IFA@Bangalore | Exhibition | CONTINUUM | November 09 – 28, 2019 | The Gallery
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) in collaboration with RMZ Foundation
presents
CONTINUUM
at
The Gallery
RMZ Ecoworld Road, Adarsh Palm Retreat, Bellandur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560103
On View between: November 09 to 28, 2019 | 11: 00 AM - 06:00 PM (closed on Tuesdays)
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is delighted to be collaborating with RMZ Foundation in presenting CONTINUUM, an exhibition featuring the works of Abul Kalam Azad, Alakananda Nag, Anitha Balachandran, Avik Mukhopadhayay, Dhruv Jani, Pallavi Paul and Sahej Rahal, Sarbajit Sen and Soumya Sankar Bose. The exhibit includes photographs, video projection, animation projection, gaming projection, graphic narrative and film screenings.
About the works on view:
Men of Pukar by Abul Kalam Azad are photographic works in black and white, drawing on descriptions of the landscape and inhabitants of Poompuhar or Pukar in Tamil Nadu, from the ancient Tamil epic Silappadikaram. The project explores questions around identity and territory, and provides a contemporary visual interpretation of the Sangam-era epic. Abul Kalam Azad is a photographer based in Kochi.
Hold Nothing Dear: Armenians of Calcutta by Alakananda Nag is a photo book with text and photographs on Calcutta’s oldest minority community, the Armenians. This project looks at important contributions made by the Armenian community in terms of architecture, trade and culture in the city of Calcutta. Alakananda is a Goa-based photographer.
The grant to Alakananda Nag is made possible with support from Technicolor India.
Intervals, Departures and The Journey by Anitha Balachandran are experimental short films. Intervals is a film on time, memory and technology. Created as a formal experiment, Departures provokes these questions - what can technology retain of a human presence? how much is lost or forgotten, overwritten by time? The Journey is an excerpt from a longer animated film on the life of the early twentieth century musician Abdul Karim Khan (1872 –1937). Anitha Balachandran is a Bangalore-based experimental animation film maker.
Transformer Room by Avik Mukhopadhayay is a stop-motion short film, based on the novel titled Lubdhak – The Dog Star by noted Bengali writer Nabarun Bhattacharya. Avik is a three-time National Award winning Cinematographer and Director.
The grant to Avik Mukhopadhayay is made possible with support from Technicolor India.
A Museum of Dubious Splendors by Dhruv Jani is a storybook from the world of Somewhere. Adapted from a collection of etiological tales written by the Gujarati poet Mir Umar Hassan, this game is an attempt at translating and restoring the original fragmented work into coherent fiction. Dhruv studied at National Institute of Design (NID) and describes himself as “a self-taught game designer”; he is based in Vapi.
The grant to Dhruv Jani is made possible with support from Technicolor India.
The Common Task by Pallavi Paul and Sahej Rahal is an experimental HD video film on the Mars One project, which aims to set up the first human settlement in Mars. It is about the proposition of a one-way trip to Mars, and explores the philosophical possibilities of interplanetary travel.
This grant to Pallavi Paul and Sahej Rahal is made possible with support from Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT).
Ramblings by Sarbajit Sen is a graphic novel aiming at mapping an entire Bengali middle class mindscape with its age-old romantic revolutionary illusions and dreams and, later, its despair after the collapse of the Left Front government in West Bengal. On display will be excerpts from this novel. Sarbajit Sen is a cartoonist/graphic artist and film maker based in Kolkata.
The grant to Sarbajit Sen is made possible with support from Technicolor India.
Let's Sing an Old Song by Soumya Sankar Bose features photographs of Jatra artistes. Jatra is a theatre form of undivided Bengal that dates back to the 16th century. Taken over a period of time, these photographs capture the changing lives of the artistes, the characters they played, and their connection and allegiance to the Jatra. Soumya Sankar Bose is a Kolkata-based documentary photographer.
About RMZ Foundation:
RMZ Foundation aims to create equitable, inclusive growth and build resilient communities. Through the three pillars of change - Art, Sustainability and Innovation – the RMZ Foundation seeks to promote the well-being of humanity. Their engagement and outreach using art offers the community powerful transformational experiences that create an impact and bring about positive change within both rural and urban environments. At its core, the Foundation is about creating real, transformative change. For more details log onto http://www.rmzfoundation.org/.