Events - Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi State Academy of Art

Tue

14

Aug

2018

Invite: Introduction to Students' Biennale (Kochi Muziris Biennale) by Shukla Sawant at PLKA --12:00 pm

Students’ Biennale 2018 / Making as Thinking

a parallel event of Kochi Muziris Biennale

an introduction by

Shukla Sawant

on Tuesday, 14^th August, 2018, at 12.00 Noon

at the Galleries of Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi

Punjab Kala Bhawan, Sector 16 B, Chandigarh

OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The third edition of the Students’ Biennale invites project proposals from young artists and collectives currently pursuing their BFA (third/fourth/final year) or MFA (first/second year) in any Indian college by 15 August, 2018. Selected projects will receive support in the form of a production grant and an opportunity to travel to Kochi for the 2018 editions of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale and the Students’ Biennale.

Applicants are encouraged to respond to the ideas of how a studio can be situated in the framework of the institution, and how the notion of making can become a process of responding to your context and reflecting beyond.

To apply, submit a completed application form with your details, a recent portfolio (10 MB), project proposal (500 words) and a visual plan for your project (optional). Project proposals may include, but not be limited to, a brief note on your area of interest or concern, details about medium and material, and/or plan of execution.

Deadline: 15th August, 2018

Contact: [email protected] / +91 484 2215287

www.kochimuzirisbiennale.org/students-biennale/

Shukla Sawant

is co-curator of the forthcoming Students’ Biennale in Kochi, along with M P Nishad, Sanchayan Ghosh, Krishnapriya C P, Shruti Ramalingaiah & K P Reji

Shukla is Professor of Visual Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Shukla has ten solo shows to her credit and has published several papers in journals, contributed chapters in books and written catalogue essays. She was a working group member of Khoj International artists’ Association for seven years and taught at the Fine Arts department of Jamia Millia Islamia (1989-2001) before joining JNU. She has also participated in numerous residencies and workshops. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary art in on South Asia; art in colonial India; print cultures and photography; new media practices; artists’ collectives and organizations; postcolonial criticism and historiography.

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