For research on the significance of artist-designer Riten Mozumdar’s life and work while exploring areas of undocumented cultural, political and institutional histories between the 1950s and 1970s. By analysing Mozumdar’s work within its economic and cultural contexts and situating his practice within Nehruvian socialistic aesthetics of the newly-independent nation, this project will attempt to address the lack of scholarship on the history of modern Indian design. The outcome of this project will be an essay on Riten Mozumdar. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final reports will be the essay, extensive visual documentation, audiovisual interviews with experts from the field and an archival presentation on Riten Mozumdar’s life and work. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, travel, food and living costs, professional fee, equipment rental, scanning and photocopying costs, library and archive fees, and an accountant’s fee.
For research on Cham, a Tibetan Buddhist ritual, at the monasteries of Kye in the upper Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh, and Diskit in the Nubra Valley in Ladakh. Through a comparative study of the histories, sites, contemporary performances and material culture of the Cham, this project aims to unpack the notions of ‘tradition’ and ‘authenticity’ to understand the making of and the relationships between religious, cultural and political identities. The outcome of this project will be comprehensive photographic documentation and a series of essays on the transformations impacting the form and function of the Cham. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final reports will be a series of essays and photographic documentation. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, travel, food and living costs, professional fees, books, stationery and photocopying, internet, phone bills and SD cards and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of gaming interventions as a theatrical strategy to examine and reimagine the issues related to the urban commons in Bangalore, with a specific focus on lakes, in the face of rapid and brutal development. Using the tools and elements from Live Action Role Playing games (LARP), participatory art, and storytelling, the audience will be invited to take on roles to play the game. The outcome of the project will be this interactive game theatre performance played over ten engagements in the Sarjapur/ Bellandur neighbourhoods. The Grantee's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a detailed textual illustrated document outlining the game design process, interview records and transcripts, and photographic and video documentation of game-testing, final production, and the subsequent ten engagements with audience. Grant funds will pay for game productions,professional fees, fabrication costs, honorarium, travel and conveyance, printing, materials, books, venue, refreshments and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules for eighth-grade students of the Government PU College (High School division), Sullia, Dakshina Kannada district. The project will involve students in exploring and documenting the community ritual practice of Bhutaradhane and its literary component the Pardanas, which represent the cultural identity of the Tuluva community. The outcomes of the project will be a publication and a performance. 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, printing, professional fees, performance, workshop, documentation, materials 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, 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.
