[Reader-list] The KHOJ Marathon by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Jeebesh
jeebesh at sarai.net
Mon Jan 17 13:21:34 IST 2011
KHOJ International Artists' Association invites you to one of the
biggest events of the season:
The KHOJ Marathon by Hans Ulrich Obrist
22nd January, 2011 at Lodi- The Garden Restaurant, Lodi Road
1:30pm-11:30pm
Free Admission
The KHOJ Marathon by Hans Ulrich Obrist is a series of twenty minute
public interviews with 25 leading intellectuals - thinkers, social
philosophers, political analysts and artists - by a compelling
authority in the art and intellectual world- Hans Ulrich Obrist.
A unique public event, the Khoj Marathon hopes to provide a critical
understanding of art practice, its varied contexts and its value –
other than in monetary terms. By inviting artists and intellectuals
from the pure and social sciences, political commentators and
activists, to be interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist it hopes to provide
a spirited interrogation into the world of ideas and thought that also
influence artistic practice in India.
Participants: Amar Kanwar, Anita Dube, Bharti Kher, Bijoy Jain,
Dayanita Singh, Dilip Simeon, Geeta Kapur, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Homai
Vyarawalla, Jitish Kallat, Kaushik Basu, Kiran Subbaiah, Lawrence
Liang, Nivedita Menon, Ranjit Hoskote, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam,
Sadanand Menon, Sheba Chhachhi, Sheela Gowda, Shilpa Gupta, Subodh
Gupta, Sudarshan Shetty, Sundar Sarukkai, The Raqs Media Collective,
Vandana Shiva, Vivan Sundaram
KHOJ International Artists' Association has built an international
reputation for outstanding alternative arts incubation and plays a
central role in the development of art practices in India which are
analytical, critical and experimental and which challenge established
thinking about art. Over the past 13 years, through its various
international workshops, residencies and other projects, KHOJ has
developed a vibrant network of artists not only in Europe and America
but across the global south as well.
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