For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Productions that is towards a manuscript of a graphic journal The Art-Educators’ Diary, an illustrated account of the work of art-educators in the form of comics in Hindi. The book will hold stories and experiences of art-educators working in alternate learning spaces for children - care homes, learning centers, libraries and NGO run schools. This will be a handbook which will include research, stories, anecdotes, challenges, conversations with students and art educators, and even lesson plans and curriculum through hand-drawn comics. The outcome of this project will be a graphic journal for art educators. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be documentation materials from the project and the graphic journal. Project funds will pay for contract fee, printing, travel and living, materials, workshop, and communication.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will delve into a world-building, exploring ‘aphantamophia’, as an artistic inquiry into a speculative future, where humanity loses internal imagery, ceding memory to machine, and the artistic process involves writing, filmmaking, and the making of physical artifacts, to investigate the transformation of seeing, knowing and technological dependence. The outcome of the project will be world-building, experimentations with multimedia installation, involving film, writings, photography, or books. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the audio-visual documentation of the artistic process, writings, films, or photographs. Project funds will pay for Contract Fees, Printing, Hire of Equipment, Materials, and Subscription to Software.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will delve into a multiform inquiry into the Najafgarh drain in Delhi, juxtaposing its current ecological reality in the form of a sonic photo-essay, with an experimental play about the historical figure of Mirza Najaf Khan. The outcome of the project will be photography and sound captures leading to a sonic photo-essay, and an experimental play. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the audio-visual documentation of the artistic process, and the photo-essay. Project funds will pay for Contract Fees, Travel and Living, Hire of Equipment, Archive and Library Fees, Printing and materials.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Arts Platforms that will facilitate puppet labs as a platform that will train puppeteers, facilitating collaborations with senior artists as mentors, thus providing a supportive environment for creating experimental work in puppetry, and thereby building a skilled and connected community. The outcomes of the project will be the puppet lab, online mentoring sessions and final showcase of four new final puppetry shows. The Project Coordinator's deliverables to IFA, along with the final report, will be the photographic and audio-visual documentation of the artistic process of the labs, workshops and the final puppetry shows. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, materials, documentation, printing and stationery.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Arts Platforms that will create a podcast series exploring the intersection of copyright law and art. Hosted by a lawyer and musician, it will leverage the uniqueness of human voice as an art tool, which is common to podcasts, vocal music and resonant legal rhetoric. The outcomes of the project will be a series of podcasts that will demystify, and simplify copyright law and art, to make the information more accessible to artists, through discussions between law experts and artists. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA, along with the final report, will include podcast episodes, along with corresponding infographics and social media posts. Project funds will pay for contract fees, production, hire of venue, and stationery.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will facilitate research towards creative outcomes on the letters of correspondences in the collection of the Archives at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), through a feminist epistemology entry point. The outcomes of the project will be a collapsible-extendable-mobile performance script and a sound installation inspired by the ideas of opacity and translucency in archives and acts of listening. The Project Coordinator’s final deliverables to IFA along with the final reports will be the performance script, audio-visual documentation of the online and offline performances, photos and audios of the installation. This is a collaboration with the Archives at NCBS, Bangalore, Karnataka. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, and production.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations which will explore the dissonance between physical bodies and societal gender expectations through silent graphic narratives and a dynamic sculpture, drawing on queer and trans experiences to subvert conventional body representations. The outcome of the project will be in the form of an anthology of silent graphic narratives with around six stories, and a corresponding sculptural exploration of the narrative in physical form. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the graphic anthology, as well as photographic documentation of the sculptural exploration. Project funds will pay for materials, publication and contract fees.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA titled Mera Aas Pados, that will engage fourth and fifth grade students studying at BND Public School, a school run by Dehat Uthan and Cultural Society in New Delhi, Delhi to facilitate an exploration of their cultural roots and identity through a series of multidisciplinary activities. The project attempts to foster a connection to their lived experiences in Katwaria Sarai. The outcome of the project will be an exhibition and a publication. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be photographs, the copies of the publication, the process document and video documentation of the entire project. Project funds will pay for contract fees, workshop, publication, exhibition, hiring equipment and travel and living.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will experiment with the making of an artist book in the form of a dragon-scale scroll, containing the micro-narratives of the Mahakali River, as a site of spirituality, and cross-border trade. The outcome of the project will be an artist book experimenting with the form of a dragon-scale scroll. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the soft copy of the artist book, and photographs of the artistic process. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, and materials.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will examine the urban youth subculture of skateboarding in Humayunpur, Delhi, using the camera as a diagnostic tool to delve into the social realities around the subculture as an affective act. The outcome of the project will be a photo essay or a short documentary. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a photo essay or a short documentary along with images of artistic process. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, and hire of equipment.
