For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will examine the impact of human-made bodily norms to generate perspectives on the breast, as a form designed by society and culture along with biology. The outcomes of the project will be an artistic research paper, a process matrix, three ReBoob prototypes, and an installation. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the artistic research paper, and the visual documentation of the artistic process. Project funds will pay for materials, contract fees, installation, consumables, hire of equipment, printing, archive and library fee, and travel and living.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will examine the neurological concept of the “phantom limb” and Feldenkrais method for movement and stillness, through storywriting and devised theatre, to meditate on the neurological condition of pain, explore the interactions between science and the body, myth and memory, touch and untouch, history and fiction. The outcome of the project will be a series of collective devised theatre experiments, integrating Feldenkrais methods. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be audio-visual and photographic documentation of the artistic process. Project funds will pay for production, contract fees, and travel and living.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will explore how personal archives and stories of mothers and daughters can be translated through feminist storytelling, in the form of a graphic narrative that can be transposed onto a spatial installation, as a “living zine”. The outcome of the project will be a “living zine”, including a graphic narrative, through objects and space, as a spatial installation of feminist storytelling, and an open studio event. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will an artistic archive scrapbook, a zine/ mini comic, and visual documentation of the artistic process. Project funds will pay for contract fees, production, printing, materials, travel and living, and documentation.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will engage with Rafooghar (a community-based textile-led practice in New Delhi, where women gather) through sessions of stitching, drawing, assembling materials, visual notes, sound fragments, or a collection of prompts, to capture the subtle shifts in their shared space. The outcome of the project will be community-based art practice, as a series of women’s gatherings of collective noticing of what resists documentation, through embodied, material and relational forms of making. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the photographic and visual documentation of the artistic process. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, materials and documentation.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will examine the intersections of the mudras (hand gestures) in Odissi dance, and the Indian Sign Language (ISL) for the deaf, as a way of developing a deeper understanding of the relationship between classical dance, gesture, rhythm and embodied communication. The outcome of the project will be artistic collaboration between an Odissi dancer, deaf children, and an ISL interpreter, leading to a set of choreographic scores. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be audio-visual documentation of the artistic process. Project funds will pay for the contract fees, documentation, travel and living, consumables, materials and stationery, purchase of books, and printing.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will explore how Indian women conservation architects in India are reshaping conservation practices at a moment when digital technologies are increasingly mediating the preservation of the past. This project through site-based fieldwork and interviews will research how practitioners negotiate between material restoration and digital interventions. The outcomes of this project will be a corpus of oral histories along with a series of exhibitions as part of the research method and a scholarly article/research paper will be published in a reputed journal, contributing to the scholarship on feminist architectural historiography. The Project Coordinator’s final deliverables to IFA, along with the manuscript of scholarly article/research paper will be the oral history interviews and audio-visual materials and research findings from the exhibitions. This is a collaboration with the Women of Vaastukala Archive, an online oral history archive. The Project funds will pay for production, contract fees, travel and living consumables, and hire of equipment.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Seminars that seeks to hold long form conversations with poets, filmmakers, and digital content creators who work in Kamrupi, a non-standardised variant of Assamese language. These poets, filmmakers and creators use Kamrupi as an independent language or form of expression, without foregrounding its identity merely as a dialect. This is important because the language has historically been used in films and other forms of cultural and literary production largely for comic effect. The proposed seminar will be the first-ever attempt to bring some of the artists, creators together under a common umbrella as practitioners who have used, or continue to use, Kamrupi in their serious creative work. The Seminar will bring people together who work in this language under one roof and initiate a conversation around their practices. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, hire of venue, printing and stationery.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will facilitate research towards creation of a short non-fiction film that explores the intersections and interactions of notions of woman/ feminist, architectural practice, and social action. Based on the oral history records of the Women of Vaastukala Archive, this project will create a narrative audio-visual archive in the form of a documentary film to bring alive histories of labour and culture, where the question of what objects/spaces/histories are deemed archive-worthy will be examined. The primary outcome of this project will be the documentary film. The Project Coordinator’s final deliverables to IFA, along with the reports will be a copy of the final film and any other images and audio-visual materials created through the research towards the film. This is collaboration with the Women of Vaastukala Archive, an online platform. The Project funds will pay for contract fees, hire of equipment, travel and living and hire of venue.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will engage students of classes fifth to eight grades of Apple Buds Academy, in Kangpokpi district, Manipur. This 18 month project titled Dreams Beyond Textbooks and Echoes of the Earth hopes to reconnect students with the ecological and cultural heritage of their region through arts-integrated learning. The project emphasises bilingual learning in Thadou and English, intergenerational dialogue with community elders, and the development of teachers as facilitators of a culturally responsive, place-based pedagogy. The outcome of the project will be a series of performances, an ecological archive, a community celebration, and a Living Memory Garden planted with native species tied to folk narratives. The Project Coordinator's deliverables to IFA, along with the final report will be photographs, video documentation, bilingual learning materials, and a field archive of oral narratives and ecological maps. