For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School, Harappanahalli in Bellary district. The project will engage fifth and sixth grade students in theatrical activities to explore the lakes and document the traditional systems of water management that were constructed during the time of Raja Somashekara Nayaka in and around the region. The outcome of the project will be a Doddata performance. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, travel and living, materials, performance, workshop, professional fees, documentation and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of curated artistic engagements in Bangalore which will explore the different aspects of the city through the experiences of its various inhabitants. The events will include an art exhibition on the city, a comic zine-making workshop, a contemporary retake on Bangalore picture postcards, a city mapping project, an event of children drawing their favourite trees in the city, a photography project of portraits of the city-dwellers, a walk in a garden with a botanist and a curatorial mentoring for an exhibition of a landscape artist in the city. The outcomes of the project will be art exhibitions, comic books, postcards, maps, drawings, photographic portraits and a guide on trees. The Grantee's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a detailed textual and illustrated document of the curatorial process and outcomes, photo and video documentation of the events, comics, maps, botanical guides and exhibition catalogues. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, materials, space hire and other rentals, design and printing, refreshment and workshop expenses, documentation costs and transport.
For a photography-based exploration of the phenomenon of ‘Random Amit’ in Bangalore, which reinforces the stereotype of the brash North Indian male who has migrated into the city. Using the medium of photography and text, propagated in a participatory mode through social media and offline encounters, the project will interrogate the popular, humorous and pejorative nickname Amit. It will explore the subjects’ sense of inhabiting this idea of a monolithic, homogeneous North Indian identity in a fast-changing Bangalore. The outcome of the project will be a photo exhibition. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be the photographs and texts from the exhibition, still and video documentation of the exhibition, the crowd-sourced materials, and recordings of the interviews. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, printing, equipment hire, local conveyance, professional fees, venue hire, exhibition costs, stationery and materials, software purchase and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School, Heggar, Ankola, Uttara Kannada district. The project will involve 43 students in various arts-integrated activities centred on food recipes of the community. The outcome of this project will be set of radio plays titled Aahaara Samskriti—Idu Namma Oota ('Food Culture —This is our Food'). The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a digital recording of the radio plays, photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, workshop and material, audio recording and editing, professional fees, travel, documentation and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School in Dodda Thimmayyana Palya (DT Palya) village, Tumakuru district. The project will involve sixth and seventh grade students in various literary and visual arts activities in a process of exploring the local history, geography, arts and science associated with the town Madhugiri in Tumakuru district. The outcome of the project will be an exhibition and a publication. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be a copy of the publication, photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, stationery and material, printing and publication, travel, professional fees, exhibition, documentation, preparatory and accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For the creation of a film that will explore the overlapping relationships among memory, place, and personal archive. Located in Amritsar and anchored on the life, memories and archive of Charandas Bangia, a refugee of the Partition, the project is a cinematic exploration of ways in which personal history overlaps with the larger political narratives. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be the film and video recordings of the interviews. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, equipment hire, materials, travel and living, communication and stationery, library and archive fees and accountant’s fee.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Higher Primary School in Aletti, Dakshina Kannada district. The project will involve fifth-grade students to learn English through various literary and theatre arts processes that explore the local history of the freedom struggle against the British colonisers in 1834. The outcome of the project will be a performance, an exhibition and a publication. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, workshop and performance, documentation and printing, travel, professional fees, material and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Kasturba Girls Residential School, Kadampur, Bagalkot district. The project will involve sixth to eighth grade students in various visual arts, story-telling, street plays and theatre integrated activities centred on the lives of people from villages submerged during the construction of dams across the river Krishna in the district. The outcome of this project will be a series of performances and radio-plays. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be still and video documentation of the project and digital copies of the radio-plays. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, performance and exhibition, travel, professional fees, printing documentation, material and an accountant’s fee.
This grant supports a photography-based exploration of the history, architecture, and cultural memory of Building No. 37 that was opened to citizens in 1973, as the tallest built space in Bangalore. Delving into narratives of nostalgia, dismay, hope, and indifference, the project seeks to investigate into the conception of the building, the impact it has had on the city and imagine its possible futures. The outcomes of the project will be an on-site multimedia exhibition / installation comprising of audio, photographs and sketches, a photo essay, a personal essay and a website. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photographs and sketches from the project, photographs of the exhibition, the photo essay, audio recordings of the interviews, the website and the personal essay on the building. Grant funds will pay for equipment and studio hire, professional fees, honorarium, printing, mounting and publicity, local conveyance, costumes and props, stationery and refreshments, and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Higher Primary School in Mukta Gudadur, Koppala district. The project will involve sixth to eighth-grade students in various craft, literary, and folk arts activities to explore and document the quilt-making practices of the region. The outcome of the project will be a performance, an exhibition, and a publication. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be a copy of the publication, photographs and video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, printing, workshop, performance, professional fees, travel, documentation, and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School, Belandoor, Dakshina Kannada district. The project will enable seventh-grade students to explore the ecosystem of a local river, Kumaradhara. Drawing on content from their geography, mathematics, language and science syllabi, students will attempt to learn about the journey of the river, the flora and fauna around it, and its centrality in the environment of the region. They will be encouraged to respond through their creative expressions. The outcome of this project will be an exhibition and a publication. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a copy of the publication, photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, workshop and materials, travel, exhibition and printing, documentation, professional fees and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School, Haandi, Chikkamagalur district. The project will involve fifth to seventh-grade students to study, analyse and sing the Shatpadis — six-line poetic stanzas— from the Jaimini Bharata composed by Lakshmisha, the 16th century Kannada poet from the region. The outcome of the project will be a performance. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees, travel, performance, documentation, workshop and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Model Higher Primary School, Kalladka, Dakshina Kannada district. The project will involve 30 students in various engagements to understand, analyse, and critique different aspects of the performing arts and enable them to write about it. The outcome will be a bi-monthly arts newsletter created by the students. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be copies of the publication, photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, printing, workshop, professional fees, travel, postal charges, documentation and an accountant’s fee.
For an artistic engagement involving the children of Richards Town, Bangalore, including students of the Clarence School on Pottery Road and the children of the Pourakarmikas who work in the ward, led by a local artist and a design firm. The children will be encouraged to explore the environs surrounding Richards Park and their connections to the neighbourhood. The outcome of the project will be a three-day artistic intervention culminating in the creation of artworks on the walls along the railway track on Pottery Road. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photo documentation of the three-day event and digital copies of the artworks. Grant funds will pay for refreshment, material, digitising and printing, and communication and outreach.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Model Primary School, Hongasandra, Bangalore. The project will enable fifth-grade students to explore the world of matchboxes: their design and the reasons behind it, their typography, and their geographical journeys. The outcome will be a matchbox museum set up in the school. Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, workshop and material, professional fees, documentation and printing, travel, exhibition and an accountant’s fee.
