5/20/2020 — Serendipity Arts Newsletter

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As we enter the 55th day of lockdown with
restrictions easing in some places, perhaps
and
the only thing which hasn’t changed in the Resources
last 8 weeks is a sense of uncertainty. There
are days of worry, and days of hope.
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Through it all, we have been lucky to remain
connected with our family, friends,
colleagues, and the outside world through
an increasingly important tool – the
Internet. Our lives have taken on new forms,
new routines, new ways of interacting,
learning, reading, and being. How will we A thematic
move forward? This question looms large selection of
on all of our minds. At Serendipity, we essays from
remain committed to keep the across the web,
conversation around the arts going, and discussing
over the next month, are very pleased to
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bring to you a How To Series as we re-visit aspects of each

past projects, ponder over our present lives, week's theme.
and think big with future dreams in a series This week, we
of newsletters and online conversations bring you
ranging from scenography to sound, essays on
storytelling to reading, performance to female desire
technology and so much more in between. and hanging
out, spending
In “How to Hang”, we approach the
time with one
question of how the coming together of a
painting, race
space, a person and a work of art can
and perception
create new ways of seeing, thinking, and
of life, and the
feeling. How does an exhibition display
possibilities of
build affinities, relations, and resonances
representing
between different histories and peoples?
the lives and
Can showcasing an object in a different
journeys of the
way lead us to understand everyday things,
human mind.
such as textiles and saris, in a new light?
How is the “scene” of art produced, why do From our
spaces that display and host art, through archives
exhibitions and performances, entice a
Body | Space |
difference in feeling? As social distancing
Time by
becomes the norm, where do we go to find
Ranjana Dave
these feelings again—how has our
relationship to our own objects and An Archaeology
spaces changed? How do we hold on to of Silence: The
the moments of togetherness, fun, Aniconic Worlds
lightheartedness in the face of separation? of Mrinalini
Join us as we ask these, and many other Mukherje by
questions, always together. Arushi Vats

From the
Internet

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As we increasingly rely on ourselves for friendship, and

sustenance, "how-to" videos, tutorials, and brief moments
stories have gained prominence on the of hanging out
web. We extend the idea of care, sharing, in Portrait of a
and reliance that motivates these practices Lady on Fire.
to the world of art, as we enter the minds,
Teju Cole’s
processes, and strategies used by curators,
beautiful,
artists, and experts to bring their visions to
burning words
life. Each week we approach a new "how-
on
to": exploring the complexities of art through
photography,
approachable, close-to-life conversations.
skin, and
blackness.

What happens
Curation & Scenography : when you spend
The Yin & Yang of a really long
time hanging
Experiential Exhibitions out with a
painting? Shifra
Sharlin looks at
Panelists: Pramod Kumar KG and Aparna Malevich’s Black
Nambiar Square.

Wander the
While the curator creates a
personal,
narrative that they think
provocative
needs to be shared with the
histories of the
larger world, it is most often
mind and
the scenographer who gives
madness at the
a visual vocabulary to the
Bethlem
idea. The audience almost
Museum of the
always sees the end narrative
Mind.
via the filter of the
scenographer. This
conversation hopes to bring

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to light the journey of a

We Love
collaborative process where
narrative and aesthetics deal Panjim!
with trust and control towards
a combined understanding of
a singular vision. Detailing this
With Jack
common idea needs points of
Sukhija and
cohesion between two kinds
Atish
of processes. This exploratory
Fernandes
talk shall also examine and
bring to the fore points of
dissonance and its
negotiation while a project is
underway.

Join us on May 21, at 5 PM IST Join Jack Sukhija

on Zoom, or on Facebook and Atish
Live. Fernandes as
Add to Google Calendar they take us to
the lesser
known Bairro
São Tomé,
Exhibition Site as Learning followed by a
Ground stroll through
Fontainhas. The
main focus will
be on the city’s
A conversation between Vidya Shivadas &
unique, hidden
Sanchayan Ghosh
gems, people,
and
In the last few years the
establishments
educational turn has been of
that often don't
great interest to curators
get the
working in the field of
attention they
exhibition making. The
deserve.
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discussants for this panel will

present some of the artistic
Join us on
and curatorial projects they
Saturday, May
have developed with art
23rd, 6:30 PM
students and young
IST on
practitioners. They will also
Instagram Live
touch upon exhibition
platforms they have worked
on together like Call to
Disorder: Experiments in
Practice and Research, held
at Serendipity Arts Festival Courses
2019, and Students’ Biennale
2018.
and
Learning
Join us on May 23, at 5 PM IST
on Zoom, or on Facebook Live Portals
Add to Google Calendar

We recommend

Public Art as Civic the following

courses and
Intervention: online resources

Bhubaneshwar Art Trail to expand your

skill sets!