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, printing, exhibition, documentation, hire of equipment, performance, material, consumables, and purchase of books.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will facilitate research to examine how colonial-era architecture of Jorhat survives, transforms or fades in contemporary urban life by tracing its “afterlife” through community memory, adaptive reuse and heritage practices. Through archival research, fieldwork, documentation of oral narratives the project will foster long-term community stewardship of Jorhat’s colonial heritage. The outcome of this project will be Heritage Walks and Memory Trails, Travelling Displays, Community Memory Archive, Storytelling Sessions and a Photo Essay. The Project Coordinator’s final deliverables to IFA, along with the reports will be a web-based Community Memory Archive, recorded oral histories, images and communication materials from curated heritage walks, documentation of the storytelling sessions, a photo essay, and copies of the travelling display panel. This is a collaboration with the Vintage Hub in Jorhat, Assam. The Project funds will pay for productions, contract fees, hire of equipment, travel and living, website domain charges, publicity, documentation, consumables, and archive and library fees.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will engage primary school and hostel students of the Rolf Schoembs Vidyashram (RSV) run by Ghosal Danga Adibasi Seva Sangha, in Ghosal Danga, Birbhum district. This 18-month project titled Integrating Santal Aesthetics into Everyday Educational Practices, seeks to revitalise school education by embedding Santal artistic traditions, storytelling, mural-making, theatre, and indigenous food and customs, into the everyday rhythm of classroom learning. The school hopes to bridge formal education and the cultural life of the local Santal Adivasi community, nurturing creativity, cultural identity, and ecological sensitivity among learners. The outcome of the project will be a handmade anthology of illustrated stories, a mural, community exhibition and a seminar on Santal aesthetics. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA, along with the final report will be a digital copy of the illustrated anthology, photographs and video documentation of the entire project. Project funds will pay for contract fee, materials, documentation, exhibition, workshop, travel and living and printing.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will seek to spatialise the narratives of the Women of Vaastukala Archive through a focused body of layered drawings and analytical diagrams. Tentatively titled Listening to Draw: Annotating the Women of Vastukala Archive, this project through listening of the oral history recording of a selected group of practitioners across generations, will develop a series of timeline diagrams and comparative typological plates. The outcomes of this project will be eight to ten analytical and narrative drawing plates as digital files, four to five large format physical prints for display, a printed research booklet and a digital publication. The Project Coordinator’s final deliverables to IFA, along with the reports will be copies of the drawing plates, digital or physical copies of the prints, copies of the research booklet and soft-copies of the digital publication. This is a collaboration with the Women of Vaastukala Archive, an online oral history archive. The Project funds will pay for contract fees, printing, travel and living, subscription to software, archive and library fee, documentation and purchase of books.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will facilitate research and creation of a documentary film on the unique equestrian tradition of the Mishing tribe of Jorhat, Assam exploring its generational continuity, communal significance and ecological contexts. In addition to the film, in order to share and disseminate the research findings, a brochure/ booklet will be designed. In Jorhat, horse racing is a tradition sustained since 1864 under the aegis of the Gymkhana Club. It stands as a unique example of a colonial inheritance being converted into a living indigenous equestrian tradition where wild feral horses are brought in, reared and trained for the race by the members of Mishing community. The film delves into this lesser-known aspect of a cultural tradition that is intrinsic to the history of Jorhat. The primary outcome of this project will be a 30-minute documentary, along with a booklet or brochure that narrativises the research. The Project Coordinator’s final deliverables to IFA, along with the final reports will be the film and copies of the booklet/brochure. This is a collaboration with the Vintage Hub in Jorhat, Assam. The Project funds will pay for contract fees, production, travel and living and consumables.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will facilitate autoethnographic excavation, research through the archive of Conflictorium and the creation of a travelling museum. Tentatively titled Travelling with Confictorium, this project will unearth how “conflict” is understood as a movement, as a circulation across three sites: the city of Ahmedabad that inscribes into its people through spatial and sensorial habits; the museum that rearranges these inscriptions; and the participants who interpret, resist or transform through encounters with both. The outcome of this project will be three overlapping and interrelated phases leading to the creation of six workshops, co-created artifacts and responses that will make its way into the creation of a travelling museum. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA along with the final reports will be the proceedings from the workshops, the prototype of the travelling museum along with any outreach materials created for the dissemination of the travelling museum. This is a collaboration with the Conflictorium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Project funds will pay for production, contract fees, marketing and publicity, travel and living and stationery.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that will facilitate research and creation of an exhibition that foregrounds the lesser explored aspects of Kutch and Saurashtra, linking it with the politics and history of the larger state of Gujarat. By expanding the understanding of Rann of Kutch beyond its geographical uniqueness as a salt desert and salt marsh, this project inquiries about the inhabited and lively spaces of the desert, histories of the Vagher fishing and Fakirani jat pastoral communities and other histories, practices, material heritage in conversation with the collection and archives at Conflictorium. The primary outcome of this project will be an exhibition, a small series of public programmes – public workshops, sessions and talks – along with a booklet or zine that reflects on the processes and explorations of the project. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA along with the final reports will be the images from the exhibition, proceedings from the public programmes and copies of the booklet or the zines. This is a collaboration with the Conflictorium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Project funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, production, publication and hire of equipment.
