[Reader-list] [Announcements] [announcements] August 1: Eyes on Bombay

[PUKAR]

National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), 
PUKAR and Jackfruit Research & Design


 cordially invite you to 
 
Eyes on Bombay
 
a panel discussion at the preview of 
 
Next to Each Other,
Bombay Jadoo
An exhibition of photographs from

 Bombay Jadoo

by Betsy Karel

Eyes on Bombay is about the process of 'looking' or viewing. The panel: a photographer, a film maker, and a sociologist, will explore 'ways of seeing' the city - Bombay/Mumbai, in particular. In their presentations they will engage questions of space, representation, gender, ideas of public and private, city spaces and exclusion. The panel will also address photography and film-making as acts of documentation.



Panelists



Shyam Benegal



One of the leading filmmakers of India's arthouse or New Cinema tradition, Benegal's critically acclaimed feature films, ranging from Ankur in 1974 to Bose: The Forgotten Hero in 2005, chronicle the idiosyncrasies of a society in flux. Benegal is also the maker of several documentaries and ad-films including Nehru (1983), Satyajit Ray (1984) and Nature Symphony (1990). While continuing to direct films, functioning on various award juries and contributing to the academic world, he also serves the public as a member of the Rajya Sabha.
 



Betsy Karel 



Born in New York City in 1946, Karel now lives in Washington, DC. She worked as a photojournalist in the 1970s and early 80s, winning awards. In 1998, after an absence of 15 years, she returned to photography to participate in The Way Home, a book and national exhibition on homelessness in America. During the past nine years, Karel has made numerous trips to Mumbai, creating the images in Bombay Jadoo. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Yale University Art Gallery, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the John F. Kennedy Library.
 


Shilpa Phadke


An independent researcher, sociologist and writer, Phadke conceptualized and led the Gender & Space Project at PUKAR from September 2003 to September 2006. As part of the project she curated a photo-exhibition, City Limits: Engendering the Public with Bishakha Datta. She is currently writing a book based on the Gender and Space project along with Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade to be published by Penguin India.
 
 


Date 

Wednesday, 1st August 2007
 
Time

6:30 PM onwards
 
Venue

Piramal Art Gallery, Experimental Theatre Building
National Centre for the Performing Arts
NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021




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