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 play around with experiments in expanded cinema, light, and film installation, using microcontrollers, motors, multi-lens custom projector and analogue film to create dynamic, sculptural, and spatial cinema, pushing beyond the screen's limits. The outcome of the project will be expanded cinema experiments, along with light and film installations. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be audio-visual documentation of the artistic process. Project funds will pay for Contract Fees, Materials, and Travel and Living.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will explore the architectonics of a hospital as home, meditating on its space as a palimpsest, through multiform artistic experiments, including writing, photography, material experiments, to investigate spatial memory, grief and the liminality of lifelong dwelling. The outcome of the project will be architectural analysis, story and poetry writing, analogue photography, collages, bookmaking, and assemblages. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be audio-visual documentation of the artistic process, drawings, stories, poems, and photographs. Project funds will pay for Contract Fees, Printing, Materials and Purchase of Books.
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 Explorations that will explore knowledge embodied in virtual avatars through interactive prototypes combining dance, performance, and video game spaces, questioning the material body's role in digital realms. The outcome of the project will be game-like prototypes, videogame spaces and live performances. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the audio-visual documentation of the artistic process, along with the game prototypes. Project funds will pay for Contract Fees, Hire of Equipment, Travel and Living, and Printing.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will explore the making of a short experimental film edit looking at the Meira Paibi women's movement in Manipur, focusing on their night shelters (Shang) using ambiguity and montage to reveal intimate, resilient complexities. The outcome of the project will be the field research, interviews, and night filming with audio-visual experimentation. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be an audio-visual documentation of the artistic process and the short experimental film edit. Project funds will pay for Contract Fees, Hire of Equipment, and Travel and Living.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Explorations that will explore the impact of rock mining on Hyderabad's landscape using experimental film, sound, choreography, and speculative fiction to create non-linear, alternate cartographies. The outcome of the project will be an experimental film, a sound score and choreography. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the audio-visual documentation of the artistic process, a film, and a sound score. Project funds will pay for contract fees.
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 queer-centered arts platform that will foster community and skill-building through a series of workshops, performances, and discussions in Goa. The outcomes of the project will be a series of queer-centered gatherings, including workshops, conversations, and performances. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA, along with the final report, will be photographic and audio-visual documentation of the gatherings and work-in-progress tracks. Project funds will pay for contract fees, hire of equipment, travel and living, and materials.
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.
