Throwback Thursday #1 | Watch 'We Exist: Trans-ing the City' online | In Conversation with the Aravani Art Project

In an effort to take our Grant Showcases online, we were pleased to launch Throwback Thursdays with IFA last week, a virtual series of conversations, film screenings, and performances where IFA shares the works of its grantees with all of you. In the session titled We Exist: Trans-ing the City, Poornima Sukumar along with Shanthi and Chandri from the Aravani Art Project was in conversation with Sumana Chandrashekar, Programme Lead, IFA.

Watch the recording to learn more about the project and stories of Bangalore that often remain invisible, from members of the transgender community, whose lived experiences have actively influenced and shaped the history and culture of the city.

Poornima Sukumar received a grant from IFA, under the Project 560 programme for a Year-long Curated Series of Artistic Engagements in Bangalore.

As part of the project, the collective comprising of members from the transgender community hosted seven unique events across Bangalore, filling up spaces with stories from their lives, choices, friendships and connection to the city. These are tales of journeys that are ignored and silenced in our cityscapes.

(All Throwback Thursdays with IFA are available on our YouTube Channel. Click here to watch other sessions of the series.)