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‘Glass Eye: A Podcast on Visual Culture from South Asia’ talks to photographers, critics, publishers, educators and other professionals contributing to the evolution of contemporary visual culture, exploring the ways in which images shape our understanding of South Asia. Hosted by three visual artists - Adira Thekkuveettil, Akshay Mahajan & Kaamna Patel - it delves into the story of photographic practice in South Asia, exploring its unique concerns, vocabulary, and possible trajectories.
This podcast has been made possible by PhotoSouthAsia & by Art South Asia Project's publications grant.
Sound Design & Editing : Rahul Nadkarni
Artwork: Pavithra Ramanujam
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Send us a text In this episode, we interrogate the photobook, while discussing the various challenges in production and distribution that undergird the still-nascent photobook phenomenon in South Asia. The episode features a candid, free-flowing conversation where Akshay Mahajan, Adira Thekkuveettil & Kaamna Patel explore the origins and evolution of the photobook, as also their own struggles with this ambivalent form, across questions of radical experimentation, genre, dissemination, lon...
Send us a text In Episode 3, we meet the eminent photographer Gauri Gill, recent winner of the prestigious Prix Pictet. We also meet Rajesh Chaitya Vangad, renowned Warli artist & Gauri's collaborator on the body of work Fields of Sight , which is shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize prize 2024. Touching upon two recent publications with Patrick Frey, Gauri opens up to Adira about her life's work and process, thinking through collaboration, representation and wh...
Send us a text For Episode 2 we travel to Indonesia and revisit a conversation between Arif Furquan and Akshay Mahajan which was recorded during the 3rd edition of the Jakarta International Photo Festival(JIPFEST). Arif takes us through his exhibition ‘Family to Nation’ and his collaborative project with Reza Kutjh titled ‘Unhistoried’ which aims to activate the Indonesian family archive, as a means to re-examine, challenge, and decenter history writing. About Arif Furqan Arif Furqan, educa...
Send us a text In Episode 1, Sabeena Gadihoke shines a light on forgotten women amateur photographers from 20th century in India - ‘the Kodak women in striped sarees’ whose contributions to the field of photography in the region have been remarkable. Featuring Nony Singh, Manobina Roy & Debalina Mazumder, Homai Vyarawala and many other inspiring women ! About Sabeena Gadihoke: As a scholar, curator and filmmaker, Sabeena Gadihoke’s work has focussed on cinema, popular culture and ...
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