For a series of artistic engagements exploring the ecology of birds in the Kammanahalli neighbourhood of Bangalore. By inviting residents to experience, share and create spaces for birds, the project will attempt to build their connections to the environment and encourage accountability towards it. The outcome of the project will be the artistic interventions that the residents will undertake, and a film documenting their reflections. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photo-documentation of the process and the artistic interventions and the film. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, materials, and installation costs.
For the creation of an online soundscape of the city, drawn from journeys undertaken on the route of the No 201 series of buses in Bangalore. Weaving together personal and shared experiences on Bangalore’s bus journeys, this project, through the sensorial experience of sound and written text, aims to understand the persona of the city through sonic experiences on the bus. The outcomes of the project will be a curated bus album of soundscapes and songs played in the bus, a website containing the bus route maps embedded with the sounds on these routes and a journal of personal impressions from the bus trips. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be audio recordings of the bus journeys, the curated bus album, the maps of the routes of the bus with embedded sound and texts, a copy of the journal, and the website downloaded on a drive. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, professional fee, local conveyance and an accountant’s fee.
For an exploration into the distinct smells that make up the city of Bangalore. Drawing upon interviews and research, the project seeks to understand the relationship between memory, associations, people and places through olfactory perceptions and imaginations. The outcomes of this project will be a book containing photographs, research text and an olfactory map of Bangalore with specially created samples of perfume. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photographs, audio and video documentation, and the book. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, materials, printing, equipment hire, honorarium, local conveyance and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For the making of an experimental docu-fiction film which will explore the precariousness of the lives and work of freelance Computer Graphics (CG) and Visual Effects (VFX) artists in the South Indian film industry. It will explore the dual invisibility of these artists - within the organised film studio system as well as in the aspired anonymity of the CG image itself - making their existence fragile and tenuous. The outcomes of the project will be the film and part of the work hosted on an online portal as interactive digital fictions. The grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a high-resolution copy of the film and an offline version of the interactive online portal on a hard disk. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, travel and living, equipment hire, website creation, purchase of e-books and online subscriptions and an accountant’s fee.
For examining the history, memories, and experiences of the Sindhi community that has made Bangalore their home post the Partition of India. Through interviews across two generations, the project will explore notions of identity and home, memories of tradition, and experiences within the changing cityscape of Bangalore. The outcome of the project will be a short film. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be the short film and documentation of interviews. Grant funds will pay for documentation, post-production and professional fees.
For the creation of a dystopic science fiction tale exploring the human relationship with the internet and the possible impact of its absence. The project aims to explore themes of human rights, censorship, net neutrality and imposed restriction of access to the internet through interviews with diverse users. The outcome of this project will be a dramatised reading with music, interspersed with illustrations. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be documentation of the process and a recording of the performance. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees, and performance costs.
For speculation of the future of artistic sovereignty, amidst threats to digital privacy in the age of surveillance statecraft. As a diagnosis of the precariousness of arts philanthropy in the subcontinent, the grant will combine elements from superfiction, participatory art and institutional critique. The outcome of the project will be a video lecture performance. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be the video of the lecture performance and Zoom tapestries. Grant funds will pay for professional fees and materials.
For an exploration of the various stories of people from marginalised communities as shared on the internet thus claiming their own space which they are often denied in society. Taking the form of letters written to the internet the outcome of this project will be a publication. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be a copy of the publication. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, printing and publishing, refreshments and stationery.
For photo documentation of the abandoned, ignored and almost invisible infrastructure of cybercafés in Bangalore. The outcome of the project will be an online photo exhibition. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photographs of the cybercafés. Grant funds will pay for equipment hire, professional fees, local conveyance and honorarium.
For the creation of three short videos that explore the impact of internet shutdowns and throttling, across different regions in India. With specific reference to the year-long blackout of communications including internet services in Kashmir, this project seeks to unravel the idea of ‘digital apartheid’ in which citizens are denied the means to participate in a highly networked and digitised world. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be the three short videos. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees and purchase of stock images and footage.
