Vindhya Buthpitiya
@vindi-b.bsky.social
Anthropologist of War and Pictures. Conflict. Politics. Resistance. Visual Culture. International Development. Sri Lanka. http://citizensofphotography.org
Enforced Disappearances, Civil Resistance and the Rule of Law - this Wednesday in Geneva
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Enforced Disappearances, Civil Resistance and the Rule of Law - this Wednesday in Geneva
excited to get started on this one in time for Halloween 🎃
October 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
excited to get started on this one in time for Halloween 🎃
delighted to have received a print copy of fLIP’s ‘imperfect issue’ feat my review of Sabes Sugunasabesan’s haunting exhibition ‘kunkumam’ www.londonphotography.org.uk/upcoming/fli...
September 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
delighted to have received a print copy of fLIP’s ‘imperfect issue’ feat my review of Sabes Sugunasabesan’s haunting exhibition ‘kunkumam’ www.londonphotography.org.uk/upcoming/fli...
very unusual set of 1977 Soviet art postcards. 2 young Moscow-based artists [Andrei Akhaltsev (known for his space-themed paintings) & Vladimir Vladykin] were dispatched to Sri Lanka as part of a 1973 delegation to gather “pictorial impressions” of the country exceeding “usual reportage”
June 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
very unusual set of 1977 Soviet art postcards. 2 young Moscow-based artists [Andrei Akhaltsev (known for his space-themed paintings) & Vladimir Vladykin] were dispatched to Sri Lanka as part of a 1973 delegation to gather “pictorial impressions” of the country exceeding “usual reportage”
writing on my fav part of the island - had forgotten that the Danish East India Company briefly held Trincomalee by occupying the Koneswaram Temple in 1620 before they were expelled by the Portuguese who subsequently destroyed the temple. The fort was built from its debris.
June 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
writing on my fav part of the island - had forgotten that the Danish East India Company briefly held Trincomalee by occupying the Koneswaram Temple in 1620 before they were expelled by the Portuguese who subsequently destroyed the temple. The fort was built from its debris.
‘We Do Not Part’ by Hang Kang is brutal and magnificent.
June 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
‘We Do Not Part’ by Hang Kang is brutal and magnificent.
just me fantasising about retraining as an archaeologist so that I can study ancient gardens and burial urns.
May 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
just me fantasising about retraining as an archaeologist so that I can study ancient gardens and burial urns.
remembering the tens of thousands of Tamils massacred by the Sri Lankan state, those who continue to be denied justice, dignity and freedom, and those who fight every day for truth and accountability 🪔 #Mullivaikkal
May 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
remembering the tens of thousands of Tamils massacred by the Sri Lankan state, those who continue to be denied justice, dignity and freedom, and those who fight every day for truth and accountability 🪔 #Mullivaikkal
unwell and exhausted, but blessed with peony season and Lorde tickets.
May 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
unwell and exhausted, but blessed with peony season and Lorde tickets.
what a privilege to have spent time seeing and thinking with Sabes Sugunasabesan’s Kunkumam exhibition today - on at the Harrow Arts Centre until the 1st of May and not to be missed!
April 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
what a privilege to have spent time seeing and thinking with Sabes Sugunasabesan’s Kunkumam exhibition today - on at the Harrow Arts Centre until the 1st of May and not to be missed!
London folks, my dear friend artist-photographer Sabes Sugunasabesan has a stunning exhibition ‘Kunkumam’ on at the Harrow Arts Centre until the 1st of May. We will be having a chat about Sri Lanka, war and photography this Sunday the 27th April at 3.30PM. Join us! thamarai.com/lifestyle/cu...
April 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
London folks, my dear friend artist-photographer Sabes Sugunasabesan has a stunning exhibition ‘Kunkumam’ on at the Harrow Arts Centre until the 1st of May. We will be having a chat about Sri Lanka, war and photography this Sunday the 27th April at 3.30PM. Join us! thamarai.com/lifestyle/cu...
emblematic of an oppressive ethno-nationalist state project, but also *aesthetic* apparently. Also that ‘Ceylon’ drop tch.
February 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
emblematic of an oppressive ethno-nationalist state project, but also *aesthetic* apparently. Also that ‘Ceylon’ drop tch.
‘The Meeting in the Sky’ at Cinnamon Life showcasing 2000 handcrafted kites representing 380 species of Colombo’s wildlife in collaboration with Kavishka Gayashantha, a third-generation kite maker, and designer Kumkum Fernando + team was so, so spectacular.
January 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
‘The Meeting in the Sky’ at Cinnamon Life showcasing 2000 handcrafted kites representing 380 species of Colombo’s wildlife in collaboration with Kavishka Gayashantha, a third-generation kite maker, and designer Kumkum Fernando + team was so, so spectacular.
wishing everyone a happy thai pongal - may this year bring us luck, prosperity, abundance and good fortune | பொங்கல் வாழ்த்துக்கள் 🌞🌾🍚🥭🦜
January 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
wishing everyone a happy thai pongal - may this year bring us luck, prosperity, abundance and good fortune | பொங்கல் வாழ்த்துக்கள் 🌞🌾🍚🥭🦜
intensive month of research wrapping up - incidentally this has meant I’ve traveled to Sri Lanka’s northernmost point (Point Pedro), southernmost point (Dondra), both coasts (west & east) and today, the central point (Nalanda Gedige) for the first time ever in a matter of weeks!
January 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
intensive month of research wrapping up - incidentally this has meant I’ve traveled to Sri Lanka’s northernmost point (Point Pedro), southernmost point (Dondra), both coasts (west & east) and today, the central point (Nalanda Gedige) for the first time ever in a matter of weeks!
Trincomalee sunsets are 🔥🔥🔥
January 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Trincomalee sunsets are 🔥🔥🔥
urban crocodile poetry from
Colombo 🐊 dreams do come true!
Colombo 🐊 dreams do come true!
January 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
urban crocodile poetry from
Colombo 🐊 dreams do come true!
Colombo 🐊 dreams do come true!
and back in Jaffna 🌞🙏🏽
December 6, 2024 at 12:14 PM
and back in Jaffna 🌞🙏🏽
good morning from Colombo 🌅
December 6, 2024 at 3:54 AM
good morning from Colombo 🌅
kicking off #readpalestineweek with this essential, important collection (thanks to dear @vvnsag.bsky.social 🍉♥️)
November 29, 2024 at 1:13 PM
kicking off #readpalestineweek with this essential, important collection (thanks to dear @vvnsag.bsky.social 🍉♥️)
is there a better text to mark Pluto’s transition into Aquarius than Frederic Jameson on Walter Benjamin?
November 19, 2024 at 7:34 PM
is there a better text to mark Pluto’s transition into Aquarius than Frederic Jameson on Walter Benjamin?
exciting book post - a lovely introductory visual volume on the inimitable Lankan woman architect Minnette De Silva by Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi.
November 18, 2024 at 3:16 PM
exciting book post - a lovely introductory visual volume on the inimitable Lankan woman architect Minnette De Silva by Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi.
the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has more seats than the Rajapaksa Peramuna (SLPP) and that is the only reassurance needed today - valthukal 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #SriLanka
November 15, 2024 at 8:52 AM
the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has more seats than the Rajapaksa Peramuna (SLPP) and that is the only reassurance needed today - valthukal 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #SriLanka