12T04:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T03:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni-weimar.de\/projekte\/projectminnettedesilva\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:10:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:10:23","slug":"what-minnette-de-silva-left-behind-some-maps-and-voices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uni-weimar.de\/projekte\/projectminnettedesilva\/what-minnette-de-silva-left-behind-some-maps-and-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"What Minnette De Silva Left Behind: Some Maps and Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"319\" class=\"elementor elementor-319\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84f0f03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84f0f03\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-655c570\" data-id=\"655c570\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b610a6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b610a6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Reflections<\/h2><p>Interviews conducted by Farah Casather<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c432ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c432ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d93ca4\" data-id=\"3d93ca4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f790a98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f790a98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Raja Segar<\/strong> is an artist who found his passion in art by chance and takes immense pride and pleasure in his work. A sudden encounter in the early 1980s through his art exhibition, over a painting that expressed his core feelings, brings us to one of Minnette de Silva\u2019s forgotten creations in the suburbs of Ja-Ela, off the west coast of Sri Lanka. The now 50-year-old structure still keeps minette\u2019s original vision intact, and Segar speaks of his encounter and experiences with Minette, how her influence affected him in the long term and still to this day fuels his enthusiasm. Segar\u2019s son Donovan also shares his experience in snippets and his experience of residing there for most of his life. Segar had taken liberties to manipulate the house in areas he deemed fit, but keeping Minette\u2019s vision largely intact, and explains the pros and cons of her creation to his life as an artist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1321549 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1321549\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2f4641\" data-id=\"b2f4641\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8c505 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3c8c505\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/809034202?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=0#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f16bf0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f16bf0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94c7c5f\" data-id=\"94c7c5f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a50b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61a50b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sumudu Athukorala<\/strong> had recently taken an opportunity to research a housing scheme developed by Archt Minnette De Silva in the late 1950s in Watapuluwa, which took an unconventional route to designing social housing, a participatory approach. Through his work experience as a researcher, he speaks of meeting people that reside to this day, some who participated in building and his personal accounts of Minnette\u2019s legacy that remains to this day. <br \/>Sumudhu\u2019s account details of an undermined architect, but the essence of her design prowess still intact, as generations of families residing chose to keep the houses largely intact with minimal changes to its structure. She is largely forgotten as the designer and the brainchild of the scheme, although some who still survived through the years remember the woman who visited them in colorful sarees.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e5af8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e5af8d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12859a6\" data-id=\"12859a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ebb91d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"8ebb91d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/809034419?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=0#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflections Interviews conducted by Farah Casather Raja Segar is an artist who found his passion in art by chance and takes immense pride and pleasure in<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni-weimar.de\/projekte\/projectminnettedesilva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni-weimar.de\/projekte\/projectminnettedesilva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni-weimar.de\/projekte\/projectminnettedesilva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni-weimar.de\/projekte\/projectminnettedesilva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni-weimar.de\/projekte\/projectminnettedesilva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni-weimar.de\/projekte\/projectminnettedesilva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni-weimar.de\/projekte\/projectminnettedesilva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni-weimar.de\/projekte\/projectminnettedesilva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}