IFA@Goa | Two Exhibitions: Unravelling Stories & Layers | Open Day: July 14, 2019 | Goa Chitra & Carpe Diem Gallery
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) in collaboration with Goa Chitra
invites you to two exhibitions
Unravelling Stories curated by Lina Vincent
Open Day: Sunday, July 14, 2019 | 11:30 AM - 05:30 PM | Carpe Diem Gallery, Goa
Art and Learning Centre & Café, 81/2, Godinho House, Gomes Waddo, Costa Vaddo Road, Majorda, Goa – 403 713
On view from: July 16 to 19, 2019 | 10:00 AM to 07:00 PM
and
Layers curated by Aparajita Bhasin
Open Day: Sunday, July 14, 2019 | 11.30 AM – 05:30 PM | Goa Chitra, Goa
Please join us for a wine reception between 06:00 PM and 07:30 PM
Goa Chitra, H.No. 498, Near Auxilium High School, Benaulim, Goa - 403 716
On view from: July 15 to 17, 2019 | 09:00 AM to 06:00 PM
We are delighted to invite you to Unravelling Stories curated by Lina Vincent at Carpe Diem Gallery and Layers curated by Aparajita Bhasin at Goa Chitra.
Lina Vincent and Aparajita Bhasin received Archival and Museum Fellowships from IFA to work with the Goa Chitra in Goa.
Goa Chitra is an ethnographic museum that has more than 40,000 artefacts connected with Goa’s agrarian roots that include agricultural tools, traditional distillery tools, fishing tools and implements, coconut oil processing tools, traditional pottery, cane woven objects, religious objects of the Catholic and Hindu faiths. Together with Goa Chakra and Goa Cruti, the museums narrate the history of Goa through objects, texts and oral histories that have been collected from the older members of the community.
Lina’s exhibition Unravelling Stories brings together the artworks of 12 artists who were invited by the curator to engage with the Goa Chitra collection. The artworks are a result of their multilayered exploration of varied aspects of the material culture of the objects. While some artists have connected with experiences of identity and belonging, others have interpreted personal and collective memory, or developed commentaries on heritage, its loss and preservation. Through drawing, painting, sculpture and lens-based art, the compilation unravels different stories that lie beneath the obvious records of history. The exhibition also showcases works from 3 workshops that Lina had with students over the fellowship period.
Lina Vincent is a cultural practitioner committed to socially engaged arts practice that reflects in multidisciplinary projects she has developed and participated in. With 18 years’ experience in research, curation and public art programming, she is currently Associate Curator with ARTPORT_making waves and Chief Program Designer, Visual Art & Design for Sublime’s ArtEd Bangalore.
Aparajita’s Layers is an immersive media exhibit of artefacts from the Goa Chitra. Over the fellowship period Aparajita has digitally documented select objects to create 3D models using cutting edge immersive mediums such as Virtual Reality and Augumented Reality. Visitors to the museum are invited to view the Virtual Reality film which contextualises artefacts from the museum in a surreal virtual world and to play the Augmented Reality mobile game set within the museum which intends to spark the curiosity of the onlooker.
Aparajita Bhasin is a researcher and manages digital heritage projects. She is associated with Quicksand Design Studio and UnBox Cultural Futures Society for interactive art experience creation and digital heritage, outreach and public engagement for cultural programmes, exhibition design and production management.
The Archival and Museum Fellowships initiative from India Foundation for the Arts, in collaboration with Goa Chitra, is made possible with support from Tata Trusts.