For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will engage in dialogues with individuals who practice expansive queerness, creatively documenting the diverse ways in which queer trans people live and express themselves. The outcome of the project will be a creative documentation of trans, gender expansive expressions, and lives from a trans and neurodiverse lens. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a website archiving responses from six to eight people, exploring the themes of gender joy, community building, and neurodivergence. Project funds will pay for contract fees, and website hosting.
For the Foundation Project implemented by IFA which will explore the life and work of feminist thinker, writer, educator and political activist, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932), who lived across Kolkata and Patna, through the lens of virtual games to prompt conversations and contemporary interpretations. The outcomes of this project will be audiovisual documentation from the field and a digital archive. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA along with the final reports will be extensive audiovisual documentation, including interviews from the field, field notes and a download of the material of the digital archive in soft copy. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, hire of equipment, materials, printing, purchase of books and stationery.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Productions, to create a series of architectural sculptures based on memories, oral narratives and legends of people from the Kurdi village in Goa. Following the construction of the Selaulim dam in 1977, the ancient Kurdi village was submerged and over 3000 families were displaced. By sculpturally reconstructing remembrances, this project attempts to resist erasure and re-frame memory and recuperation, offering an alternative artistic methodology for documenting forgotten histories. The outcome of the project will be the series of sculptures. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be still and video documentation of the process and the architectural sculptures. Project funds will pay for professional fees, materials, equipment hire and travel.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA titled Entry-Points which is a research project that will use select objects from the Museum of Christian Art (MoCA) in Goa to trace larger global histories of iconographic and material affinities that resulted from cross-cultural transmission of ideas and objects among Europe, Asia and the Indian Ocean littoral. Beginning with the sixteenth century, the project will stage unexpected constellations of objects from the museum and elsewhere, together with contemporary artworks, to offer new frameworks of interpretation for a cultural moment that was unique to Asia. The outcomes will be an e-catalogue/book of the staged materials and newly commissioned artworks, a workshop and a three-part seminar. The Principal Investigator's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the book, and video and audio material related to the public events. This project is a collaboration with the MoCA, Goa. Project funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees, printing and stationery, and travel and living expenses.
This Project was Terminated by IFA and the Project Coordinator is ineligible to apply to IFA in the future.
For the making of an audio-drama based on 25 stories of women, who have used the internet to flip the power structure and reverse the gaze. Titled Watching You, Watching Me, the drama will explore the many-layered and complex relationships that women have had with visibility on the internet and the numerous ways in which they have dared to both defy and re-imagine it. The outcome of the project will be the audio-drama. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be a recording of the audio-drama together with documentation of the process. Grant funds will pay for post-production, professional fees and honorarium.
For working with the cluster of three museums - Goa Chitra, Goa Chakra and Goa Cruti - which narrates the history of Goa through objects, texts and oral histories. This fellowship supports research that will unravel stories about 15 iconic objects from the museum’s collections. Using objects as the point of departure, the project attempts to make visible the many layers of narratives around them through engagements with a diverse range of people that includes experts in the field, artists, anthropologists and children. These stories hope to reveal not only the historic and contemporary significance of the objects but also the material, aesthetic and human histories around them. The outcome will be mobile exhibitions where select objects can be exhibited outside the museum space, gallery walks, children’s workshops, repair cafes, sound and light projections, performances, talks, and demonstrations by craftspersons. The Fellow’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be process images, audio recordings, texts and publication, if any.
For working with the cluster of three museums - Goa Chitra, Goa Chakra and Goa Cruti - which narrates the history of Goa through objects, texts and oral histories. This fellowship supports research that will document, disseminate and make accessible, knowledge about objects in the collections through digital and immersive media. Mobile applications created around the collection attempt to not only extend the reach of the museum, but also engage and educate a younger generation steeped in technology and social media. The outcome will be augmented reality workshops, mobile apps and an exhibition of the content created during the workshops. The Fellow’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be process images, audio recordings, images of the exhibition, the apps and a publication, if any.
For the third edition of a four-month residency programme, which will enable four Indian photographers from diverse cultural backgrounds to explore and experiment with different approaches to the photographic medium. This edition will introduce a spot for a writer-in-residence to help initiate the practice of photography writing in India.
For the creation of a sound installation using information gathered on the usage, wastage, and pollution of water in India. Tentatively titled Water.org the work seeks to understand the politics around water resources in India and build awareness about it. The outcome will be an exhibition of the interactive installation and an e-book created from information gathered from multiple sources. The Grantee's deliverables to IFA with the Final Report will be the material gathered for the work, an E-book, images of the graphical notation score, photographs of the process and media reports of the exhibition. Grant funds will pay for costs towards purchase of materials, professional fees, travel, and an accountant’s fee.
For a visual and written exploration of the idea of attachment through an engagement with the minority community of Armenians in Kolkata. Using alternative photographic processes involving unique materials, this project seeks to bring a forgotten and almost extinct Armenian community to the forefront of discussions through a researched body of work. The outcomes of this project will be an exhibition/ installation comprising documentary photographs of spaces and objects, negatives in the collections of the families and portraits of family members prepared using alternative photographic processes; and the draft of a book containing photographs and essays. The Grantee's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the photographs, the draft of the book and still and video documentation of the exhibition / installation. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, material costs, travel and living costs, purchase of books, studio hire, stationery and printing, and an accountant’s fee.
