28 January – 19 February 2012
Exhibition of Raking Leaves Special Editions 2008-2012 (2011) is held at Project Jan-Path. The works are displayed in response to the unique surroundings of Project Jan-Path’s Brick House, a twin-house residence designed and built in 1979 by the architect Dr R. S. Sodhi.

8 December 2011
Raking Leaves launches The Incomplete Thombu (2011) by T. Shanaathanan.

2 December 2011
“Put simply, The Incomplete Thombu by Sri Lankan Tamil artist T. Shanaathanan is, for us, one of 2011′s most compelling publications. It is art, but in the form of a book that deftly entwines it with architecture, drawing, the memory of loss and an eerily compelling exploration of what makes a home, a home by those who have left it behind, or lost it to the war.” writes Sanjana Hattotuwa, TED Fellow and founder of Groundviews Sri Lanka’s first and international award-winning citizens journalism website.
http://groundviews.org/2011/12/02/the-incomplete-thombu-a-compelling-interlace-of-architecture-drawing-memory-and-art/

1–12 December 2011
Exhibition of Mismatches (2011), a series of 9 paintings by T. Shanaathanan to accompany his book project The Incomplete Thombu (2011) is held at Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo.

1–12 December 2011
Exhibition of Untitled (2011), video projection by T. Shanaathanan and RESERVED (2006), video projection by Bani Abidi is held at Barefoot Gallery, Colombo.

1 December 2011
Raking Leaves launches two new book projects, The Incomplete Thombu (2011) by T. Shanaathanan and The Speech Writer (2011) by Bani Abidi at Barefoot Gallery in Colombo. The Launch is accompanied by an exhibition of artworks created by both the artist and a book signing event.

15 November 2011
Bani Abidi discusses her book project in conversation with Grant Watson and Bryony Dixon.

15 November December 2011
Bani Abidi signed copies of her book project The Speech Writer following a panel discussion to accompany the book project’s launch in London.

15 November 2011
The artist Bani Abidi, Bryony Dixon, curator Silent Film, British Film Institute and Grant Watson, Senior Curator and Research Associate discuss The Speech Writer, in relation to silent cinema, the artist’s practise and the characterisation of the citizen and the individual within the wider cultural debates surrounding nationhood.

15 November 2011
Raking launches The Speech Writer by Bani Abidi at London’s Free Word Centre. The Speech Writer is a fictional documentary presented in the form of 10 flip books that follow a day-in-the life of a retired speech writer. The artist will be in London for this book signing event.