[Reader-list] INTERSECTIONS - A Seminar on Design, Architecture & Art, Mumbai

[rohitrellan at aol.in]

Dr. Bhau Daji Lad MumbaiCity Museum
incollaborations with V&A, London and British Council
 
Presents
 
INTERSECTIONS
Design|| Art || Architecture
A Dayof Deliberation on Design for Art
March 12th, 2011
 
Museums and galleries areconceived to collect and exhibit objects of 
culture.  They are built expressly for the purpose ofcontaining art and 
their formal and material aspects reflect this intention inthe language 
of the architects, designers and curators.
 
Temporary and permanentexhibitions of art are produced for the 
showcasing of art in a varietylocations and contexts. Space and design 
describe the various relationshipswithin a particular cultural practice 
to the viewing public.
 
The INTERSECTIONS seminarwill discuss the relationships between the art 
and the space  which contains it. It will seek to understandhow 
architects and designers interpret the curatorial program and 
thestrategies they employ to translate curatorial trajectories and 
theories intoengaging exhibitions.  The seminar willexplore the 
intersections between the disciplines of design, art andarchitecture, 
and their particular demands and rewards.
 
The program for the daywill involve a presentation on the manner in 
which the delicate negotiationsbetween each constituency is managed. It 
will consider how decisions are takento foreground one or another. It 
will examine the relationships between thefreedom and constraints posed 
by art and its curators to designers andarchitects. Speakers will share 
their experience of working within and betweenthe worlds of art and 
design, and the methodologies they employ in carrying theirwork from 
concept to completion.
 
VENUE - Dr. Bhau Daji Lad MumbaiCity Museum, Mumbai
DATE – 12thMarch 2011
TIME – 10:30 am to 5:30 pm
REGISTRATION – Rs 500 forProfessionals
Rs 100 for Students , toregister please contact Himanshu Kadam on 
 hkadam at bdlmuseum.orgor 022-23731234
 
 
SPEAKERS:
 
DESIGN
§  ANNABEL JUDD, Head of Design,  V&A Museum
§  SUMANT JAYAKRISHNAN,Exhibition Designer, Art Summit, New Delhi
§  SURANJANA SATWALEKAR FormerHead Exhibition Design NID
§  DIVIA THAKUR DesignerMumbai


 
 
ARCHITECTURE:
§  ANIKET BHAGWAT, Architect,Devi Foundation Museum, New Delhi
§      SEN KAPADIA, Architect, Mumbai
§      ANURADHA BENEGAL, Architect, Mumbai


 
 
 CURATING:
§  BOSE KRISHNAMACHARI, President,Kochi Muziris Biennale 
§  GHISLAINE WOOD, V&A,Curator, and of the British   Galleriesat the 
V&A
§  RANJIT HOSKOTE, CuratorIndia Pavilion Venice Biennale 2011
§  TASNEEM MEHTA, Director,Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai


 
 
ART:
§ ATUL DODIYA, Artist, Mumbai
§ JITISH KALLAT Artist,Mumbai
§ RANJANA STEINRUCKE,Gallerist, Mumbai


 
 
 MODERATORS:
 
GIRISHSHAHANE, Art critic and curator Mumbai
RADHIKADESAI, Editor, Domus India