[Reader-list] "TO LET THE WORLD IN, VOLUMES 1 and 2" premieres in Delhi on Sunday 25th August

[rohitrellan at aol.in]

Dear Friends,




You are cordially invited for Delhi Premiere of the film 


To Let the World In 


by 


Avijit Mukul Kishore


Sunday, August 25, 7pm
India Habitat Centre, Main Auditorium


Both the volumes of the film will screen with a short break between them



The screening is open to all.  Do pass on the information to others who may be interested.


Warm Regards
Uma






About the film


"To Let The World In" is a two-volume film project that looks at a significant period in the history of contemporary Indian art from the early 1980s to the present day.

The film features three generations of celebrated Indian visual artists who share recollections, reminiscences and concerns about their practice. What emerges through this exercise is an invaluable document of some landmark moments in Indian art history in the last three decades. 




Film details


TO LET THE WORLD IN, VOLUME 1
English, Hindi and Gujarati, Colour, HD video, 93 minutes

The first volume of the film chronicles the spirit and legacy of a movement that marked the return to narrativity and figuration in Indian art. The exhibition titled “Place for People”, which was held in Delhi and Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1981, brought together a group of artists and a critic who sought to explore locality, class and politics in their practice. The film traces the artists’ concerns reflected in their work, tracing it down to the present day. Among the inheritors of the legacy of this movement were younger artists who continued this dialogue and also became the interlocutors for the work started by the earlier generation.

The artists featured in this volume are Arpita Singh, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Vivan Sundaram, Nilima Sheikh, Nalini Malani, Sudhir Patwardhan, Ranbir Kaleka, Pushpamala N., Anita Dube and Atul Dodiya along with art critic and curator Geeta Kapur. Their conversations see frequent visitations by the endearing spirit of Bhupen Khakhar, their friend and co-artist.


TO LET THE WORLD IN, VOLUME 2
English and Hindi, Colour, HD video, 53 minutes

The second volume of the film starts with the tumultuous context of art practice on the cusp of India’s economic liberalisation and the re-assertion of religious fundamentalism in Indian politics. The altered context for art-making in a globalised environment, the crisis in art education in the 1990s and the need to frequently reinvent themselves to adjust to a changing world, are the preoccupations of this group of contemporary artists. An engagement with history, subjectivity and the politics of place find prominence in their work, in their continuing dialogue with the narrative movement of the 1980s.

The artists featured in this volume are Anju Dodiya, Archana Hande, Benitha Perciyal, Sharmila Samant, Parvathi Nayar, Riyas Komu, Tushar Joag, Shilpa Gupta, Josh P.S., Gargi Raina, Sumakshi Singh, T.V. Santhosh, Nataraj Sharma, Anandajit Ray, Gigi Scaria, Reena Saini Kallat and Jitish Kallat.

The film was produced by Art Chennai, to accompany the show "To Let The World In: Narrative and Beyond in Contemporary Indian Art", curated by Chaitanya Sambrani, held in Chennai in 2012.

Credits

Cinematography and direction - Avijit Mukul Kishore
Curatorial concept and interviews - Chaitanya Sambrani 
Sound recording - Suresh Rajamani
Additional sound recording - Asheesh Pandya
Editing - Rikhav Desai
Sound post-production - Gissy Michael
Assistant director and cinematographer - Sagar Shiriskar
Additional assistance - Mayank Mathur, Raghu Tenkayala and Sabari Pandian
Project manager - Pooja Dhingra
Producer - Sanjay Tulsyan

Screenings

Sheffield Docfest 2013 (Awarded an audience jury prize) 
Art Chennai 2012

Melbourne Art Festival 2012
Mohile Parikh Centre, NGMA Mumbai, 2012
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, Trivandrum 2013
Film Appreciation Course, NFAI 2013
Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge 2013
The FD Zone, Films Division Mumbai 2013

https://www.facebook.com/events/522153281187850/


Cover collage by Chitra Venkataramani


Images - Sudhir Patwardhan (Nostalgia) and Gigi Scaria (Amusement Park)


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- Rohit 
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Rohit Rellan 
http://www.linkedin.com/in/rohitrellan