The Future of Practice: Artists and Art in the 21st Century

ALL ARE WELCOME

Artistic practice globally is shaped by art education, art world institutions, and digital media, all of which are driven by logics of value production. This collaborative conference with Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence’s Department of Art, Media and Performance invites discussion of artistic practice in India, as part of the project ANTHROFUTURE’s (https://www.anthrofuture.com) broader focus on how the future is articulated through artistic practice in South Asia and the Gulf in a time of complex and interrelated social, political and ecological crises.

Contributions from artists, scholars and filmmakers will address contemporary digital-physical infrastructures, the role of digital media, and art collectives vis-à-vis individual art practice. Participants will also explore how artistic practice reveals or addresses what is new about the crises of the present moment.

PARTICIPANTS

Abhay Bhalla | Adheep Das | Amit Dutta | Ankit Ravani | Anuj Malhotra | Archana Hande | Arshad Hakim | Biswajit Thakuria | Bhooma Padmanabhan | Alifiya Mutaher (Lagori Collective)| Dhaval Kothari (Lagori Collective) | Fileona Dkhar | Furqan Ghani | Gurdev Singh | Hemant Sreekumar | Huda Khan | Iram Ghufran | Karin Zitzewitz | Kaushal Sapre | Manuela Ciotti | Nasir Ah Sheikh | Nikhil God | Omkar Khandagale | Parul Dave Mukherji | Paula Böke | Pratik Modi | Premjish Achari | Pramod Pati | Raj Shekhar Barman | Salman B Baba | Salman Khursheed Lone | Shukla Sawant | Shambhavi Kaul | Sonam Chaturvedi | Stooti Baruah | Suvani Suri | Upasona Chatterjee | Wenceslaus Mendes | Yashaswini Raghunandan

SCHEDULE: DAY 1

Wednesday, 19th August

9:00 -10:00

Tea & Registration

10:00 -10:30

Welcome Remarks

10:30 -12:10

PANEL 1: Individual and Collective Practice

Discussant: Shukla Sawant

Speakers: Anuj Malhotra and Abhay Bhalla, Sonam Chaturvedi, Gurdev Singh, Dhaval Kothari and Alifiya Mutaher (Lagori Collective)

12:10 -13:50

PANEL 2: Infrastructural Forms

Discussant: Karin Zitzewitz

Speakers: Paula Böke, Upasona Chatterjee, Bhooma Padmanabhan, Raj Shekhar Barman

13:50 -15:10

Lunch Break

15:10-16:50

Film Program: Part I

Curated by Iram Ghufran

Pramod Pati | Yashaswini Raghunandan | Biswajit Thakuria | Ankit Ravani & Adheep Das | Salman Khursheed Lone

16:00-16:50

Iram Ghufran and Arshad Hakim will reflect on the films, followed by an open discussion with the audience

16:50-17:20

Tea Break

17:20-19:00

PANEL 3: Curatorial Practices

Discussant: Parul Dave Mukherji

Speakers: Premjish Achari, Suvani Suri, Huda Khan, Stooti Baruah

SCHEDULE: DAY 2

Thursday, 20th August

10:00-10:30

Tea

10:30-12:10

PANEL 4: Digital-Physical Ecosystems

Discussant: Hemant Sreekumar

Speakers: Kaushal Sapre, Furqan Ghani, Pratik Modi, Nikhil God

12:10-13:50

Film Program: Part II

Curated by Iram Ghufran

Amit Dutta | Shambhavi Kaul | Fileona Dkhar | Omkar Khandagale

13:20-13:50 Iram Ghufran and Arshad Hakim will reflect on the films, followed by

an open discussion with the audience

13-50-15:10

Lunch Break

15:10-16:50

PANEL 5: Critical Junctures

Discussant: Manuela Ciotti

Speakers: Wenceslaus Mendes, Salman B Baba, Archana Hande

16:50-17:20 Tea break

17:30-18:30 Performance by Nasir Ah Sheikh