The second session of the Observatory series at Shared Ecologies dives into the lives of photographs. Taking Uzma Mohsin’s series of Safarnamas (or travelogues) and other ‘photo journals’ as a focal point, this session looks at locating storytelling through photographic practice and how it can be seen as an emergent property rather than singular engagement. […]
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Shared Ecologies brings forward a film screening of ‘Three Characters in Search of a Forest (2020)’ and conversation with Krishnendu Bose. It is a documentary film about the ancient Ridge Forest, that lays scattered as a patchwork of forests across Delhi-NCR today. Told through three people who have based parts of their lives on the
Material Memories’ looks at reconfigurations and reconstitutions of ecology through memory, in documentations, material assemblages, mythologies and shared stories.
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We were pleased to host the first session of The Observatory, a series of programs in conversation with practitioners on artistic process. Performance and theatre artist Lapdiang A Syiem presented on her project Pahsyntiew, that takes shape as a living statue, a performance and an in-progress film, the latter also supported by the Shared Ecologies
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What are possible strategies of organising, from the point of view of community-led initiatives, and what processes can strengthen these networks of solidarity? A community-run newspaper that highlights farmers’ positions from the ground up; a community radio project; and subterranean speculative fictions. Highlighting perspectives from the ground up, this panel will seek to investigate the challenges and successes of community engagement.
Shared Ecologies aims to invite and engage a network of practitioners and encourage thinking across singular art practices towards correlational work with the possibility for collaboration and exchange.
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Shared Ecologies brings together films that can be seen to explore more-than-human relationships, challenging the anthropocentric view that dominates our present.
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How does one render writing as lucid, evocative, and affective? How does the understanding of “text” as a form allow us to break the mold of formal language that we are used to encountering? What are the tools and instruments of the writerly sphere? This day-long workshop will focus on addressing writing as craft and
‘The Slippery Image’ was a one-day workshop conducted by artist and educator Susanta Mandal. Drawing from Susanta’s image-based practice and prompts from Yoko Ono’s seminal book Grapefruit, participants explored the intersection of light, shadow, screens and automata. Through play, collision, and overlapping with prompts, the participants responded in diverse ways, and the Shared Ecologies team was thrilled to participate as well.
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Material Memories’ looks at reconfigurations and reconstitutions of ecology through memory, in documentations, material assemblages, mythologies and shared stories.
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