A talk by Premjish Achari

“Navigation is Offline", co-

curated by Jagannath Panda
and Premjish Achari was the Explore these

first edition of Bhubaneswar courses put

Art Trail (BAT 2018), a together by the

contemporary public art EU Programme

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exhibition held in the Old Town for cultural and

of Bhubaneswar, Odisha. arts managers
Through this talk, Premjish
Learn how to
discusses the challenges in
appreciate the
creating a contemporary
arts with John
public art exhibition in a
Berger
temple town and shares the
experiences in negotiating the Pick up the
antagonisms of the diverse basics of
communities, opening up the boulder
multiple worlds which exist in climbing with
the city while attempting to Boulderbox
foreground the voices of the
Learn to cook
marginalised.
and hang with
Join us on May 22, at 3 PM IST the Bon Appetit
on Zoom, or on Facebook Live team
Add to Google Calendar

Composite Arts Practices - Support

Emergent Positions the Arts

Conversations between Rahaab Allana,

Dr. Mark Sealy, and Nathalie Johnston

The three arts professionals

discuss ongoing strategies at IN IT TOGETHER |

work, as well as prior The Art

engagements within the Fundraiser for

visual/lens-based field, in COVID 19 Relief

order to explore the new is an artist-led

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place and modes of initiative

representation that can be supporting relief
envisioned in the future - how efforts by Goonj
we may intuitively or & Karwan e
creatively grasp all that is Mohabbat
beyond the frame in our
current times.

Join us on May 22, at 5 PM IST

on Zoom, or on Facebook Live Follow us
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#SAFthrowback

This week, we re-visit three very different

exhibitions showcased at Serendipity Arts
Festival 2019. The beautifully displayed
Weftscapes: Jamdani Across New
Horizons, curated by Pramod Kumar KG,
examines a fresh approach to the creation
and making of Jamdani fabrics, both in its Instagram
weaving, choice of raw materials, colour,
patterns, designs and the end product – a
finished garment.

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looked at lens-based practices in the South
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technological ethos of the turn of the last
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Call to Disorder: Experiments in Practice

and Research, curated by Vidya Shivadas,
was the culmination of a three year
collaboration between FICA (Foundation for
Indian Contemporary Art) and SAF, looking
at different focus aspects each year such
as light, sound, site, movement, creation of
narratives via mediums of zines, comics,
installations and video in a post academic
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P.S. Out of the Blue

Over the next few weeks, we’ll bring you fun

and interesting suggestions to while away
some time on the Net.

Feeling lazy to make your own art? Here’s a

recommendation from the SAF family baker
(and Senior Manager), Nandita - become a
work of art yourself! Thanks to this
masterpiece of a site by AI web developer
Sato, turn your selfies into different styles of
Renaissance oil paintings. You can also
transform into a pixel version of yourself
on a site also developed by Sato! Our
resident DJ, Moakshaa, who is also one of
our Programmes Manager, has had us
making crazy tunes on this website,
created by Daniwell. Your keyboard turns
into various notes and the screen has a
corresponding geometric design, when you
hit a key. Don’t blame us if you find yourself
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dancing to your own music! Since you

already have your earphones on, don’t miss
the astonishing binaural sound in
Complicité Theatre’s The Encounter with
Simon McBurney, highly recommended by
our very own dancing queen/Senior
Programmes Manager, Nitya. Keep in mind,
the performance is only on till Friday 22nd
May. Lastly, the British Council India in
partnership with FICCI and the Art X
Company has launched an survey to track
Covid-19 and its impact on the creative
sector in India. Please spare a minute and
take the survey. Thank you and see you
next week!

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