For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will facilitate research towards production of a comprehensive illustrated catalogue for selected objects from the collection of Silver at Zapurza Museum of Art and Cultures (ZMAC) in Pune, Maharashtra. The research for the catalogue will anchor itself at the intersection of history of design, consumption and material culture. The outcomes of this project will be the draft of the illustrated catalogue along with workshops and plans and prototypes of public programming that will be executed during the course of the project and beyond that by the museum. The Project Coordinator’s final deliverables to IFA along with the final reports will be the draft of the illustrated catalogue, supplementary research outputs, the proceedings and audio-visual recordings of the workshop and the plans of the public programming. This is a collaboration with the Zapurza Museum of Art and Culture in Pune, Maharashtra. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, purchase of books, printing and workshop.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will facilitate research towards an exhibition and a catalogue essay of selected objects from the collection of Silver at Zapurza Museum of Art and Cultures (ZMAC) in Pune, Maharashtra. The exhibition will create a narrative-based scenography by looking at a select range of objects, curated through the lens of domesticity, gender, patronage and changing consumption patterns. The outcomes of this project will be an exhibition plan and curatorial inputs, catalogue essay, object notes to accompany the exhibition, detailed research notes and bibliography, an online or hybrid seminar, training modules for museum staff and prototype for on-site activities. The Project Coordinator’s final deliverables to IFA along with the final reports will be the photographs and curatorial notes of the exhibition, detailed research notes and bibliography, draft of the catalogue essay, the proceedings and audio-visual recordings of the seminar, and drafts of the plan and prototype for onsite activities at the museums. This is a collaboration with the Zapurza Museum of Art and Culture in Pune, Maharashtra. Project funds will pay for travel and living, contract fees, archive and library fees.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will facilitate research towards creation of two exhibitions on the artistic legacy of Pune based on the collections at Zapurza Museum of Art and Culture in Pune, Maharashtra. The project will explore how art evolved in Pune when it was the seat of Maratha rule, how the emergent visual arts and literary world influenced nationalist movement, its evolution under colonial influence and finally how it was informed and shaped by the tradition of community practices, rituals and festivals. The outcomes of this project will be the two exhibitions, draft of research essays, audio-visual documentation and a series of public programming including workshops. The Project Coordinator’s final deliverables to IFA along with the final reports will be the photos and videos of the exhibitions, curatorial research output, the research essays, copies of audio-visual documentation and proceedings from the workshops and public programming. This is a collaboration with the Zapurza Museum of Art and Culture in Pune, Maharashtra. Project funds will pay for contract fees, materials, travel and living, printing, hire of equipment and workshop.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will involve two women filmmakers to explore a Zubaan-published story on witchcraft titled Cast Out authored by Samhita Arni, by developing a distinct design vocabulary through a collaborative process of experimental storytelling. The outcome of the project will be the pre-production process of the animation film adaptation of the fictional piece. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a pre-visualisation bible, (including the design aesthetic, visual script, soundscape) and a learning document, as a compendium of the artistic process in this interdisciplinary collaboration. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, materials, hire of equipment, and subscription of software services.
For the Foundation Project implemented by IFA which will facilitate research towards challenging the traditional museum catalogue to design one or more decks of 52 cards - a kind of ‘pocket museum’ - created as a game that would be a tool for curatorial reimagination of the collection at the regional gallery at the Bihar Museum, Patna. The outcomes of the project will be these decks of cards with possible interactive screens and QR codes to aid visitors to curate their own exhibitions digitally, a reference map, and a digital rendition of the game that can be played remotely. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA along with the final reports will be the set of physical cards, samples of visitor curated digital exhibitions, the reference map and the digital version of the game, along with recordings of workshops conducted for in-house curators and visitors. This is a collaboration with the Bihar Museum. Project funds will pay for contract fees, printing and pre-production.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Productions, which will explore the politics of hierarchies and erasures of languages through a study of five scripts namely Mahajani, Modi lipi, Tamil numerals, Devanagari and Kannada. Titled Degrees of Exclusion of Languages, this project will attempt to understand linguistic divide as a core dimension of the national education enterprise and a crucial axis of negotiation within our public domain and democracy. It will explore cultural dilemmas and strategies of survival that languages have struggled with. The outcomes from this project will be a set of three-dimensional physical and digital letterpress moveable types for all the five scripts, letterpress prints, lithographs on paper, and a booklet that catalogues all the letters in these scripts in the form that they have existed so far. The Project Coordinator's deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be the digital models, a set of physical letterpress types, copies of the lithographs, copies of the letterpress prints and the catalogue will be the deliverables from this project to IFA. Project funds will pay for materials, contract fees, studio hire, travel and living.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations, which will examine how the trauma of seeing violent imagery online including on social media can be sublimated through drawing by hand. As a critique of the desensitisation caused by the incessant consumption of online images including those of violence, the project will explore how the aspects of materiality and time in drawing these images by hand transform their resonance and politics. The outcomes of the project will be a series of drawings and lecture performances. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a documentation of the drawings and lecture performances, along with screen recordings and videos created during the process. Project funds will pay for materials, consumables, professional fees, software subscriptions and honorarium.
For research to explore and compile the personal stories of a tenacious group of women producers, directors, writers and film technicians working in Mollywood in Kerala, a film industry dominated by men. The project will construct vivid and contrasting accounts of the Women in Cinema Collective as they defiantly challenge rules of commercial cinema in the state. The outcome of this project will be a manuscript for a book and an installation. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final reports will be the manuscript and audiovisual documentation generated during the fieldwork. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees, travel, food and living costs, equipment rental, consumables and an accountant’s fee.
For the implementation of a Foundation project by IFA, which will result in an audio-visual documentation titled Influential Shahirs: Narratives from Marathwada, an archive of eight shahirs – poet performers - four men and four women in Maharashtra. These shahirs inspired by Dr B R Ambedkar’s ideals of social revolution, have been a source of great inspiration for the masses and their songs have helped to sustain the Dalit movement in the rural areas of the region. Yet little is known about the poets or the compositions, as their work has been completely ignored by the mainstream establishment. This project seeks to recognise, acknowledge and archive their work and their role in the promotion and sustenance of a long socio-political movement. The outcome will be a series of eight articles and eight audio/video recordings of live performances. The Principal Investigator's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the eight articles, the audio/video recordings and transcripts of the songs. This is a collaboration with the People’s Archive of Rural India - PARI. Project funds will pay for honorarium, travel, stationery and books and resources.
For a series of artistic engagements where womxn artists, rural and urban, will inhabit cyberspace at midnight for 25 nights, through live and pre-recorded videos of their performances, conversations and feminist readings. The theme of these sessions will be to celebrate occupying space and claiming agency. The outcomes of the project will be these sessions and a condensed five-minute video. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be the recordings of the 25 sessions and the five-minute video. Grant funds will pay for professional fees and honorarium.
