For research that will attempt to explore the hitherto unresearched and marginalised narratives of lead actresses of the mainstage as well as frontline comic actresses of the Company Theatre in Kannada (1960 to present). It will examine ways in which they define and defy notions of female respectability and vulgarity through their performances and selfhood. The outcomes of this project will be a series of essays in Kannada, a photo essay and a script outline for a theatre performance. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final reports will be the essays, the photo-essay, the script, and audiovisual documentation of the present day Company Theatre performances in Karnataka. Grant funds will pay for travel and living costs, honorarium, professional fee, consumables and an accountant’s fees.
For creating a series of participatory art events around a few industrial campuses in the city, to trace the unacknowledged story of life in the surrounding villages of these institutions that were a part of the formation of Bangalore as a metropolis. The outcomes of this project will be a digital archive of the collected stories, curated walks, and performances led by the members of the community and a travelling exhibition to showcase cartographic representations reflecting personal experiences of the community members. 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 curated walks and performances, soft copy of the digital archive, soft copies of exhibition panels, and cartographic visualisation, short films and photo essays. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, exhibition costs, equipment hire, venue hire, local conveyance and hospitality, digital archives costs, 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 community-based art practitioner who is a football coach and co-founder of Shining Stars Football Club, to create a series of participatory art events based on skills and tactics of football as a form of art and creative expression, with the children from two marginalised communities in Bangalore. The outcomes of the project will be zines, magazine, murals, community playbook kit, roadside games, exhibitions, performances and a festival. 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, publicity materials, the community playbook kit, and copies of the zines and magazine. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, material costs, local conveyance, equipment hire, publicity, space hire and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of artistic engagements exploring the ecology of birds in the Kammanahalli neighbourhood of Bangalore. By inviting residents to experience, share and create spaces for birds, the project will attempt to build their connections to the environment and encourage accountability towards it. The outcome of the project will be the artistic interventions that the residents will undertake, and a film documenting their reflections. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photo-documentation of the process and the artistic interventions and the film. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, materials, and installation costs.
For the creation of an online soundscape of the city, drawn from journeys undertaken on the route of the No 201 series of buses in Bangalore. Weaving together personal and shared experiences on Bangalore’s bus journeys, this project, through the sensorial experience of sound and written text, aims to understand the persona of the city through sonic experiences on the bus. The outcomes of the project will be a curated bus album of soundscapes and songs played in the bus, a website containing the bus route maps embedded with the sounds on these routes and a journal of personal impressions from the bus trips. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be audio recordings of the bus journeys, the curated bus album, the maps of the routes of the bus with embedded sound and texts, a copy of the journal, and the website downloaded on a drive. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, professional fee, local conveyance and an accountant’s fee.
For an exploration into the distinct smells that make up the city of Bangalore. Drawing upon interviews and research, the project seeks to understand the relationship between memory, associations, people and places through olfactory perceptions and imaginations. The outcomes of this project will be a book containing photographs, research text and an olfactory map of Bangalore with specially created samples of perfume. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photographs, audio and video documentation, and the book. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, materials, printing, equipment hire, honorarium, local conveyance 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 the making of an experimental docu-fiction film which will explore the precariousness of the lives and work of freelance Computer Graphics (CG) and Visual Effects (VFX) artists in the South Indian film industry. It will explore the dual invisibility of these artists - within the organised film studio system as well as in the aspired anonymity of the CG image itself - making their existence fragile and tenuous. The outcomes of the project will be the film and part of the work hosted on an online portal as interactive digital fictions. The grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a high-resolution copy of the film and an offline version of the interactive online portal on a hard disk. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, travel and living, equipment hire, website creation, purchase of e-books and online subscriptions and an accountant’s fee.
For examining the history, memories, and experiences of the Sindhi community that has made Bangalore their home post the Partition of India. Through interviews across two generations, the project will explore notions of identity and home, memories of tradition, and experiences within the changing cityscape of Bangalore. The outcome of the project will be a short film. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be the short film and documentation of interviews. Grant funds will pay for documentation, post-production and professional fees.
For the creation of a dystopic science fiction tale exploring the human relationship with the internet and the possible impact of its absence. The project aims to explore themes of human rights, censorship, net neutrality and imposed restriction of access to the internet through interviews with diverse users. The outcome of this project will be a dramatised reading with music, interspersed with illustrations. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be documentation of the process and a recording of the performance. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees, and performance costs.
For speculation of the future of artistic sovereignty, amidst threats to digital privacy in the age of surveillance statecraft. As a diagnosis of the precariousness of arts philanthropy in the subcontinent, the grant will combine elements from superfiction, participatory art and institutional critique. The outcome of the project will be a video lecture performance. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be the video of the lecture performance and Zoom tapestries. Grant funds will pay for professional fees and materials.
